Gay Actor in Gay Play Forgets If He's in the Closet or NotS  Ben
Whishaw is currently co-starring with Hugh Dancy in The Pride
off-Broadway. He's so proud he essentially came out to Out
magazine. Then why is he in New York magazine talking about
being straight?  As both Out EIC Aaron Hicklin and Michael Musto
pointed out, it's quite a discrepancy between the two reports.
While the actor, who played one of the Bob Dylans in I'm Not
There and starred as John Keats in the highly-regarded movie
Bright Star earlier this year, doesn't exactly say, "Hey
everyone, I am a giant homosexual," he makes it pretty easy to
read between the lines. Like every gay actor trying to stay in
the professional closet, he goes for the whole "I don't like
labels" ploy, but inadvertently puts a label on himself while
talking about his gay role in The Pride and another gay role he
just finished in a London production subtly titled Cock.   And
The Pride is not some sweet little Brokeback-style love affair.
It's full of cheating husbands,