This story is fiction and not intended to imply anything about the true sexuality of Denzel Washington, Tavis Smiley, or Blair Underwood.
"I'm sitting down with world renown actor Danzel Washington, star of such films as Glory, Out of time, Ricorche, Malcom X, and John Doe. He received his biggest accolade when he became the first african american male actor to win the prestige Academy Award for his role as a rogue cop in the movie Training Day. Please welcome my guest into the studio, -mister Danzel Washington." The camera pulls back, showing a broad shot of the host and the talented actor sitting diagonally across from eachother with a small black lacquer diamond shaped table resting between them.
"Mr Washington..." smiled the interviewer, -Tavis Smiley.
"Tavis..." smiles the handsome black actor.
"...when people think of some of the best actors of our time, -James Cagney, Jimmy Steward, Sidney Poiter, Jack Nicolson... your name often comes to mind."
"Wow..." laughed Danzel, "...I'm flattered."
"Now, as an african american actor living in america, with all your brilliant roles.... do you feel that african americans actors are still having a hard time finding good roles in Hollywood?" Danzel smirked. It was always hard to say what one really felt in ones heart on camera without offending the opposing masses, while still being true to the general viewing audience.
"Well... its certainly better than it was back when Ozzy Davis, James Earl Jones, and Sidney were in their prime." He snickered a bit, "The PAY is definitely better..."
"But do you feel there's enough roles for african american actors? I mean... at a time where white actors still dominate the Oscars; such as Russell Crow, angry Jack, and your buddy from the movie Philadelphia -Tom Hanks... do you feel there's enough GOOD ROLES for black actors that would pit as many of US in the same category for a "best actor" award?
Danzel shifted in his seat. "Well... there can be no argument that african american actors have had some great role opportunities. Right off the top of my head I can list Morgan Freemen, Lawrence Fishburn, and Will Smith..."
"Yes, but as most of the movie ticket buying audience can attest, they see the same black names in nearly every big screen production. We don't seem to have the abundance of choices the Other mass has when it comes to picking movies we want to see, nor the RANGE of gifted black actors on film we would like to watch. Now, I'm not talking about going to see silly comedies such as Barber Shop, or Rush Hour, or Fighting Temptation... or movies that seem to go right from filming straight to the video store... I'm talking about Good quality dramas that are worthy of an Oscar nomination. Because as YOU can attest, it's nice to be nominated, but it's GREAT to be the winner!" laughed Tavis.
"Oh YES." laughed Danzel.
"Cuba Gooding Jr was quoted in one publication as saying that -he couldn't get any good movie roles, as they were all going to Will Smith. Now, if there were an equal abundance of quality roles for black actors as there are for white actors, would Cuba had to have made such an statement?" asked Tavis.
"Well, lets get REAL Tavis..." said Danzel, crossing his legs as he thought carefully about what he wanted to say. "...as far as blacks has come in motion pictures as well as on the small screen, Hollywood is still run by the masses. We may Never see a "best actor" category were most of -or the entire line up of nominees are african americans, not in OUR lifetime. But 50, 30, even 10 years ago, it was unheard of that a black actor would be taken seriously as a potential winner for such an award. Now..."
"Now we have not just One african american Academy Award winner, but Two -what with Halle Barry winning her award in the same year for her controversial role in the movie Monster's Ball." finished Tavis. "Well, lets move off the touchy subject of blacks in film for just a second and talk about something else. You've been stated as saying that there was One role in particular that you would NOT perform EVER on film, and that is as a GAY character. Would you care to elaborate on that?"
"Yes well, I don't have anything against gay people in general, I just feel that -as an actor, people, -casting houses and directors in particular, tend to stereo type you in a certain role then refuse to let you out of that character. Especially if the role was a particularly good one. I wouldn't want to NOT be able to play anything different, because I was stereo typed into any one particular movie character."
"But many successful actors have played gays on film, and then moved on to different, -even more prominate roles. Cuba did it in Boat Trip, Smith did it in 6 Degrees Of Separation, Greg Kinner did it in As Good As It Gets, and Ving Rhames did it in Holiday's Heart." said Tavis before moving in for the kill. "YOU'VE even done it..." he said to an unsuspecting Danzel. "...in an old independent film called Taboo. Remember that one?"
