08/27/2007
Billy Baldwin on Battling His Brothers for the Boys
In the new issue of The Advocate, Billy Baldwin talks to Brandon Voss about his upcoming role in ABC's Dirty Sexy Money. Baldwin plays an attorney general having an affair with a transsexual, played by real-life transsexual and New York nightclub personality Candis Cayne.
Says Baldwin of his character's sexuality: "Right now i'm not exactly sure. My character could be gay, bisexual, or just curious. I think it's part sexual fantasy and sexual deviance, but I don't think he just gets off on the kinky sex. I think he's fully involved in an emotional relationship with Candis's character, Carmelita. On the other hand, is it really a bisexual or homosexual issue? Candis will tell you that she was born a woman trapped inside a man's body and that you are not having sex with a man, you are having sex with a soman. You are in love with a woman. It's like my brother Alec's film Prelude to a Kiss where he was in love with a soman trapped inside the body of a man. Either way, I have no qualms about it. Relationships come in so many different ways, shapes, and forms."
Billy also adds that if the Baldwin brothers were gay, he'd be the one to nab the hottest guys: "It would have to be me, because I've always gotten the hottest chicks. I'm the tall, thin, good=looking, intelligent, talented, charming one, and all the other brothers are all the other things."
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gay, bisexual or whatever, Billy will bottom out for the ever so lovely and talented Miss Candis because we all know what rough, tough and aggressive tops us transexuals are.
Posted by: the queen | Aug 27, 2007 1:18:18 PM
billy, shut up.
Posted by: sean | Aug 27, 2007 3:10:01 PM
YEA! This is actually a milestone moment for television. Candis is the first transexual playing a transexual on national network tv. It's major.
Amazing for the network to take that risk and present it in a positive way.
Billy came to one of Candis' shows earlier this year and his appeal is still strong. Much taller that you would expect. And swarthy handsome. We talked about everything and he was super not hollywood.
Tune in this fall. Candis is in several episodes already.
Posted by: Br!on | Aug 27, 2007 3:32:21 PM
God, remember Billy Baldwin? Back when he actually had a career?
Posted by: Roscoe | Aug 27, 2007 3:54:17 PM
Say what you will, Billy has a great butt.
Posted by: Esther Blodgett | Aug 27, 2007 4:00:55 PM
This is a great thing for transexual visibility.
Posted by: michael | Aug 27, 2007 4:10:38 PM
Team Tranny! Go Candis!
Posted by: Giovanni | Aug 27, 2007 6:17:17 PM
Re: comparison with his brothers, he's totally full of himself, and totally right
Posted by: d | Aug 27, 2007 6:41:19 PM
He's right. He's the hottest. All the other ones are turned out to be hogs. I'm glad he's doing this job. I just hope he doesn't blow it. Oh, well.
Posted by: Oscar | Aug 27, 2007 7:07:39 PM
He is the "sexy" Baldwin. Sorry...but the only one.
These are my options?
A) The one who bitch slaps his kid on the phone?
B) The freaky mc freak religious one?
C) The stoned one?
D) The cute one?
Go for the cute one every time.
Posted by: fuzzydice | Aug 27, 2007 8:02:45 PM
Hands down the hottest...the guys right about that.
Posted by: designer_man | Aug 28, 2007 2:16:37 AM
I think the guy's trying to be funny with the last comment about him vs his brothers...if you read the whole article in The Advocate that's what it seems like. Say what you will -- but a) he's still hot b) underrated - hello he was the best part of Squid & Whale and c) how many leading men are going to play love scenes with real-life tranny. Major props, I say! U go boy!
Posted by: scorpioqueen16 | Aug 28, 2007 5:11:56 PM