Eyes wide shut: Matthew Rhys. Photo: Getty Images
When asked by the otherwise exceedingly boring moderator of the Brothers & Sisters panel at the Museum of Television and Radio's Paley Fest what the many and varied cast had learned from their own family drama, Matthew Rhys offered this lesson: "If you close your eyes, sometimes you can't tell the difference between a boy and a girl!"
Executive producer Greg Berlanti immediately shot back, "That's not really true!" (I feel obligated to point out here that my roommate's notes from this event consist of "Greg Berlanti: HOT!" three times, so these quotes have only one unchecked source.) But thanks, Matthew, for putting to rest any remaining rumors of your actual sexuality.
Mostly the crowd was shocked and awed by his thick Welsh accent -- Rhys joked, "Ken Olin yelled cut and said, 'Can you not sound like you're from Middle Earth?'" -- and his sweet gallantry, shrugging off his suit jacket for Sally Field when she got cold.
He also said the best pre-show bonding was when on-screen little bro Dave Annabelle took him to Hooters. "He took me to Hooters," said a mock-outraged Calista Flockhart, who was mostly busy elbowing and whispering in Rob Lowe's ear.
When asked whether Lowe's senator character would stay as seemingly perfect as he's been so far, creator Robbie Baitz joked that "nobody that handsome can be trusted," adding that he's dated his share of handsome men. Oh, and Jason Lewis showed up even though he wasn't among the cast members asked on stage to answer questions.
There you go. I've given you all the gay parts. In fact, up until the panel was opened up to audience questions, no one mentioned the G-word or H-word or F-word at all. It strangely didn't feel so much like avoidance as another strange piece of evidence that a show made by gay men with actual support from a network may still be notable to its audience for its "controversial" storylines. But if you go and hear it from the proverbial horse's mouth, they're all actually focused on making good TV.
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