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Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz on 'Star Trek: Discovery' Coupledom
The truth that for the first time in the 51-year history of "Star Trek," out gay actors are playing homosexual characters in affection, is not something CBS, its stars or its creators are either hiding or promoting. But it is something they’re celebrating.
“I couldn’t be more pleased to be a part of 'Star Trek' TV’s first gay couple,” thespian Anthony Rapp of "Rent" fame told NBC News. “I can’t say how much that means to me personally as a fan of the series and as a member of the LGBT community.”
Rapp plays the prickly, grumpy genius anastromycologist Lt. Paul Stamets, which basically means he’s the foremost specialist on fungus. And fungus gets far more screen-time than his same-sex affair on the CBS All Access streaming show, which is just fine with Rapp.
“I’m proud of the fact that none of that really matters in the show,” Rapp said, describing the portrayal of their relationship as “alive, truthful and human.”
His on-screen partner and costar, Wilson Cruz, who plays Dr. Hugh Culber, called Rapp his “space boo” on stage at New York Comic Con. They’ve been friends since they starred together on Broadway two decades a
Kevin Spacey apologizes after player Anthony Rapp alleges past sexual advance; comes out as gay
LOS ANGELES - (AP) -- Actor Kevin Spacey said Sunday he is "beyond horrified" by allegations that he made a sexual advance on a teen boy decades ago.
The two-time Oscar winner posted on Twitter that he doesn't remember the encounter. "But if I did behave then as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would hold been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior, and I am sorry for the feelings he describes having carried with him all these years," he said.
In an interview with BuzzFeed , actor Anthony Rapp said Spacey befriended him while they both performed on Broadway shows. Rapp was 14 when he attended a party at Spacey's apartment in 1986, he said. At the finish of the night, an inebriated Spacey picked him up, placed him on his bed, and climbed on top of him, Rapp said.
Rapp said the 26-year-old was holding him down tightly, but he was able to obtain away and left the apartment.
Rapp, who is now 46 and starring in the TV show "Star Trek: Discovery", said he came forward after allegations against Harvey Weinstein sparked conversation
The Star Trek franchise didn’t have an openly queer character until this summer’s Beyond revealed that Sulu (John Cho) has a husband and daughter. Now there are two, as Anthony Rapp joins the cast of Star Trek: Discovery.
Rapp, who is probably most famous for his iconic role as Mark in Rent (a role he originated on Broadway and then reprised in the 2005 film), will play Lieutenant Stamets. Stamets is described as “an astromycologist, fungus expert, and Starfleet Science Officer” and is confirmed to be the same-sex attracted character that former showrunner Bryan Fuller was so adamant on having.
This excerpt from an August Entertainment Weekly article shows how important having a gay character was to Fuller:
Gay characters? “Absolutely we’re having a homosexual character,” Fuller said. He noted that as a gay man working on Voyager, he had a file full of abhor mail when there was a rumor a personality on his show was going to be same-sex attracted. So he was determined if he ever did his own Star Trek show, he would contain a gay character. “We’ve come a long way since then. I touch like actually gay rights have come a lot further in that period than race issues and women’s issues.”
The very talented Anthony Rapp is one of many A-list talents who are part of the upcoming HBO MAX docuseries Equal which premieres on October 22.
Equal highlights gay rights pioneers, activists and political figures from the rotate of the century all the way to the 1970’s. The star-studded cast features famed LGBTQ talent including Cheyenne Jackson, Hailie Sahar, Isis King, Jamie Clayton, Keiynan Lonsdale, Samira Wiley, Sara Gilbert and Shannon Purser.
Anthony takes on the role of prominent gay rights activistHarry Hay who stuck his foot out for our community nearly twenty years before The Stonewall Riots occurred.
The series covers historic events and organizations including the Mattachine Society, the Daughters of Bilitis, the Compton’s Cafeteria Riots, Stonewall and the Street Transvestite Operation Revolutionaries. Some of these are unknown to the younger generations which makes it all that much more key for them and anyone with a vested interest to tune into Equal when it begins next week.
Anthony talked with Instinct EXCLUSIVELY about being deeply interested in his undertaking, what he hopes viewers get out of it and what could be happe
‘Rent’ Boy: In ‘Without You,’ Anthony Rapp recalls initial career with grief and gratitude
Anthony Rapp has led an extraordinary, drama-packed animation onstage and off. In 1996, the actor/musician originated the role of videographer Mark Cohen in the Broadway megahit “Rent,” and reprised it in the film version. He gained further acclaim in “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” and “If/Then” other side “Rent” alum Idina Menzel, also on Broadway. Plus countless other roles on stage and screen.
Currently, he plays one half of the trailblazing married homosexual couple on “Star Trek: Discovery” (Wilson Cruz plays the other half). At age 51, he recently became a first-time father with partner Ken Ithiphol. And of course there’s that headline-grabbing, $40 million sexual battery lawsuit against Kevin Spacey which was dismissed last October.
And now a particularly soul-stirring segment of the actor’s existence has found its way to the stage. Rapp is starring in his solo musical, “Without You,” which recounts when, at age 22, he landed the role of a lifetime in “Rent” while navigating his mother’s battle with cancer. The display, which he wrote, has taken up residency at New World Stages Off