Luke Grimes reportedly walked away from his final tv position earlier than “Yellowstone” as a result of he objected to enjoying a bisexual character.
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When Grimes abruptly walked away from enjoying James in True Blood” in late 2013 after simply six episodes, HBO attributed his choice to “the artistic path of the character.”
In 2014, when season seven of the vampire drama started airing — with actor Nathan Parsons taking on the position — BuzzFeed reported that Grimes had really left the present as a result of he was uncomfortable enjoying a personality who has a same-sex romance.
Grimes’ publicist denied this, telling the outlet that his departure “had nothing to do with storylines,” and that the actor had not been “privy” to the upcoming romantic improvement between his character and one other male character, Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis).
Ellis, who handed away in 2017, addressed the controversy in an interview with Vulture after the episode that featured Lafayette and James’ first intercourse scene aired.
“I imply, I can say I am not going to make a remark, however I simply suppose that, you are an actor, you are an actor on a present that is ‘True Blood,’ we’re all sitting there going, ‘You give up your job as a result of … actually?’” he mentioned. “I am simply … I am over him.”
“You make a press release, an enormous assertion, whenever you go, ‘I do not wish to play this half as a result of it is homosexual,’” mentioned Ellis. “When you have a toddler, in case you have a son, and he comes out as homosexual, what are you going to do? When you have a daughter who comes out homosexual…? You simply made a press release, and it has ripple results.”
Representatives for Grimes didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.