You know all those bitches who say that coming out of the closet can ruin an actor's career? Well, they can suck on Gargamel's nasty chode, because Neil Patrick Harris just landed the lead role in the Smurfs movie. I know what you're thinking right now–"Will dressing up as a little blue man really help his career?"
Well, technically it won't. I should probably clarify that Smurfs will be a combination of live-action and animation, and Harris will be playing the lead live-action character. Though it might not be the most groundbreaking role of his lifetime, it's great to see an openly gay man bagging such major roles in Hollywood. Plus, he's totally sexy. Don't you just want to smurf the shit out of him?
– Dewitt
No, I wouldn’t just want to SMURF the shit out of him … However once feeling better he could SMURF the hell out of me though … Hell right now maybe a SMURFjob … That would just be SMURFING HOT
smurfs and neil patrick harris sound great. i’ve always had a soft spot for neil. a real class act.
now thats a gentlemen, a man, and a lover all wrapped into one package called neil patrick harris
just to clarify dewitt there is a reason for not declaring one’s sexuality publicly (which is different to being in the closet) if one is in the entertainment/film industry.
when one is starting out and building a fan base especially as a younger/youngish person a large part of that fan base is women and being available to cast oneself as a fantasy object for the women to fantasize about.
for example take the case of n’sync, who were initially marketed to the 13-15 year old teenage girl market. they had cute spice (Lance), sexy spice (Justin), scary spice (Chris), charming spice (JC) and mysterious spice (Joey).
The 13 – 15 year old girl buying the cds and the band’s collectibles like posters, books, and clothing each had a favorite, that they dreamed about and were supposed to fantasize about. now the girl who chose cute spice, if cute spice had to declare he was gay at that time, might not have experienced homophobia upon hearing this, which is what many gay men get confused about (shes not angry about it, she has a gay uncle).
she now knows all those fantasies about cute spice on a white horse coming for her and to slay demons for her, while singing “this i promise you”, will never, ever happen, she doesn’t even stand that 0.00001 percent chance that the marketing execs made sure she believed she had.
cute spice will be cumming for her brother instead. she doesn’t buy the cds anymore and goes and finds another teen idol and buys his poster instead, less money for the band
its about being commercially available many straight guys do it too – for example rafael nadal had a long time girlfriend that he never spoke about once he started to sell and promote things because he had to appear “commercially available” for women.
many straight guys who were also marketed as people for women to fantasise about had long time childhood sweethearts who they were going to marry eventually, but these women were kept in the background.
i remember brian littrell of the backstreet boys, i can remember reading millions of articles put out by the publicists of the BB about “What brian looks for in a women”, and at that time he was living with his long time girlfriend and they were in a tight relationship, but that was put in the background and never declared because brian had to appear “commercially single and available” in order to appeal to his teenage fanbase.
to be continued in next post
in the cases of people like neil and elton john, they already built their fanbases and now rely on talent so all that doesn’t matter.
often when starting out, in the entertainment or film industry, the looks and availibity thing come first and then people reveal the talent which has people hooked for life. but when starting out before the talent is revealed, its not a good thing to appear commercially unavailable.
also neil is super talented, he plays a ladies man better than most straight guys on tv do.
also from another angle, gay men in the film industry who don’t declare their sexual preferences (which is different to being in the closet with a beard, they might be out just not public) have a unique advantage over their straight counterparts.
a straight famous guy is looking for a woman to have a serious relationship with, when he meets the woman, he doesn’t know if is she attracted to him because of his fame and money primarily or is is because of who is really is away from the glitz and glamor. cue all the golddiggers and fameseekers
a gay guy famous guy who is single but his preferences aren’t known goes into a bar (not a gay bar), he sees a cute guy he likes, he can get to know him as a friend first since the guy doesn’t know he is gay, and make sure the person actually connects with him as a person and actually likes him for who he is as a friend first, and then he can take it to the next level, if he wants to, so he has all the power.
I’d want to take turns with the SMURFING. Ever since seeing him hump the back of a car seat in Harold & Kumaar, I’ve wanted to get completely sweaty with him. And now that he’s come out, the mind runs amock.
AVATAR?
I really hope they don’t destroy the smurfs with this movie!
never liked him as Doogie Howser, don’t like him as Barney…not sure I’d even think to pay to see him as a Smurf.
Like the chant from our local hockey rink to the competition: “Over-Rated!”
I’m with trackmanoh. Not over rated but I don’t think he’s a quintessential womanizer.
In my eyes he just isn’t hot enough to be the sexy womanizer the show tries to portray him as.
NPH is super cute! I’d pay to see him in just about anything or out of everything! Plus, he seems like a really nice guy, and that really works in his favor. There’s a likability and a very cool confidence about him that is a super turn on! Plus, I love the smurfs too! Who’s playing smurfette? Reese Witherspoon would be a great choice!
NPH is way sexy, but what’s with his easter island forehead and full face blinking?
Oh yeah, I’d smurf him silly. It’d be fucking smurftastic.