Cumming now divides his time between the UK and US
Actor Alan Cumming has said the media's attitude towards homosexuality is scaring off gay actors from coming out.
The 43-year-old X-Men 2 star said actors were afraid because the press portrayed being gay as controversial.
"I don't think the people that go see films care that much - the media make it more of a deal and it's made into controversy," he told the BBC.
Cumming added: "There is a lot of homophobia in the world - but in Hollywood definitely."
Pigeonholed
Actors like Stephen Fry and Rupert Everett recently complained they feel pigeonholed since coming out.
But Cumming, who "married" his partner Grant Shaffer in a civil ceremony last year, does not think he has been.
"Some of them do, but lots of straight actors get pigeonholed in various roles," he said.Read Full News
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