Roma Downey insists remake of Ben-Hur will not have gay sub-plot of Hollywood epic
Roma Downey insists remake of Ben-Hur will not have gay sub-plot of Hollywood epic
- Claims of homosexual overtones in 1959's Ben-Hur emerged after the late screenwriter Gore Vidal, himself bisexual, said the title character played by Heston and Messala - played by the late Glengormley actor Stephen Boyd - were former lovers.
- Claims of homosexual overtones in 1959's Ben-Hur emerged after the late screenwriter Gore Vidal, himself bisexual, said the title character played by Heston and Messala - played by the late Glengormley actor Stephen Boyd - were former lovers.