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High School Musical's Ryan Evans confirmed as gay character in new clip, series takes a bold step

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Lucas Grabeel Returns
Lucas Grabeel’s coming endorse to the world of High School Musical, but will he play a gay role this time?
Disney+ recently announced that more of the cast from the original High School Musical movies will be joining the streaming series. According to Decider, this includes Corbin Bleu, who starred as Chad Danforth in the original movies; Lucas Grabeel, who played Ryan Evans; Monique Coleman, who played Taylor McKessie; Kaycee Stroh, who played Martha Cox; Bart Johnson, who played Troy’s dad Coach Bolton; and Alyson Reed who played Mrs. Darbus. All of those actors will return for High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Season 4.
But that’s not all, Kylie Cantrall, Matthew Sato, Caitlin Reilly, and Vasthy Mompoint are arrange to join the cast in recurring guest star roles. Cantrall (Ron’s Gone Wrong) will perform a social media star named Dani; Matthew Sato (Hawaii Five-O) will play a sitcom star named Mack; Reilly (Hacks) will be a film director named Quinn; and Mompoint (The Prom) will play a choreographer named Krystal.
But when it comes to Lucas Grabeel, there’s a chance for some LGBTQ representation. Previously, Grabeel appeared on t
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 arrive out as gay, the "HSMTMTS" showrunner said.
Evans kisses his partner during an episode of "High University Musical: The Musical: The Series."
"This would mean 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 establish out the long beloved character would finally reach 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

In a new interview with Variety, director Kenny Ortega opened up about his experience making the High School Musical series and said he thought the character of Ryan would have appear out as queer later in life.
While it was never specified in the movies, in recent years many fans have created headcanons concerning Ryan's sexual orientation.
A lot of them see both Ryan and Kelsi — who went to prom together and had a subtle romantic storyline in High College Musical 3 — as gay.
But now Ortega has confirmed Ryan would probably have come out as gay "in college", adding that his character in the movies was "less about coming out and just more about letting his true colours come forward".
He went on to utter that while Disney is "the most progressive group of people" he's ever worked with, he had concerns that they "weren't ready" to have an openly gay nature in a Disney Channel movie in 2006.
In an interview with TV Line in December last year, Lucas Grabeel — who played Ryan in the movies — opened up about the character's sexuality, and said he played the role based on conversations about Ortega's own elevated school experience.
"Ryan was a guy who was really inspire

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High School Musical's Ryan Evans confirmed as gay character in new clip, series takes a bold step

Lucas Grabeel Returns

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

In a new interview with Variety, director Kenny Ortega opened up about his experience making the High School Musical series and said he thought the character of Ryan would have appear out as queer later in life.

While it was never specified in the movies, in recent years many fans have created headcanons concerning Ryan's sexual orientation.

A lot of them see both Ryan and Kelsi — who went to prom together and had a subtle romantic storyline in High College Musical 3 — as gay.

But now Ortega has confirmed Ryan would probably have come out as gay "in college", adding that his character in the movies was "less about coming out and just more about letting his true colours come forward".

He went on to utter that while Disney is "the most progressive group of people" he's ever worked with, he had concerns that they "weren't ready" to have an openly gay nature in a Disney Channel movie in 2006.

In an interview with TV Line in December last year, Lucas Grabeel — who played Ryan in the movies — opened up about the character's sexuality, and said he played the role based on conversations about Ortega's own elevated school experience.

"Ryan was a guy who was really inspire