High School Musical director reveals why Ryan wasn’t openly gay in the films

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Variety: ‘We decided Ryan was probably going to come out in college. It was less about coming out and just more about letting his true colours come forward.’‘I have to be honest with you.

I didn’t think at the time — and Disney is the most progressive group of people I’ve ever worked with. I was concerned because it was family and kids, that Disney might not be ready to cross that line and move into that territory yet.’‘So, I just took it upon myself to make choices that I felt that those who were watching would grab.

They would see it, they would feel it, they would know it and they would identify with it. And that is what happened.’Lucas starred in the beloved Disney Channel movies alongside Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale,.