Harvey Guillén talks scary movies, Britney, and shares a peek at his favorite Halloween costume ever
living for it.The queer actor has long been the beating heart (literally) of FX’s hit vampire comedy, What We Do In The Shadows.
His character, Guillermo, is the human “familiar” to a group of blood-suckers—but he not-so-secretly wants to be a vampire himself.And while that dream has yet to come true, Guillermo did take one major step toward living the life of his dreams in the show’s most recent season: He came out as gay!
It was a surprising and welcome development for the series that Guillén has called both “therapeutic and nostalgic.”But it’s not just What We Do In The Shadows that we love Guillén in—this guy books!
In this year alone, he’s shown up on Amazon’s Reacher, and done voice work for Human Resources, Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, and on Harley Quinn as the hero Nightwing (which he jokes he was type-cast in because of his bubble butt).Related: Gay Christmas is coming: All the spooky queer entertainment to look forward to this Halloween seasonAnd, as of this weekend, he can be seen in Comedy Central’s hilarious new horror movie Cursed Friends, opposite Nicole Byer and other gay icons like Kathy Griffin and Nicole Richie.
