'Bridgerton' Star Golda Rosheuvel Says A Lesbian Director Once Encouraged Her To Stay In The Closet
essence.comactress Golda Rosheuvel was instructed to adopt antiquated ways of navigating her personal life in Hollywood with some early-career advice from a surprising source.
As the Bridgerton star revealed in a recent interview on the “Just for Variety” podcast, she was always interested in being upfront about who she is.
But the director on one of her first professional sets told her that would essentially be career suicide. “We were talking about being out and proud and representation and whether I should say I was gay in interviews,” Rosheuvel told Variety. “And it was an absolute no: ‘You absolutely shouldn’t do that.
It could or it would ruin your career as an actor.’ I would rather lose a job than not be true to who I am. I’d rather not work in an industry that doesn’t accept me.
