But he told IndieWire in a 2020 interview that his community had its own issues with prejudice. The 21-year-old Las Vegas native is of Puerto Rican and Italian-German descent and has spoken before of the racism he faced growing up. People have that programming and they often don’t have to evolve and try to push past that.” He added, “Some of them reached out, saying, ‘You used to be so cool now you’re so gay.’ I chalk it up to ignorance.
I didn’t expect it from my own family members, though.” In a new interview with Attitude, Cimino - who plays the titular Victor - says: “I got some homophobic comments - I kind of expected that to happen. He said the former went as far as threatening his life. Michael Cimino, the straight star of Hulu’s gay-themed coming-of-age series “ Love, Victor,” says he has been attacked by some in the LGBTQ community and even some of his own family members.
