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Lucas Grabeel 'cried' when 'High School Musical: The Musical: The Series' called to tell him that Ryan Evans would come out as gay on the show, showrunner says
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- Lucas Grabeel "cried" when he found out Ryan Evans would come out as gay, the "HSMTMTS" showrunner said.
- Evans kisses his partner during an episode of "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series."
- "This would signify so much to people who grew up with this movie," Grabeel reportedly said.
Actor Lucas Grabeel, who played Ryan Evans in the "High School Musical" movies "cried" when he found out the long beloved character would finally come out as gay on "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series," the series' showrunner told TV Line.
"Lucas, like, cried on the phone and said, 'This would mean so much to people who grew up with this movie,'" Tim Federle, the showrunner of "HSMTMTS," told TV Line.
Federle added that he recalled Grabeel sayin
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- The creator of Upper School Musical: The Musical: The Series reflects on the significance of Ryan's upcoming gay storyline, aiming to bring a more modern context and voice to the show.
- Ryan's journey in the series reflects the crave to provide powerful visibility for fans of the franchise.
- The ethics of Ryan Evans has long been speculated to be gay, and now his ambiguous sexuality will be explained in the upcoming season, bringing his story full circle.
The creator of High College Musical: The Musical: The Serieshas reflected on the show's huge upcoming Ryan moment. The upcoming fourth and final season of the meta comedy musical series will be centered on the production of a fictional movie sequel titled High School Musical 4: The Reunion. In the movie-within-a-show, Lucas Grabeel will reprise his imaginative High School Musical role of Ryan Evans, who reveals that he is gay and in a relationship with singer Scott Hoying.
People recently sat down with creator and executive producer Tim Federle to discuss High School Musi High School Musical had a late addition to Pride Month this year when out director Kenny Ortega revealed in an interview that the character of Ryan Evans (played by Lucas Grabeel) was gay in the trilogy of Disney movies. In an interview with Variety, he said: "The character of Ryan in High School Musical, Sharpay's [Ashley Tisdale] twin brother, we decided he'd probably going to come out in college. It was less about coming out and just more about letting his real colors come forward." Asked why the character's sexuality is never discussed in High School Musical, Ortega said: "I contain to be straightforward with you. I didn't think at the time — and Disney is the most linear group of people I've ever worked with. "I was concerned because it was family and kids, that Disney might not be ready to cross that line and go into that area yet. So, I just took it upon myself to make choices that I felt that those who were watching would take. They would spot it, they would feel it, they would know it and they would identify with it. And that is what happened." In a December 2019 interview with TVLine, performer Grabeel had a slightly different get on the ethics. While The sexuality of Ryan Evans, played by Lucas Grabeel in the original Lofty School Musical, has been a source of speculation for 17 years and now High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (HSMTMTS) has finally given the long-awaited answer to the questions around whether Ryan is canonically a member of the Queer community. Grabeel is establish to return to the franchise in the terminal season of HSMSTMS along with original High College Musical actors Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, and Kaycee Stroh. Ryan, twin brother of the scheming-mean-girl-turned-fan-favorite Sharpay, common his sister's love of musical theater and fabulous fas "High School Musical" ethics Ryan Evans is officially gay – and still fabulous. Lucas Grabeel reprises his role as Ryan, one half of the Evans twins alongside Ashley Tisdale's Sharpay in the first Disney movie franchise, in the fourth and last season of TV spinoff "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series." The East High alum shares a same-sex kiss in a sneak peek for the Disney+ show on Tuesday, confirming 15 years of speculation that Ryan is queer. The clip shows Ryan stepping off stage to thank a man for coming to his demonstrate . "You look amazing, this is so cool! This means so much to me that you are here." "I love you," the mystery man says before they share a swift smooch. Grabeel initially starred in "High School Musical" for three films between 2006 to 2008. He later reprised his role in one episode of "HSMTMTS" Season 1. Kenny Ortega, who directed the movie trilogy, previously discussed Ryan's alluded sexuality. "I was concerned because it was family and kids, that Disney might not be ready to cross that line and move into that land yet," Ortega told Variety i
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