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The Advocate.com obviously loves Milo Ventimiglia, and Brandon Voss talked to the Heroes actor about his big gay following, and the idea of a gay superhero, and being shirtless on Heroes.
Image used with permission by NBC/Chris Haston
Milo Ventimiglia tends to lean toward playing roles that challenge him, despite any stigma that may be attached to it. The actor played a gay teenager in the short film Must Be the Music (1996), and a transgender in the horror film Cursed (2005), and the gay dudes just love him.
Of course they love Milo shirtless too, like he did several times last season on Heroes. As Peter Petrelli, he was "shirtless, greased up, dirty, in a tank, and doesn’t know who he is" in the premiere episode "Four Months Later". But that wasn’t the last time he had no shirt on!
"But then I did several scenes following that where I’m tied up to a chair, having buckets of water thrown on me, and the shit beat out of me, and I’m like, I still have my shirt off? OK.
(shirtless image after the cut!)
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Then I escape, so there was the question of, Well, does Peter grab a shirt when he runs out the door or not? And once he has the shirt, does he leave it open or closed? You do start to wonder, but if it works, it works.
So it would follow that Milo is ready for whatever the script takes. The volume 3 of Heroes ("Villains") would be quite interesting for Milo’s character, as "Peter Petrelli is not quite himself this season". Is Heroes ready for a gay hero? What power would that dude have? Read Milo’s comments and more at The Advocate.