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544:. In his own words, he felt that most areas of society feel uncomfortable talking about the sexuality of teenagers. One of interesting aspects of his casting is that he did not want to limit the actors to identifying as gay themselves. His logic behind this process was that, by limiting who could audition, the turnout would be lower and he might not find the actors that he was looking for.
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