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Prison Break Star Wentworth Miller Comes Out As Gay
"Thank you for your kind invitation. As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes," Wentworth, 41, says in a letter to Maria Averbakh, director of the St. Petersburg International Film Festival. "However, as a gay bloke, I must decline.
"I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government," he continued in the letter, posted on GLAAD's website. "The situation is in no way acceptable, and I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people enjoy myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and treasure openly.
He also said "if circumstances improve, I'll be free to make a different choice."
GLAAD spokesman Wilson Cruz praised Miller's actions.
"Wentworth's bold show of assist sends a pow
Wentworth Miller Reveals, 'I Tried To Kill Myself' for Being Gay
— -- Wentworth Miller publicly came out as gay last month, and now he's discussing his struggle coming to terms with his identity.
"The first time I tried to kill myself I was 15. I waited until my family went away for the weekend and I was alone in the house and I swallowed a bottle of pills," Miller said in a speech at the Human Rights Campaign Dinner in Seattle on Saturday, according to a video obtained by TMZ.
"I don't remember what happened over the next couple days, but I'm attractive sure come Monday morning I was on a bus back to college pretending everything was fine," Miller said. "And when someone asked me if that was a sob for help, I speak no, because I told no one. You only cry for help if you believe there's aid to cry for and I didn't. I wanted out. I wanted to go. At 15."
Miller, 41, announced that he was gay in a letter to the St. Petersburg International Film Festival committee, in which he declined an invitation to be the guest of hon
Why Wentworth Miller Says He's Done Playing Straight Roles
A lot of people don't know this, but Wentworth Miller was almost Superman. People Magazine's Sexiest Human Alive is undeniably a beautiful, blue-eyed, 6 foot 1, and openly gay man who announced a couple of years ago that he’s tired of playing straight roles.
Miller stated, “The straight man’s story has been told.” His television success trumps his film accomplishments, but he's got acting chops that are on par with his striking looks. From Prison Break to the silver screen, Miller acts, writes, and produces but refuses to accept another acting role written for a heterosexual man.
Wentworth Miller's Eclectic Body of Work
With cameo appearances as Mariah Carey's significant other in music videos and successful projects favor 2014's The Flash, and the dark thriller, The Loft, released in the same year, about five heterosexual married men who buy a secret pad for their sexual rendezvouses, Miller has shown his range and amassed a
Wentworth Miller Says Playing Straight Roles 'Feels Fond A Dead End'
In a recent interview, out actor Wentworth Miller reiterated that he's finished playing straight characters, saying that such roles perceive "like a dead end."
The 48-year-old actor last week reprised his role as Assistant District Attorney (ADA) Isaiah Holmes in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Holmes is the show's first openly gay district attorney.
In an Instagram post last year, Miller said that he's no longer interested in playing straight roles, including Michael Scofield on Prison Break, which Fox is reportedly planning to revive again.
(Related: Wentworth Miller won't verb to Prison Break; Says he's done playing straight roles.)
Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, Miller expanded on his remarks, saying that he's not interested in playing gay characters defined by "their struggle."
"I have things in common with Isaiah [Holmes] but we're not the same person. Obviously," Miller said. "I had things in common with Michael Scofield too. What feels more truthful maybe, more au