# Straights Actors Playing Gay Characters, and vice-versa, in Popular TV & Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 12, 2014, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straights-actors-playing-gay-characters-and-vice-versa-in-popular-tv-movies/678562 "2014-01-12T04:47:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straights-actors-playing-gay-characters-and-vice-versa-in-popular-tv-movies/678562/61 "2014-01-15T18:28:18Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I think you’re misremembering… > > [SPOILERS] > > …Caine _doesn’t_ want to steal Reeve’s play. > > At the time of the murder, there _is_ no play; Caine convinces his wife the guy’s written a play he wants to steal, but Reeve doesn’t actually start writing one until after she’s been killed – a play Caine then wants to _destroy,_ since it’s about a closeted playwright and his gay lover murdering said wife, and, uh, yeah, no; he’d rather just live off that sweet inheritance money than get _any_ percentage of that ever seeing the light of day. Hijack – just to mention that I saw Deathtrap in the early 80s with the great Marian Seldes playing Myra. Sorry - it’s just that you have no idea how seldom the opportunity to mention this comes up. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straights-actors-playing-gay-characters-and-vice-versa-in-popular-tv-movies/678562/62 "2014-01-15T19:45:37Z")
The first time I can recall noticing this was in **Melrose Place** , where Doug Savant played a gay character. I only noticed b/c the actor wound up marrying Laura Leighton, who was also on the show. (And was gorgeous). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straights-actors-playing-gay-characters-and-vice-versa-in-popular-tv-movies/678562.md?page=3)