Actors get typecast. It’s been happening forever. Just because he’s gay means he’s exempt from being typecast?
And, I loved Rock Hudson when I was a kid. But after I learned about his personal life, it made his love scenes seem hollow and uninteresting. Never watched him again. It wasn’t because he was gay. He just no longer fit in the rolls he was playing. He had lost believability.
My wife said the same thing about Rupert Everett. Once he came out as gay, she didn’t care to see him in romantic movies .
Not because she hates gays, but she couldn’t believe in his character anymore.
I liked Rock Hudson the actor as well.
Sometimes it’s hard to watch him.
I loved McMillian & Wife.