{"id":274344,"date":"2020-07-05T02:51:43","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T07:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/lucas-grabeel-says-he-wouldnt-play-gay-high-school-musical-role-now"},"modified":"2020-07-05T02:51:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T07:51:54","slug":"lucas-grabeel-says-he-wouldnt-play-gay-high-school-musical-role-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/lucas-grabeel-says-he-wouldnt-play-gay-high-school-musical-role-now","title":{"rendered":"Lucas Grabeel Says He Wouldn&#039;t Play Gay &#039;High School Musical&#039; Role Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-167933\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">    \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n    \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"29.934751773\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"60.3695324284\">\n<section id=\"cb-c756b6e1caf6319905b30acca014596a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n<div id=\"video-player-39a82d07-0f07-571e-a245-4639ad310498-920917342-image-holder\" class=\"video-block-image-holder\">\n       <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-39a82d07-0f07-571e-a245-4639ad310498-920917342-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"actor\" alt=\"actor\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lucas-Grabeel-Says-He-Wouldn039t-Play-Gay-039High-School-Musical039-Role-Now.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><span class=\"media-swipe video-block__media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>       <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n     <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5f0badb4bbfc0ffefeba343ed51972a1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"35\">\n<p><strong>Lucas Grabeel<\/strong>, who played Ryan in \u201cHigh School Musical,\u201d says he would steer clear from the gay character role nowadays \u2026 so as not to take a job away from a gay actor.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-be2ec9d71f964bdb4b7e744918984145\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"37\">\n<p>Lucas tells TMZ \u2026 the last thing he would want to do is take an opportunity away from another actor, and as a straight, white man he feels he\u2019s already taken plenty of opportunities away from others without even trying. Guy owns his white privilege.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4ead392dbbebd587b271d904c12ed440\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"37\">\n<p>As you know \u2026 the director behind \u2018HSM\u2019 recently revealed Ryan was gay all along, but he says Ryan wasn\u2019t openly gay in the movies, because back in 2006 he didn\u2019t think Disney was ready for such a character.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-60fa621df9beded523d58bc736b5ba2b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default \"\/>\n<section id=\"cb-431f94c40ad878da81e9408016d06055\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>Lots have changed since Lucas played Ryan in the Disney Channel Movie 14 years ago \u2026 and he thinks a gay actor would be cast for the role if the movie was being made today, and he hopes the character would not have to hide his identity.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d48382e45943f9936048cfdf2e3369c9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"black actor\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1593935274_878_Lucas-Grabeel-Says-He-Wouldn039t-Play-Gay-039High-School-Musical039-Role-Now.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"black actor\" \/><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f378f6134731b6d0dc9e43aa4384cb29\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33.3363636364\">\n<p>Lucas\u2019 thinking is similar to that of <strong>Mike Henry<\/strong>, the white actor who voiced Cleveland on \u201cFamily Guy\u201d for 20 years. Mike recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/06\/26\/white-actor-mike-henry-who-voiced-black-family-guy-character-cleveland-brown-steps-down\/#:~:text=Mike%20Henry%2C%20the%20white%20actor,by%20a%20person%20of%20color.\"><strong>stepped down from the role<\/strong><\/a>, saying the black character should be voiced by a black actor.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b970622c79bab21d61dcab17506a9ee9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>As for gay characters like Ryan, Lucas says it\u2019s finally time for Disney and others in the industry to start educating children about gay people at the youngest age possible.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4a67bcb83de8bb525df6bfb05f78f0f5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default canvas-block-is-last \">\n<div class=\"gallery-block\">\n   <a id=\"gallery-link-e6e83dca-eb0e-406b-aeb6-2007c82bd462\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2020\/04\/16\/high-school-musical-cast-hot-shots-photos\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:e6e83dca-eb0e-406b-aeb6-2007c82bd462\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:bd560c2a-8256-4306-a45e-d4c6efdd113f\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1593935274_163_Lucas-Grabeel-Says-He-Wouldn039t-Play-Gay-039High-School-Musical039-Role-Now.jpg\" alt=\"'High School Musical' Cast Hot Shots\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/07\/05\/lucas-grabeel-high-school-musical-ryan-gay-character-role\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/lucas-grabeel-says-he-wouldnt-play-gay-high-school-musical-role-now\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play video contentExclusive TMZ.com Lucas Grabeel, who played Ryan in \u201cHigh School Musical,\u201d says he would steer clear from the gay character role nowadays \u2026 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}