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cpfan · Posted: 02.01.2005, 18:23 Post subject: Queer as Folk

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Queer As Folk is an innovative, provocative, and groundbreaking series that chronicles the friendships, careers, loves, trials, tribulations, and ambitions of a group of gay friends in their late 20ths, early 30ths, living in Pittsburgh, PA. Chris played Dr. Dave Cameron, a chiropractor, and lover of Michael in season 1.

petersgirl · Posted: 03.01.2005, 04:34 Post subject:

This was such a big risk for Chris, but it looks like it did not do any harm to his career. I could not figure out why he took this role but he sure did a good job with it.

cpfan · Posted: 03.01.2005, 12:32 Post subject:

As far as I know he did not even really know what kind of role it was in the beginning. Is agent said do it and he did. If you ask me it wasn't the worst decision in his life.

petersgirl · Posted: 04.01.2005, 02:45 Post subject:

no it was not the worst decision. just something that was totally unexpected. I had gotten to see the Brit version of the show thanks to a friend who loaned me her tapes. I had never heard of QAF before. I was thinking how would this American version be like. They went alot farther then I thought they would have

Dreamy Girl · Posted: 05.01.2005, 17:20 Post subject:

Carmen, you are right. His agent told him nothing about this rule. But , I guess, it wasn't the first time he played a gay guy, right? The first time, he played with
Billy Chrystel but it didn't came out. Don't know why.

cpfan · Posted: 05.01.2005, 19:23 Post subject:

Did I miss something. You know something I don't know, or I've forgotten about it. What movie with Billy Christal? And actually yes, it wasn't the first time. His character in Will & Grace was a a gay too.

Dreamy Girl · Posted: 05.01.2005, 20:23 Post subject:

Yes, I'v read in in an interview he gave about QAF. I guess it was on Lindas Website. I did print it out ,but I cannot find it. I remind he said,
it was not allowed to show it, cause that time people were very sensitive.

cpfan · Posted: 05.01.2005, 20:29 Post subject:

Oh, now I know what you are talking about. But did he actually say he was in it or was it just that he mentioned Billy Christal made that movie?Guess, I have to take a look where I read it.

Dreamy Girl · Posted: 05.01.2005, 22:59 Post subject:

Oh, sorry that could be. It's a long time ago I've read it. I have to take
a look too, if I find it. Maybe you are right.

Dreamy Girl · Posted: 06.01.2005, 21:30 Post subject:

Hello, I've found it. I qoute the part of the interview he gave.

Have you ever played a gay guy character before?

Actually, yes... in my first sitcom for three years in Canada.
my character was supposed to be gay, but the network at that time in
1988 1990, didn't want a gay guy on television. I think this was around
the time Billy Crystal was on Soap. So he became an assexual character
who I just played with him as gay with that in mind, even though he
wasn't written gay, we all knew he was supposed to be.

That's what I meant. Winken

petersgirl · Posted: 06.01.2005, 21:36 Post subject:

There was an interview being conducted while CP was on QAF I have a transcript from that interview on my pics site www.geocities.com/yinyang1062/index.html

There was a major bruha ha over an article he did for I believe Newsweek mag (I am not 100% sure if this is the mag) they turned his words around and made it look like he was a homophobe. He said it was taken out of context.

cpfan · Posted: 06.01.2005, 23:36 Post subject:

Dreamy, the sitcom he talked about was Material World. I never understood why he said that Tim was meant to be gay. Tim was Kitty's boyfriend and father of her unborn baby. I never saw him as gay or assexual.

Though actually he played a gay character before QAF. He was Michael in Will & Grace what must have been filmed shortly before QAF.

petersgirl · Posted: 06.01.2005, 23:39 Post subject:

I never could understand why they would think he was gay on Material World, he never showed in any way he was Gay. If anything he had a problem choosing which woman he was going to spend time with.

Dreamy Girl · Posted: 07.01.2005, 20:09 Post subject:

Hmm, that's a little bit strange. Maybe at first he should be gay, and then
they changed it, cause they noticed it wasn't good at that time to show.
But I don't know Material World, so I can't give a statement on it.

petersgirl · Posted: 08.01.2005, 03:23 Post subject:

Chris played a background character named Tim, he was Kitty's neighbor. A woman who ran a clothing design company. he was in the background alot.

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