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“Queer as Folk” cast reunites in Germany!
Most of the cast of Showtime’s Queer as Folk are gathering this week in Cologne, Germany, for their first official reunion in seven years.
‘Can’t believe I am about to get on my flight to Germany for the first ever QAF Convention,’ Peter Paige, who spent five seasons playing Emmett Honeycutt posted on Twitter Tuesday ‘Can’t wait to meet the fans.’
The event, called Rise n’ Shine 2012, will begin Friday and run through Sunday.
Paige will be joined by Randy Harrison (Justin Taylor), Hal Sparks (Michael Novotny), Michelle Clunie (Melanie Marcus), Thea Gill (Lindsay Peterson), Scott Lowell (Ted Schmidt), Sharon Gless (Debbie Novotny), Harris Allan (Hunter Montgomery) and Robert Gant (Ben Bruckner).
But Queerty.com reports that there will be one notable exception: Gale Harold who played bad boy Brian Kinney. The site says Harold had been scheduled to appear but cancelled his appearance at the last minute due to ‘a wonderful work opportunity [that] has only recently come my way.’
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Romy says:
STATEMENT OF GALE HAROLD FOR THE CANCELLATION:
The first thing I’d like to say is that I truly regret not being a part of Rise’n Shine 2012. I am very proud of the American adaptation of Queer as Folk that I had the good grace to be a part of. I have to thank Dan Lipman and Ron Cowen for giving me that chance.
I’d love to be there to celebrate with you. Obviously QAF changed all of our lives. And that fact is more than just the echo of a well-worn phrase. In the years since the series completed, one thing has become very clear to me; there were many lifelong transformations that I, and I think my cast-mates went through while living through our characters.
I had been greatly looking forward to attending the convention, reuniting with all my old cast-mates and meeting all of you. A wonderful work opportunity has only recently come my way and unfortunately the scheduling of that project does not allow me the time to come to Cologne and join you. This disappoints me just as much as I fear it will disappoint many of you. I hope you will all understand and forgive my absence.
Whatever I gave to others through QAF, I received vastly more in return. I can remember when we started to hear the stories from those first watching the show. I will never forget being told by some of my brothers and sisters in the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender community that they were hearing their own voices and seeing themselves, some for the first time, on screen. Not everyone in the community saw, or even liked the work we did. But there were many who found hope and solidarity in the stories we tried to tell. I’ve heard that directly from many of those who did. That is undoubtedly what I treasure most. The best we can do as story tellers is tell the truth and find someone to listen to us and respond; however it affects them and however we get there. We told the truth.
I had looked forward to being in Cologne with all of you and hearing some new stories.
I will deeply miss hearing them.
It would have been great after the years that have passed to be with the boys and girls from Pittsburgh together in a new city far,far away…
Sincerely,
Gale Harold
FAEN says:
Robert Gant-YUMMY!
Lionhart says:
I really loved that show…it made me laugh and cry and yell. I still can’t believe that Gale Harold and Hal Sparks are not one of God’s special children (that’s my favorite phrase for gay…hey, I like it). To my bucket list I’ve added to buy the DVDs and spend a weekend watching it all over again. Wouldn’t it be great if they all got together again and did a reunion movie? I haven’t seen Robert Gant in a long time…he’s never returned my messages that I think he’s my biological father.
Gaspar Marino says:
I really loved the show and the entire cast…great guys, gals and great actors! I especially loved Robert Gant and haven’t seen him in too many projeects since then. What’s he been up to?
Arlene says:
This show was Awesome! And the cast was wonderful and I am not Gay I loved the story line couldn’t have picked a better cast loved them All!!!!!!