{"id":41697,"date":"2016-07-23T16:20:31","date_gmt":"2016-07-23T20:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/looking-star-raul-castillo-came-out-as-a-straight-man-to-co-star-jonathan-groff-trepidatiously\/"},"modified":"2016-07-23T16:20:31","modified_gmt":"2016-07-23T20:20:31","slug":"looking-star-raul-castillo-came-out-as-a-straight-man-to-co-star-jonathan-groff-trepidatiously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/looking-star-raul-castillo-came-out-as-a-straight-man-to-co-star-jonathan-groff-trepidatiously\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Looking\u2019 Star Raul Castillo Came Out as a Straight Man to Co-Star Jonathan Groff  \u2018Trepidatiously\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>\u2018Looking\u2019 Star Raul Castillo Came Out as a Straight Man to Co-Star Jonathan Groff  \u2018Trepidatiously\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raul.jpg?resize=600%2C388\" alt=\"raul\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raul.jpg?w=600 600w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/raul.jpg?resize=300%2C194 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/looking.jpg?resize=195%2C195\" alt=\"looking\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/looking.jpg?resize=195%2C195 195w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/looking.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/looking.jpg?w=400 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\">Ahead of the premiere of the movie-length season finale of&nbsp;<i>Looking<\/i><i>, <\/i>Towleroad&nbsp;brought you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/07\/the-stars-of-looking-reflect-on-politics-and-legacy-of-gay-drama\/\">an exclusive interview with&nbsp;Murray Bartlett and Frankie J. Alvarez, <\/a>stars of the&nbsp;HBO series about a group of <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> friends living in San Francisco who&nbsp;shared&nbsp;their experiences on the show.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/07\/17\/fashion\/raul-castillo-hbo-looking-straight.html?smid=tw-nytstyles&amp;smtyp=cur&amp;_r=1&amp;mtrref=t.co\">Ra&uacute;l Castillo talked to the <em>New York Times <\/em><\/a>and shared his experience about being one of&nbsp;the few straight actors in the series. Castillo played the part of&nbsp;Richie, a Mexican-American barber&nbsp;and the love interest of&nbsp;Patrick Murray, played by Jonathan Groff.<\/p>\n<p>In an interesting role reversal of what most <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> have to go through in their lives, Castillo said he was apprehensive when he had to come out as a straight <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> to Groff, who&rsquo;s openly <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We were talking about a love affair, or at least the beginning of a love affair between these two <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guys<\/a>,&rdquo; he recalled, &ldquo;and I brought up meeting my <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">girlfriend<\/a> for the first time. But I did so trepidatiously, because I didn&rsquo;t want to spoil any kind of chemistry that was beginning to happen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/kiss-1.jpg?resize=600%2C329\" alt=\"kiss\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/kiss-1.jpg?w=600 600w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/kiss-1.jpg?resize=300%2C165 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>He didn&rsquo;t.<\/p>\n<p>The hot chemistry between both actors was evident in the many steamy <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> scenes in the show, and it was also one of the reasons why&nbsp;<em>The New York Times&nbsp;<\/em>referred to Castillo as&nbsp;&ldquo;arguably the breakthrough star of the series,&rdquo; and talked about his &ldquo;heartthrob&rdquo; status.<\/p>\n<p>When he started shooting,&nbsp;however, he felt nervous. &ldquo;I always felt like I was going to lose my job,&rdquo; he said adding that he &ldquo;learned a lot about <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">male<\/a> intimacy on the show.&rdquo; And, contrary to the fear that many actors who play <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> roles share &mdash; one of being typecast &mdash; the 38-year-old resident of the <em>gayborhood<\/em> of Hell&rsquo;s Kitchen in Manhattan said that playing <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> actually helped his career.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Early on, people would ask me if I thought playing a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> character would pigeonhole me,&rdquo; Castillo said. &ldquo;If anything, because the character had the profile that he did, it&rsquo;s opened up more doors than anything.&rdquo; Castillo has since starred in Netflix&rsquo;s&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/04\/29\/arts\/television\/netflix-special-correspondents-review-ricky-gervais.html\">Special Correspondents<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;Fox&rsquo;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox.com\/gotham\/\">Gotham<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>and the&nbsp;upcoming film adaptation of Justin Torres novel,<em>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/09\/02\/books\/we-the-animals-by-justin-torres-review.html\">We the Animals<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The heartthrob status probably comes from his huge <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> following, and all the flirting that comes with it, especially in Hell&rsquo;s Kitchen: &ldquo;In some ways, it&rsquo;s the closest I&rsquo;ll ever come to knowing what it is to be a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a> in the straight world,&rdquo; he said of the attention he gets.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the full interview<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/07\/17\/fashion\/raul-castillo-hbo-looking-straight.html?smid=tw-nytstyles&amp;smtyp=cur&amp;_r=1&amp;mtrref=t.co\"> here.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Looking: The Movie<\/em>&nbsp;premieres Saturday on HBO.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/07\/raul-castillo\/\">&lsquo;Looking&rsquo; Star Raul Castillo Came Out as a Straight Man to Co-Star Jonathan Groff  &lsquo;Trepidatiously&rsquo;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/\">Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=vmNiQfY8Y_4:yAL4b9UNtGw:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=vmNiQfY8Y_4:yAL4b9UNtGw:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=vmNiQfY8Y_4:yAL4b9UNtGw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=vmNiQfY8Y_4:yAL4b9UNtGw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=vmNiQfY8Y_4:yAL4b9UNtGw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=vmNiQfY8Y_4:yAL4b9UNtGw:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=vmNiQfY8Y_4:yAL4b9UNtGw:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/vmNiQfY8Y_4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/vmNiQfY8Y_4\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/vmNiQfY8Y_4\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Looking\u2019 Star Raul Castillo Came Out as a Straight Man to Co-Star Jonathan Groff \u2018Trepidatiously\u2019 Ahead of the premiere of the movie-length season finale of&nbsp;Looking, Towleroad&nbsp;brought you an exclusive interview with&nbsp;Murray Bartlett and Frankie J. 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