{"id":5865,"date":"2025-10-05T15:37:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T15:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/?p=5865"},"modified":"2025-10-05T15:37:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T15:37:51","slug":"monster-star-charlie-hunnam-says-his-dad-questioned-his-sexuality-after-he-landed-queer-as-folk-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/?p=5865","title":{"rendered":"Monster star Charlie Hunnam says his dad questioned his sexuality after he landed Queer As Folk role"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hunnam played Nathan Maloney on\u00a0Queer As Folk when he was just 18, which debuted in 1999 and explored the lives of gay men in Manchester<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Charlie Hunnam<\/strong> has revealed that his dad once questioned his sexuality after he landed his breakthrough role in the 90s gay drama\u00a0<em><strong>Queer As Folk<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The actor now <strong>stars as serial killer Ed Gein<\/strong> in the third season of <strong>Ryan Murphy<\/strong>\u2019s anthology series\u00a0<em>Monster<\/em>, following the grisly stories of Jeffrey Dahmer and Erik and Lyle Menendez in the first two seasons. Ahead of its Netflix debut on Friday (3 October), Hunnam told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/features\/charlie-hunnam-ed-gein-monster-interview-1236534076\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Variety<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0about bringing the infamous killer \u2013 who inspired\u00a0<em>Psycho<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Texas Chainsaw Massacre<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hunnam also reflected on his early career, including playing Nathan Maloney on <strong>Russell T Davies<\/strong>\u2019\u00a0<em>Queer As Folk<\/em> when he was just 18, which debuted in 1999 and explored the lives of gay men in Manchester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cBeing on that show came with some consequences\u201d \u2013 Charlie Hunnam on starring in Queer as Folk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=12815569832&amp;gbraid=0AAAAACqZr-BBFb4JzmbMBW2J4ulnZIpCV&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw6P3GBhBVEiwAJPjmLkxupdYg4ML0ZsUmQDMOLjOU-6U2dozbhEZ7TrvOjTLDhW4N2gf_choCNZIQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Channel 4<\/strong><\/a> series, 15-year-old schoolboy Nathan embarked&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;relationship&nbsp;with&nbsp;an&nbsp;older&nbsp;man,&nbsp;Stuart,&nbsp;played&nbsp;by&nbsp;Aidan&nbsp;Gillen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBeing on that show came with some consequences,\u201d Hunnam, who is straight, told the publication. He described being hassled in public, including \u201cone altercation at Preston station that looked like it was going to escalate into violence\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hunnam\u2019s father, \u201can incredibly tough scrap-metal merchant\u201d from Newcastle, \u201cdidn\u2019t quite get\u201d the show. The actor recalled, \u201cHe asked if I was gay and if this was representative of the life I was living,\u201d adding his father \u201ceventually came around\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Queer As Folk trailer - Channel 4\" width=\"749\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0kXHTguiSbk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He added of his parent: \u201cHe was sort of a king in our city,\u201d thanks to his role in one of Newcastle\u2019s big industries. \u201cHe wanted me to take over his business, and I just knew that I wouldn\u2019t be able to survive in that world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When is Monster: The Ed Gein Story&nbsp;available to stream on Netflix?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hunnam described disappointing his father as \u201ca wound I had to carry\u201d, which he eventually healed through his work on&nbsp;FX crime drama, <em>Sons of Anarchy<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, he takes on the role of Gein \u2013 the murderer and grave robber whose 1950s crimes in Plainfield, Wisconsin earned him the nickname \u201cthe Butcher of Plainfield\u201d. His shocking acts of exhuming corpses and fashioning trophies from human remains went on to inspire horror classics including&nbsp;<em>Psycho<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>The Texas Chain Saw Massacre<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>The Silence of the Lambs<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Monster: The Ed Gein Story&nbsp;is available to stream on Netflix now.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunnam played Nathan Maloney on\u00a0Queer As Folk when he was just 18, which debuted in 1999 and explored the lives of gay men in Manchester Charlie Hunnam has revealed that his dad once questioned his sexuality after he landed his breakthrough role in the 90s gay drama\u00a0Queer As Folk. 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