"Oh My Lord..." smiled a sexy Danzel, covering his mouth -embarrassed.
Tavis couldn't help from laughing. "It's an old college film, back when you were a drama major with fellow student Blair Underwood. The two of you made an independent film where you both played homosexuals..."
"Hold on now... BLAIR played the homosexual, MY character was bi-curious." defended Danzel with a playful grin.
"ahh..." groaned Tavis with a chuckle. "The film marked both of your film debuts, but was shelved and forgotten soon after it's controversial and limited release at a film festival that same year. It has however been found and restored by the late director's oldest daughter while going through her father's attic. We also have a special guest with us tonight, a sort of surprise guest if you will, that our celebrity didnot know was coming." smiled Tavis, wickedly. Danzel looked around from his chair, uneasily. "It's none other than your former college co-star, -Blair Underwood." Camera #3 shot Blair coming out onto the platform from backstage. Danzel stood up and turned around, then burst into a hesterical laugh. He and Blair slapped hands, then half hugged (homboi style) as the camera zoomed in for a close-up. Blair shook Tavis's hand, then took a seat beside Danzel after an off side stage hand quickly put a stool in place for him.
"This is amazing..." laughed Danzel. "...first this surprise movie, now this surprise guest. I feel like -This Is Your Life."
"Well, this kinda IS your life. We contacted Blair as soon as we found out about this old upcoming film. He confirmed it existed to us, right before the media got wind of it. Your old drama professor's daughter took the film to one of the major distributors out there, and is having it released this fall in independent movie houses across the country before THEN having it released onto video next year. Now, with your current stand on playing gays on film -Danzel, how do you feel about this new release which portrays you as a homosexual, or as you put it, a bi-sexual male, and it's affect on future movie roles for you as a strong black male actor?"
Danzel paused. "I don't think -hopefully, that it would be too much of a negative impact. The film was shot over 20 years ago. I think most people will look back at the time it was made, and just see it for what it was back then. I think the movie choices I've made as a serious actor will out weigh what they may or may not see me do in this film."
"They may not even recognize us." squeezed in Underwood. "We were practically teenagers back then, not the aged handsomes you see right before you now." he laughed.
"Well, the critics aren't saying it's your best work -by any standards. But they are saying that it was, and I quote; "raw, gritty, and innovative, a classic piece of work on film", "a triumph of sexuality in male-male passion", and "one of the hottest, sexiest, sizzlingest sex scenes on film" -end quote. And those were just the Straight publications!" laughed Tavis. "But seriously, how did you two feel about making this movie back then, and the "hot sizzling sex scenes" that were in it?"
"We were estatic." said Blair. "It was our FIRST movie project, even if it was just for school -we took it very seriously. The professor picked Danzel and I to be the two lead actors out of a class of nearly a 100 students, and we felt like we had something to prove. To ourselves, as well as our class. Even the whole school at the time." Blair paused, looking over at Danzel. "The sex scenes were..."
"Hard... uh, I mean -Difficult, to say the least." joked Danzel with a nervous chuckle.
After a brief pause, Tavis continued. "Could you give us a little background on the movie's plot? I mean, h-how did these two guys find eachother?"
"Well,-" recalled Danzel. "-my character was an up and coming architect, Blair was the construction guy hired to build my first building..."
"We admit, the script was abit shabby." interrupted Underwood.
"We have a small clip of the two of you in action." said Tavis, receiving an off camera groan of discomfort from Washington whom was covering his eyes from the screen. "Whats say we see these two fine actors in the start of there careers?"
"If we still have careers." said Danzel.
Tavis grinned. "Roll it, please." he laughed as camera #1 fades to black.
The cam cuts to a dated scene where a young Danzel is discussing the outline of his relationship to a young Underwood in the privacy of Blair's construction site company's trailer. The two had obviously already passed the point of no return, and Danzel's character was having trouble coming to terms with his new bi-sexual role. Blair comes around and gently puts a sensitive hand on Danzel's shoulder and whispers afew words of support. The two look longingly into eachother's eyes, and Blair's character moves in for the kiss. The camera suddenly cuts back to a smiling Tavis, whom fans himself jokingly with his questionnaire as if over-heated.
