Tag: Ben Whishaw

The 2018 miniseries is from the writer of "Queer As Folk." Calling all Maurice fans. Hugh Grant is returning to British television and playing gay in the new three-part period piece, A Very English Scandal. Grant is portraying British Liberal political party leader Jeremy Thorpe, who in 1979, was tried and acquitted of the murder of his former lover, Norman Scott (Ben Whishaw). The limited series was written by Russell T. Davies (Queer as Folk, Cucumber) and is helmed by Stephen Frears, who...

Peter Capaldi confirmed last night that he will bow out as the twelfth Doctor after the upcoming Christmas special of Doctor Who later this year. But that immediately left fans of the show wondering: just who is the favourite to be the thirteenth incarnation of the Time Lord? Bookies have placed British actor actor Ben Whishaw as the favourite to take of BBC’s flagship sci-fi series. The actor was the favourite to take over from Matt Smith back in 2013, but instead went on...

Skyfall actor Ben Whishaw has always been discreet about his private life. Allegations about his sexuality began in 2011 when he played a gay character on Broadway. In an interview about the play, Whishaw came out in a subtle way, as if he wanted to say it, just not that clearly. Asked about his homosexual character in the play and the impact on young people, Ben answered: "I feel in my heart that it’s important, but I don’t quite know yet the...