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'Love, Victor' Star Michael Cimino Reveals He Got Death Threats for Playing Gay Character

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Michael Cimino is taking the good with the bad.The 21-year-old actor stars as Victor Salazar on the Hulu series. While Cimino identifies as straight, he's received some backlash, as well as death threats, for playing a gay character.«I’ve definitely had some criticism from the LGBT community for being in the role,» Cimino told, aware that some LGBTQ roles go to straight people. «I’ve had death threats, which is horrible.

But the show is important to me. The messages of hate — I came into it knowing that would happen, regardless of how good I was.»He also touched on the unexpected negative comments that he received from his own family members.«I got some homophobic comments — I kind of expected that to happen.

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