"Wow that was too hot!" he joked, looking over at the blushing actors. "I want to tell the viewing audience that we cut it, but you two did a serious lip-lock in that scene. I mean, tongues were visible, hands were groping, -it really looked like yall were going at it."
"We were." smiled Blair. "The director wanted it -quote; "raw and passionate". He wanted people to be able to actually FEEL the sexual tension between the two characters."
"It was a stretch." Danzel interrupted.
"Oh?" said Tavis, jokingly. "Two of the hottest black men in cinema history found it a "stretch" to play a love scene together? Some people might look at this film and say "they enjoyed it, -it looks TOO real". Is that one of your fears of doing gay characters? Cause I have to tell you two gentleman, after watching this movie in it's entirety, it DID look real."
"We had to re-shoot that one scene 3 times because Blair and I couldn't get it right." answered Danzel. "The director kept telling us that "the audience won't believe you as two gay men, if YOU didn't believe you as two gay men". He told us to use our "imagination if you have to, but react to eachother not as you would yourselves, but as your character would towards eachother. Remember, you are a homosexual that has finally had his eyes opened for the first time. See the object of your lust, and TAKE him". -And that's what I did." smiled Danzel to the chuckle of most of the stage hands.
"So you were able to put the straight part of you aside, and enter into the shoes of your character to pull off this convincing performance. Which just goes to show the wide range of talent the two of you would had to have even way back THEN to be able to carry this movie as well as you did." complimented Tavis.
"Thank you." said Blair. Danzel merely nodded.
"We'll be right back with more of Talk With Tavis, after these messages." said the host, turning to chat with his guests as the camera faded away to commercial.
During the break, stage hands ran around re-touching make-up on the three men and re-filling water glasses. Tavis went over his second sheet of questions for the next sigment, Blair checked his microphone to be sure he could be heard, while Danzel saw his career flashing before his eyes. Unlike Underwood, whom had SOME commercial success in movies, Danzel was a bonified star. He didn't see the release of this small time independent college film as "a classic piece of work on film", he saw it as an end to a promising career. With all the sex tapes of celebrities floating around, he was sure his career would come to a screeching halt if word got out that the sex scenes he performed with Underwood was indeed real.
The college professor that made the movie at the University they attended was a one old-time director that had scored afew "B"-status feature films in the early 60's and 70's. He made his students watch many of his movies during class, studying the artistic direction, the detail to dialogue, and the unique way he had of bringing out the realism in his characters. When the professor announced he'd be putting together a college film for a script he'd been writing by the end of the semester, Danzel knew he had to be the lead in this movie despite the script's gay over-tones. He knew it would be a challenge for him to pull a convincing act as a gay man, but he considered himself a future professional. He knew that other up-coming student actors (such as himself) were dying to sink their teeth into the meaty role, and with his professor's history as a director, it was a good chance the film would see the light of day outside the walls of class. Danzel worried what people would think of him for playing a gay character, but such was the art of acting. Sometimes you did what you had to to make it.
Danzel had very few acting nemesis in his class, but the professor had narrowed it down to one of 3 possibilities. Danzel, Blair, and another student unknown by the name of Sean Pen. Danzel was a shoe in for the lead character, with Blair Underwood (the only other black actor in class) getting the second role. The other students were to play the rest of the cast as extras that wasn't too pivotal to the movie's plot, or behind the scenes hands and technicians.
