“Oliver knows Connor did something bad - something for which he could be arrested. One other obstacle to the couple’s long-term future is the fact that Oliver has yet to learn the truth about Connor’s role in Sam’s death in Season 1. “We know Frank has Oliver’s phone number - and I’d bet Michaela and Laurel do now, too,” Ricamora points out.
Taking the straw was a quiet act, but also a huge revelation about how he’s exerting his own will and where he’s at in his headspace.” He suspects, however, this shift will be a source of tension in his character’s romance, seeing how Connor wants Oliver to keep his distance from Annalise’s business. guy is “really getting hooked into the world of solving crimes. “But they wind up at the Soup Palace - and that name is pretty much the hardest thing to say with a straight face.”Īll laughing aside, though, Ricamora says that Oliver’s ability to sneak Philip’s straw for a DNA sample “in the midst of this terrifying encounter” is a signal that the mild-mannered I.T. “That moment had a very Silence of the Lambs feel when I read it,” he recalls. Ricamora’s first thought was that Oliver would get kidnapped and tortured. When I read the scene, I was excited about the storyline: This is gonna be nuts!” That energizes everything I do on the show. “So I got to ride that wave of fear - and it actually helps as an actor, to not know what the future holds. “On a show like this, there’s always a question of whether you’ll be killed off - and I think the producers like to keep their options open,” Ricamora says. In fact, Ricamora’s character would up going for a meal with Philip - then bringing him (and a surreptitious sample of his DNA) back to the law offices of Annalise Keating.įor those who felt anxious about Oliver’s fate, Ricamora can relate: After reading the final scene of Episode 7 - with his character’s life seemingly hanging in the balance - there were no reassurances from producers to the actor that he’d survive Episode 8. Of course, as we learned in this week’s episode, “Hi, I’m Philip,” Oliver is alive and well - at least for now. I'm playing Seymour eight times a week and the story gets told, and I feel like it gets told with different layers.Rebecca Ferguson Breaks Down Silo Finale’s Wild ‘Lie Within the Lie,’ Teases ‘Intense’ Season 2 It shows that it doesn't matter, the story still gets told. I got letters from people all over the world. If I had stayed in the closet, I don't think that that would've had the same impact that living my truth in a public way has had, which was the great thing about 'How To Get Away With Murder,' not only playing that character but playing him as an openly gay man in my own life. "I remember when I was first starting out, somebody told me, advised me to stay in the closet. "Anyone that's in a minority population shouldn't have to work twice as hard to get half as far," Ricamora said.
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He shared with CBS2 some of the professional challenges he says come with being Asian American and openly gay. "I felt empowered and I felt connected," Ricamora said.
I just saw that guys were not allowed to do that and I would be bullied mercilessly, so I stopped completely," Ricamora said. and then I hit middle school and I grew up on Air Force bases.
"I loved to sing and dance when I was a little, little kid. He says his father, who was born in the Philippines, was proud and he learned more about his Filipino background. He played Ninoy Aquino in the story of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, set in a disco. "'Here Lies Love' was a huge break for me," Ricamora said.
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