"Arrow's" Colton Haynes discusses why he left the series, opening up about his mental and physical health.
Full article here.
"Arrow's" Colton Haynes discusses why he left the series, opening up about his mental and physical health.
Full article here.
So it wasn't just about moving on to bigger acting roles in movies...jeez, that sounds rough .
I'm glad Colton's was able to come out of this happier and healthier, and open about his sexuality, and I hope he can come back to Arrow soon .
Good for him, gotta take care of yourself first.
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I have serious anxiety issues myself. They're no joke.
Outing an actor isn't a joke and it seriously impacts lives and in Colton's case his health. I hope being out and supported will help ease his anxiety and let him not carry that weight any longer. His coming out will hopefully help him and others.
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Mine creep up when i least expect. I tend to stand up and move my body very fast in any way i can to fasten the blood flow(i guess) and make it go away. Still keeps me feeling down after one thought. And when i am with people i have to escuse myself so they don't see it.
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I am not trying to be a dick here but if you have anxiety issues that bad why would you choose to get into an acting career which is probably the worst kind of job for someone with that problem.
t really depends. There ARE stars out there who manage to have careers where they're not CONSTANTLY in the public eye. (Most are known in the biz as "character actors." You see them everywhere but may not know their names very well--or even at all.) And some celebs manage to hide their issues for a long time (consider the case of Robin Williams). Others manage to hide them while in the public eye, then turn into recluses (think Howard Hughes).
And it's extremely likely when he got the gig on "Arrow," he was in a fairly decent place mentally but just found he couldn't deal with everything--especially the increasing fame. Conversely, just imagine if he'd gone in for the audition and said, "Oh, by the way, I've got some anxiety issues that might cause some problems if Roy becomes too central to the show but please don't hold that against me as I'm reading for the part." Like ANY job, people with anxiety issues have really good days and really bad days. If you think acting is somehow a worse career path than any other, you're really mistaken. (Also, it's not JUST his acting CAREER that was responsible for the increased anxiety. He might have to be "Roy" for 10 hours a day, 4 to 6 days a week, 15-20 weeks a year but he had to be "Colton in the closet" the rest of the time. Many times, young gay actors and actresses are pressured to be "straight" in the "real world"--especially when/if their characters are straight--and it can really take a toll on their psyches, even when they're in a very centered place. But young business professionals face the same situation. Things are changing everywhere, but there is still a lot of resistance--and reluctance--to accepting OPENLY gay people in many workplaces. Even in that supposedly liberal bastion of Hollywood, there's still a reluctance to hire openly gay actors to play straight characters; hell, there's reluctance to hire openly gay actors to play gay characters, especially in films with relatively big budgets.)
I think a Greg Berlanti production like Arrow is one place being openly gay won't stop someone from being hired (Wentworth Miller, Victor Garber, Barrowman, etc).
I do think since there's so much insecurity involved in being a working actor it does seem like one of the most difficult career choices for someone with anxiety to pick.
His experiences sadly seem to mirror what Wentworth Miller was going through while he, too, was in the closet. That's a whooooooole lot of pressure for a person to deal with.