The movie itself was about a heterosexual architect, whom realized his sexuality when he met and fell in love with the construction company owner hired to build his masterpiece. The actual movie took less then a month to shoot, and was less than 70 minutes long. The entire class sat in on the first screening. Danzel and Blair's characters had to make a total of three mad passionate love scenes, that made the both of them extremely uncomfortable during shooting. Danzel was to lay atop Blair during one bedroom scene, and emulate fucking him in a missionary like position with Blair's legs on Danzel's shoulders. They had to do the scene nude for the authenticity's sake. Danzel's placid penis laid limp between Blair's barely haired butt-cheeks the whole time, while an entire crew of make-up artists, camera men, lighting men, stage hands, and script refiners all looking on bug-eyed. It was edited down for the final cut -thank goodness, and neither Danzel's nor Blair dicks ever came into view. But there were other scenes that were equally just as uncomfortable, such as kissing scenes where the camera was hitting close-ups, and you could really tell that Blair and Danzel weren't really into it. The director/professor pointed out flaws that the two men made in scenes throughout the movie once they viewed it in private with the class.
"If you intend to be good FINE actors, you must reach within yourselves to find the character inwhich you are portraying, and execute the scene not as you yourself would... but as the character you are impersonating would." the professor lectured to the class, much to the dismay of the lead actors. The Professor was not happy with the results of his movie. He felt certain scenes could have been enhanced apon and blamed the movie's leads for "not giving believable enough performances".
Danzel and Blair knew in their hearts that they could have done better to make the scenes more believable. They went to the Professor after class and asked to re-shoot their botched scenes. The Professor was reluctant.
"Are you willing to do whatever it takes to pull the performances of a lifetime out of yourselves?" he asked, as he packed his briefcase for the day.
"Yes!" the two enthused would-be actor cried in unison.
"Fine. Then we start tomorrow, after class. Be here. And be ready to Perform!" said the professor as he stormed away. Since the professor felt that all the rest of the scenes were acted to perfection in the movie, he only called the two leads in for the re-shoot on a "closed set". They would be re-filming the sexual scenes that the professor felt were lack-luster and needed "punching up". For Blair and Danzel's sakes, the crew was reduced to the two lead actors, and the director whom would also double as the camera man. During re-editing, the Professor called the two actors into the film room. He had them view the re-shot scenes, still pointing out more flaws as they tried unsuccessfully to make the scenes more believable.
"There! There!" yelled the professor, pointing at a particular scene where Danzel's character was supposed to be reaching a climax. "There, your cue was off." he screamed. "How can you expect critics to buy this as a work of art, if you can't feel what it is that your character is experiencing?"
"Huh?" sounded Danzel, looking his professor over insanely. "I can't "feel" the character's experience -Professor, because I ain't gay." he answered wise-assed.
"Exactly my point!" countered the Professor. The two actors were lost. "In order to make anything believable, one must sometimes experience it first hand. Have you not ever heard of "method acting" Mr. Washington?"
"Sure I have. Its when an actor assumes the life style of his subject matter in order to gain first hand knowledge of what that character has experienced. It's considered the epidemy of fine acting."
"Good, so you know of this method of acting. Perhaps there is room for improvement then?" said the professor, coyly.
"So what you're saying to me then Professor, is... in order for the scene to look more believable between Blair and me, I need to actually FUCK Blair -for real?" questioned Danzel skeptically.
"The idea really isn't so far fetched Danzel." the Professor answered. "Many more scenes than you might expect, in some of the greatest movies of all times are infact actors using their... method acting abilities to make their scene seem more authentic. I have made many movies gentlemen. I can tell you now, if you intend to "make it big" in hollywood, the "method" will most certainly become a factor at some point. That is, if you intend to stick around. Remember, for every one of you that refuse such tactics in the name of movie making, there are a hundred others dying for the part, and would do ANYTHING to make it work." he added, turning off the projector.
The two men thought it over quietly for a moment. "I think we can make the scenes better." said Danzel, after several minutes.
"Waitaminute... I'm not sure of this..." said Underwood, not liking his position in the matter.
Danzel turned towards his co-star. "This is our chance man. We can make this work, forreal!" he exclaimed. "You heard the professor, if we don't rise to the occasion, a hundred others will. Do you want to see Sean get our roles after all the hard work we put into this project?"
"No..."
"Then we need to step up and be the actors we know we CAN be. The actor I know I'm BORN to be." The professor stood off to the side listening. He knew he had made the right decision in picking Danzel as the lead character. "Professor..." he said proudly. "...I'm down with the "method", I'm ready to shoot the scene like its supposed to be shot.
