Okay, this question is mostly (though not necessarily) for straight men...

Okay, this question is mostly (though not necessarily) for straight men... Oct 20, 2018 5:12:00 GMT

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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 20, 2018 5:12:00 GMT

Oct 20, 2018 1:51:32 GMT Aj_June said:

Oct 19, 2018 20:04:40 GMT dirtypillows said:

Stephen Boyd was a very good-looking guy. And he was definitely gay. He was interviewed in the movie "Celluloid Closet". Boyd talks about how during the making of "Ben Hur", Charlton Heston had no clue as to the homosexual subtext of the relationship betwen his character and Boyd's. Their scene together is, indeed, very homoerotic. And Boyd made no bones about his sexual preference.

Stephen Boyd died in 1977 and Celluloid Closet was made in 1995. So what you are saying is just a myth. He gave no such interview. He never even hinted of his "supposed" homosexuality.

Gore Vidal claimed that there was homosexual subtext in the movie. Mr.Heston dismissed Gore Vida's claim. And also said Gore Vidal was exaggerating his part.

"Screen credits for film writing are closely guarded by the Writers' Guild of America, and Vidal was not considered for one in Ben Hur. But he was apparently one of several writers enlisted to massage the script"

Oh, heck. Maybe I'm getting Heston and Boyd mixed up with Kirk Douglas and Sal Mineo on the set of "Spartacus".