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I kept returning to my belief that his sexuality was not up for debate by anyone, himself included.
How he came across was the result of those choices I made blended with the way the part was written, shot and edited. He simply wanted men and believed he was right. It seemed to me that the most direct way to find him was to underplay all the cliches.
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My take on Brian was foremost one of free will. I'd worked and lived in mid-town for a few years, so a lot of the 'social' research was already done. GH: I had enough gay friends to have taken a few spins through the happy bars of San Francisco (where I lived for almost nine years) and Los Angeles. Had he even read the scene? We'll never know. And that was only slightly less bizarre than an actor who was testing for the character of Michael telling me he wasn't going to kiss me just before we went into the room. The strangeness of performing in a boardroom environment surrounded by executives was so intense I might as well have been walking through a remake of the video for "Ashes to Ashes" by David Bowie.
The callback and test process was a nail-biter.
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There were a series of callbacks which required a haircut (I think), and the purchase of a suit I couldn't afford. Anyway, I'd vowed this would be my last Los Angeles audition. I thought Aiden Gillen was a total badass, but didn't think it would ever work as an American adaptation. I had seen the original on a VHS tape my girlfriend had. At the audition I read from sides for Linda Lowy, the casting director, and I read with her associate John Brace. I didn't believe I'd ever get another job in front of a camera, and wanted to figure out if I could cut it on stage in New York or Chicago. That film was a blast, but I was still trying to toughen up to survive the brutality of the other 99 percent. I was slightly traumatized by my 99 percent record of rejection. The cart was definitely before the horse. I couldn't decide which because I had $5 to my name. I hadn't decided where I was headed but it was going to be either Chicago or New York. GH: When that audition happened, I had already decided to leave Los Angeles.