Nelsan Ellis Co-star on True Blood got(GAY)scared and Quits over this Season’s Gay story lines

     

 Luke Grimes (Left)                Nelsan Ellis (Right)

                

Grimes was replaced by Nathan Parsons in the role of James, who recently struck up a romantic relationship with Ellis’ Lafayette

Nelsan Ellis has long portrayed one of the most popular characters on HBO's “True Blood.” As Lafayette, he's tough and totally unique. The character also happens to be gay. That last detail was purportedly too much for one of his co-stars, who quit over this season's gay storylines.

Luke Grimes took on the role of James on the show, spending much of last season wooing fellow vampire Deborah Ann Woll‘s Jessica. This season, though, James suddenly had a new face as Nathan Parsons took over the role.

 A publicist for Grimes declined comment Tuesday. When he left the show, he issued a statement saying that he left over his feature film schedule, and that it had nothing to do with storylines. HBO said that his decision was due to “the creative direction of the character.” That direction became clear as the seventh and final season of “True Blood” started airing, and James was revealed to be bisexual, starting a relationship with Ellis’ Lafayette.

“I just think that, you're an actor,” Ellis told Vulture in an interview after his character's first sex scene with the new James. “We're all sitting there going, ‘You quit your job because … really?’ I'm just… I'm over him. You quit your job because you don't want to play a gay part? As if it's … You know what? I’m going to stop talking.” 

But he didn't. “You make a statement when you do something like that,” Ellis continued. You make a … big statement, when you go, ‘I don't want to play this part because it's gay.’ If you have a child, if you have a son, and he comes out as gay, what are you going to do? If you have a daughter who comes out gay…? You just made a statement, and it has ripple effects.”

He said that a show like “True Blood” almost demands that its actors come in prepared to expect the unexpected. Created by Alan Ball, who is openly gay, the drama is known for its sexual content and LGBT characters and relationships. 

“I'm supposed to do what my boss tells me to do, as an actor,” Ellis said. “I can't approach a character with judgment. I certainly can’t tell my boss, ‘I can act what I want to act, but not what you tell me to act,’ especially on a show where you come in, knowing what it is.”

Jason Hughes

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Looking at several pictures from Luke Grimes, I think the boy looks what some will call not butch, so obviously to some, he most think that gays are not butch but femme and he probably got scared that looking gay (femme)and playing gay could make people come to the right or wrong conclusion that he is gay. On the other hand he might be so insured of himself that he would find too kinky to hug or give another man a kiss in the kisser.
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