Jeremy Pope says he quit a major film after the director discriminated against him for being gay

Tony and Emmy-nominated actor Jeremy Pope is up for both an Independent Spirit Award and a Golden Globe for his performance in The Inspection as a gay Marine Corps recruit. Now, the 30-year-old says he was able to take the role in the indie film (which is based on director Elegance Bratton’s real-life experience) because he walked away from a major studio project.

“The short version is: I’d been given an opportunity to lead a studio film. And even though I didn’t love the script, it meant something. But it was one of those things that would get me in the conversations, get me in front of directors and people at studios,” Pope says in a new interview with Variety. “As people know, that is currency and helps where the comma on your check goes and the opportunities you’re given.”

Pope explains that mere days before filming on the unnamed project began, he ended up in what he describes as an “interesting conversation” with the film’s director.

“He basically said I didn’t have…

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