"Easy for you to say..." whispered Blair. "...you not the one that gets fucked in every scene." Danzel looked at him and smiled a sigh of relief.
"If you are worried about your masculine image mr Underwood, I can assure you that nothing incriminating will show up on the film after editing, -which I intend to cut myself personally." assured the professor. Blair took a deep breath, then exhaled with a gentle nod of his head. "Good, it is settled then. We begin re-shooting the scenes immediately. Actors... take your places."
"Damn, just like that?" whispered Underwood, walking Washington back to wardrobe. "No think it over over coffee? No see you after lunch?"
"I'd rather just get to it, and get it over with." said Washington, already undressing for the bedroom scene. Underwood looked the tall dark co-star over suspiciously.
"Actours, ready..." yelled the director. Danzel and Underwood came onto the set. "I want to skip all the build up, and go straight to the action scenes." announced the professor. "Take your places."
"I think this is gonna hurt." said Blair, taking position on his back in bed. Danzel crawled up between his legs which Blair spread wide, allowing the taller Danzel to rest inbetween. He couldn't help but look down at the long dark dick swinging between the brotha's thighs.
"uh... what about condoms?" he asked, suddenly realizing Danzel's hardon would be INSIDE of him unprotected.
"Condoms?" asked the director.
"Condoms make me limp." said Danzel over his shoulder.
"Then NO condoms." answered the director. "It would be edited out anyway."
"But..." protested Blair, watching Danzel anoint vaseline to his uprising penis.
"What are you Underwood, a man or a mouse?" teased the professor. "You sound like a little girl, afraid to become pregnant her first time." he continued. "ARE you afraid to become pregnant?" he asked, making fun.
"...no..." answered Blair, feeling foolish. He took the jar of vaseline from Danzel, then anointed a generous amount to his asshole. He slipped a finger in apon the director's request, to "open it up". Blair's tight hole clammed down on the single digit, fearcely. He wondered how would Danzel's fat dick possibly fit into his ass in the first place. Luckily, he did have SOME knowledge of how it would feel, when he had let his ex-girlfriend dildo his ass once while making love. The experience was unlike anything Blair had ever experienced before, and never ever thought he would again, -until now.
"Okay gentleman, ACTION!"
Blair raised his legs to fit atop Danzel's shoulders. Danzel was still massaging the ointment into his dick, when Blair's hairless asshole came into view. Danzel tried to imagine that it was his woman's pussy, but quickly dismissed the idea as he tried to get himself into his gay character. He lined his penis up to Blair's hole, then carefully began to add pressure as the hole at first resisted him, but then slowly began to open and allow him access inside.
"OH!" cried Blair, flinching painfully as his asshole yawned open to accommodate Danzel's mass.
Danzel pulled back thoughtfully, allowing Underwood a moment to adjust before cautiously pushing back inside. Blair tightened up, biting his bottom lips as he felt Danzel slowly sink inside of him. He closed his eyes tight, afraid to look into the face of the man atop him for fear that Danzel would see him differently. Blair wanted desperately to become a bonified actor, someone people could see as the new Richard Roundtree. He accepted Danzel's tool, feeling the actor/student's hairy balls resting against his asscheeks. Danzel stifled a groan once penetration was made. He'd never been in anything so hot and tight in his life. He could feel Blair's anal ring clamping around his dick base, threatening to cut straight through his sizable meat.
Slowly Danzel ground his hips against Blair's ass, savoring the feel of the young mans smoldering insides as they caressed and held his penis in a death grip. He was brought back to consciousness however, when he suddenly heard the director moving about, getting different angle shots and bringing him out of his daydream. Danzel began to move his hips, pumping them slowly back and forth. At first it was difficult to move inside of Blair's angry roost, but as Danzel's dick got harder, Blair's asshole became softer and more relaxed. Pretty soon, Danzel found himself fucking his co-star with deep penetrating thrusts.
"OH, OH, OH, OH, OH..." Blair groaned after every inward slam of Danzel's pelvis. He could feel the full brunt of the man sex as it pearced through his moist insides upon every plunge, sending wave upon wave of electrical jolts throughout his body.
