Greg Berlanti is television’s most prolific producer. With a record-breaking 18 series from his production company greenlit for the 2019-2020 season, the openly gay Berlanti is using his powe…
With a record-breaking 18 series from his production company greenlit for the 2019-2020 season, the openly gay Berlanti is using his power to ensure the LGBTQ community is reflected on the small screen — both in front of and behind the camera.
The high-profile fundraising event, which was scheduled for June 19 at the Los Angeles home of Ryan Murphy and husband David Miller, was canceled after Buttigieg opted to stay in South Bend, Ind., where he serves as mayor, after an officer-involved shooting instead of visiting California for a week of planned fundraisers.
Representation on-screen has progressed immensely since 2000, when “The Broken Hearts Club” hit theaters. What changed have you witnessed in the industry over the 20 years since that film came out? The more that the stories are about and by and for the societies and communities we all live in that reflect us as people, then the more relevant the stories are and the better they are — especially when you’re working in the space of things like superheroes because for me, it’s all about who those people are saving, because if they’re not protecting a world that looks like ours, then I think it’s not in the spirit of what all these characters were when they were created.
You’re now in a major decision-making position, which is probably why you haven’t witnessed that first-hand in recent years, but do you think those type of conversations still happen where casting executives say don’t cast a gay person in straight roles? You know, I’d like to believe that has changed. Putting aside executives and their decision-making power for a second, back in the day when I was trying to get Tim Olyphant in “Broken Hearts Club,” there weren’t a lot of straight guys that wanted to play gay back then — he was fine about it, by the way, and he was awesome in the part — and when we were casting roles on TV at that time, there were straight actors who were advised not to play gay roles.
You are co-hosting a fundraising event for Pete Buttigieg. Whether or not he gets the nomination, what does it mean to have a viable prospect that America could have its first openly gay president?
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