HSMTMTS Showrunner Shares Lucas Grabeel’s Emotional Reaction to His Character Coming Out – E! Online

Previous to the efficiency, Lucas’ Ryan may be seen operating backstage the place he’s greeted by his associate, performed by Pentatonix’s Scott Hoying.

“It means a lot to me that you just’re right here,” Ryan says to his boyfriend, who replies, “I really like you.” The 2 then share a kiss earlier than Ryan jokes, “Now give me that mic,” and takes to the stage. 

And whereas Kenny Ortega, the director of the unique trilogy, has said he’d all the time supposed Ryan to be a queer character, he felt as if audiences weren’t prepared when the primary film musical premiered in 2006. 

However now, Tim says Disney was greater than able to convey that longtime imaginative and prescient to life. 

“Disney has all the time actually had my again to inform essentially the most inclusive tales we may with this present,” Tim continued to TVLine. “I do know my executives learn the script and wrote again, ‘Oh my gosh we love this a lot.’ They simply actually genuinely could not wait to see that come to life.”