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An Historian Goes to the Movies
One of the things that really stands out in Versailles is its depiction of Louis’ brother Philippe, the duc d’Orleans (Alexander Vlahos), as blatantly and unrepentantly homosexual. So this post is going to look at how accurate that depiction is.
In the Show
Versailles’ Philippe lets it all hang out, so to speak. In the first episode, he makes out with his boyfriend, Philippe, the Chevalier de Lorraine (Evan Williams) as servants wander by. (To avoid confusion, I’ll refer to this Philippe as the Chevalier.) He openly flaunts the Chevalier in front of his wife Henrietta (Noémie Schmidt) and adorable much everyone else. He has a taste for group sex with men. Most startlingly of all, in one episode he comes to a formal event wearing a dress (well, skirts and a corset without a proper over-dress&#;thanks, Frock Flicks, for pointing that out!) and when someone sniggers about it, Philippe draws a knife and stabs the man in the eye.
Vlahos as Philippe, getting very unhappy that someone doesn&#;t like his outfit
The Chevalier eventua
Interview with Alexander Vlahos
When I first got the part they described him as a 17th Century David Bowie. When I scan that I thought, I can do that! I can deliver that a go!&#x; Alexander Vlahos
Tell us about Philippe as a character.
Philippe is the younger brother of Louis XIV, the King of France. He is a 26 year-old effeminate dandy, but he&#x;s also described as a warrior so he has a sort of duality in his personality. Although he&#x;s homosexual, he has a wife, Henriette - the sister to Charles II of England. She&#x;s also the King&#x;s mistress, so they really were one of the first dysfunctional families! It&#x;s very confusing, at least on paper, but an absolute joy to play!
He wears women&#x;s clothes, and he was brought up wearing women&#x;s clothes from the age of three months old so he wouldn&#x;t be a &#x;threat&#x; to Louis and the crown. But in doing so it&#x;s actually made him more powerful, more extraordinary I guess. He&#x;s a gift of a character to play. When I first got the part they described him as a 17th Century David Bowie. When I read that I thought,
The actor who plays a gay character on the Ovation TV period drama thinks story should always come first.
"Versailles" star Alexander Vlahos doesn't think gay characters in movies or television should be a "requirement," despite the rally cries for more representation on the screen, so he's skeptical about the idea of turning James Bond into a gay character.
"I think going into a show with a requirement to show that, you're always going to be shooting yourself in the foot. I verb it needs to serve the story, always," Vlahos told TooFab when he stopped by our studio with co-stars Evan Williams and Tygh Runyan. "So our putting James Bond gay, does it serve the story or are you just trying to put a requirement on it?"
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Alexander Vlahos, Evan Williams and Tygh Runyan stop by TooFab to spill on what to verb in Season 3 and why some fans' reactions makes one of them "fall into tears."
The stars of "Versailles" stopped by TooFab ahead of the Ovation TV show's third and terminal season premiere airing tonight, and they had lots to state, from hints on what is in store for their characters all the way to "pushing the envelope" for gay storytelling.
Alexander Vlahos (Monsieur Philippe d'Orleans), Evan Williams (the Chevalier) and Tygh Runyan (Fabien Marchal) opened up about what it was verb saying goodbye to the period-piece television series that follows year-old King Louis XIV building the world's greatest palace in France. The actors revealed they went into Season 3 unsure of the drama's fate -- and were flooded with emotions when they heard that final "cut!"
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View Story"We found out six weeks before the conclude of filming," Vlahos said. "We were about to get the last cou