In an interview with gay glossy Out,
Noah Silver discussed his gay character on the FX drama Tyrant.
On the show, Silver plays Samuel
“Sammy” Al-Fayeed, the gay American son of a Los Angeles
pediatrician who fled a fictional country in the Middle East ruled by
his family.
“Sammy's homosexuality isn't the
focus of the plot,” Silver said, “and yet it's highly relevant to
this insane situation that he and his family find themselves in.”
Silver added that he's heard from
Middle East kids who have connected with his character.
“It’s amazing to get comments on
social media from kids in the Middle East who watch the show and
really connect with my character, Sammy. He’s this American kid
suddenly plucked from his protected L.A. bubble, then struggling to
fight for young people’s gay rights. His boyfriend is even killed
by ISIS. The show touches people coming to terms with their identity
in their own country. I’ve heard things like, ‘You are literally
portraying what I go through and can’t express,'” Silver told the
magazine.