Chris Carmack, who plays aspiring
country music singer Will Lexington on ABC's Nashville,
discussed how his character might be affected by his coming out gay
on the show's season two finale.
Nashville returns Wednesday
night and fans are eager to find out whether Will's confession to his
wife Layla (played by Aubrey Peeples) makes it to the reality show
they're filming.
Carmack discussed his character's
future in an interview with gay male entertainment blog
TheBacklot.com.
“He clearly has a lot to deal with
and he's partly coming to terms with himself and starting to perhaps
accept himself,” Carmack said. “I think we all want to see Will
accept himself but in addition he's created this complete web of lies
and deceit around him involving his wife who he married under false
pretenses [and] the reality show that's bearing down on him that is
threatening to expose all of his lies. I mean, he's painted himself
into a pretty tough corner and it's going to be interesting to see
him attempt to get out of it.”
“This is partial speculation, but I
think ultimately [coming out] will be good because Will was so deeply
closeted. He was only going to out himself in extreme circumstances
and it needed to happen for his sanity. It needed to happen for his
own mental and emotional health. So unfortunately he didn’t feel
like he had a safe environment or friends that he could come out to,
or family that he could come out to, so what it took was a terrible
event with the wrong people. But I think ultimately it will be a
good thing for Will,” he said.
Carmack and Executive Producer Dee
Johnson have been coy about whether Will will find romance in the
upcoming season.
“Will does have a romantic interest
in season three,” Carmack said.
But when asked about the gender of
Will's affections, Johnson would only say, “It is hard to stay on
the farm once you've been to Paris, right?”