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Teddy’s 90210 love interest talks with AfterElton!

http://allthingsgirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/freddiesmith.jpgIf you’ve been following Teddy’s coming out story on 90210 then you know that Ian is now out of the picture and that Teddy met the handsome Marco in last week’s episode.

Marco is played by actor Freddie Smith who had a nice chat with AfterElton.com editor Michael Jensen. Here are some highlights:

AE: So tell me about Marco. We’ve seen just the little tiny bit of him in the episode where Teddy [Trevor Donovan] whacked him with a tennis ball.
FS: He’s from a hard working family and he’s a hard worker himself. He’s putting himself through school and he plays soccer. He’s just a really nice guy. He has good morals and he comes from a good family and he’s always trying to do the right thing. An overall well-rounded person. I think he’s got his stuff together for a senior in high school. He’s mature and he’s working jobs and doing all that.

AE: And he’s out to his family?
FS: Yeah. He’s out and he’s very comfortable with who he is. He’s happy with who he is and he’s very proud of that and his family knows and all that.

AE: 90210 has done a great job with Teddy and people have really enjoyed his coming out and storylines, and even Ian was quite popular. As an actor, how do you approach being the new love interest?
FS: It’s kind of realistic because Teddy just came out and he’s trying to figure everything out. He still has trust issues with people and he’s still trying to figure everything out. And I think just by dating different people he’s going to find who he wants to fall in love with.

I wouldn’t say it was any pressure or anything. It’s just all about the chemistry, and I feel Marco and Teddy have great chemistry, and their relationship is strong. So we’ll see how Teddy and Marco end up.

AE: The issue of gay teens was very much in the zeitgeist this year and last. What are your thoughts on being part of that?
FS: I just want to hopefully shed light on what’s going on. What’s going on in society right now and if I can do a role that will help people and have an impact positively and not just on this show. There are other shows that have characters, gay characters and even if one person gets something out of that, then we’re doing our jobs. People should be able to just be able to be who they are.

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