Falahee: ‘I’m glad people are talking about ‘HTGAWM’ sex scenes’
By Josh Haggis
How To Get Away With Murder’s
Jack Falahee has revealed that he is “glad people are talking about” the show’s man-on-man sex scenes.
Executive producer Shonda Rhimes recently spoke out in defence of the racy scenes involving Falahee’s character, openly gay Law student Connor Walsh, arguing that the show has “no gay scenes, just scenes with people in them”.
In a new interview, Falahee has addressed the controversy surrounding the scenes, arguing that TV has “catching up” to do in terms of how it depicts “real people” and relationships.
“The fact that there are members of the LGBT community, and friends of the community, that are feeling just pleased and happy to see a character on TV that is depicted in maybe a positive light, I think that’s great,” Falahee told E!
“I am glad that people are talking about it and that it’s sparked the conversation, and if we can have a dialogue about it, it can become more accepted,” the 25-year-old continued.
“TV is sort of catching up and it’s been very black and white what we’ve seen on the screen and very paranormative and patriarchal, and I think that now that we’re exploring it, it’s something that’s being talked about which is great.
“And even now, there’s a lot of content being made that is shedding an honest light on who people are and real people and at the end of the day that’s what Pete [Nowalk] has created. Real people. And that’s fantastic,” he added.
Falahee recently sat down with attitude.co.uk to talk about the controversy surrounding the show and his love for Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis – read the full interview here.
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