Gareth David-Lloyd has backed Russell T. Davies after the Queer as Folk and It’s a Sin creator said there was an “authenticity” to queer actors being in queer roles.
Gareth initially hit out at the comments due to him playing bisexual character Ianto Jones in Torchwood. “Ianto’s sexuality was complex, but interesting that I got the role partly based on the strength of a gay character I played for Russell T Davies in Mine All Mine,” he posted in a since deleted tweet. “But then I suppose we all make mistakes.” One particular thing that Russell said that annoyed Gareth was that people he cast “are not there to ‘act gay’ because ‘acting gay’ is a bunch of codes for a performance.” Reflecting on his “sulky” comments, Gareth told the Metro: “I