Colman Domingo on Oscar Buzz for ‘Sing Sing,’ Returning to ‘Euphoria’ and Preparing for Michael Jackson Biopic Backlash

variety.com:

Colman Domingo and a few girlfriends took a trip to Atlanta. They were there to attend Essence Fest, one of the world’s largest celebrations of Black culture, so it shouldn’t have come as a surprise that the star of “Zola” and “The Color Purple” and “Rustin” was flanked by fans all weekend long.

Still, Domingo’s posse were thrown as they noticed which heads, in particular, were turning. “I had become, in many ways, a heartthrob for Black women,” he says now, unable to mask his satisfaction at the thought — he’s married to a man, and has never tried to hide that. “They were hugging and kissing on me, and some even whispered, ‘I know you don’t play for our team, but I have a crush on you.’” He’s making a point: “I said, ‘You can still have a crush on me!

I still want you to think I’m hot and sexy, and I’ll flirt with you too. We don’t have to limit ourselves.’ Because I never limited myself.

I’ve imagined myself having wives and children and husbands and everything.” That imagination has guided Domingo through a wide-ranging career that began in the theater more than 30 years ago.