Danzel could not believe how good fucking another man could be. He reasoned that it was not HIM enjoying the man-sex, but his gay/bi-curious character whom he had morphed into for the sake of the movie. As in the script, he leaned forward and place one of the hottest kisses of his life, on the soft firm lips of his co-star. Blair excepted Danzel's searching tongue, just as he had the man's dick. He openly sucked on the wet muscle, moaning aloud as Danzel continued to pound into his backside with powerful thrusts. Breaking the passionate soul kiss, Danzel looked up into the camera, and the face of his director.
"How far are we supposed to take this scene, professor?" he asked in gasps, steady pumping his hips the whole time.
"Until I yell cut." answered the professor, steady rolling.
"But I'm Close." announced Danzel, unable to hold off much longer.
"Complete the scene as the script cause for." announced the director.
Danzel closed his eyes and continued to pump. His hips were making loud slapping noises everytime they rammed into Blair's upturned asscheeks. Blair had heard the exchange between Danzel and the professor. He'd read the script as well, and knew exactly what the director was telling Danzel to do. Blair merely lay back, and accepted the hard fuck thrown to him by his co-star. He knew as the "bottom" character, he was merely a supporting character in this scene, Danzel was the one the camera would focus on the most.
"um, um, ummm..." moan Danzel, feeling his dick reach it's bursting point. He picked up the pace, fucking into his partner harder. Blair's eye shot open as Danzel's dick started punching through his back wall. He fought for a better angle, but Danzel held him tight and in-place. He fucked Blair with harder, more damaging strokes. Blair, (whose dick had been laying hard across his stomach) began to become concerned. Danzel nolong seemed to care if he were causing him any pain. He seemed to be all about getting his NUTT at this point. He fucked Blair's poor unexpected asshole with vicious stabs, then held himself in all the way -ball deep, and yelled like a lion awakening from a long winter's sleep.
"AAARRRRRRRRHHHHHHHH!!!!" Danzel roared, shooting mass after hot mass of thick white juice up into bowels of Blair Underwood.
"FUCK...!!!" yelled Blair, shooting out spurt after spurt of his own cream all over his stomach and chest without having to touch himself. The professor would later edit out all traces of hardons and cum shots, to make the scenes look a little LESS authentic.
After several intense minutes of duel earth shattering climax, Danzel fell forward atop his partner. Their fully nude bodies molding together by the thick paste of sperm sticking between their chests. Blair Underwood slowly trailed his fingertips up the sweaty spine or Washington. The actors could feel eachother's hearts beating. Blair could still feel Danzel's dick inside him, pulsating a steady stream of jizm into his withering body.
"CUT!" yelled the professor. Danzel continued to lay there for several seconds, feeling his strength return slowly. Once gathered, he pulled his shrinking dick from Underwood's buttock, then rolled over off of him. "Good work gentleman. Very good work." applauded the professor. "Now that we have our first sex scene complete, on to the second one!"
"Second one?" called both actors in unison...
As the camera light began to flash, indicating that they were back from break, Danzel snapped back out of his daydream. Tavis was wrapping up the last of his interview by announcing up-coming features that the two world known actors would be starring in separately. He then thanked both Danzel, and his special guest Blair, for being apart of his program. The three men shook hands as the cameras pulled back to show a wide shot of the entire set before fading to black. Once the cams were turned off, and the microphones removed, the actors and the host began to move back stage.
"uh, you DO know I've obtained an UNCUT version of Taboo, right?" said Tavis, smiling. Both Danzel and Underwood stopped in their tracks. "Don't worry, I don't plain to go network with it." he added, stopping along with them. "Provided..."
"Provided what?" asked Danzel, standing back stage behind the set.
"Provided I get a first hand reenactment of the entire scene, frame by frame." smiled Tavis, pulling aside his blazer to reveal the large lump snaking down his left pant leg. The three men smiled broadly at eachother, then walked off together to find Tavis' private office, nestled somewhere in the very back of the studio, away from prying eyes and ears.