Trevor Wright is a young actor on the rise.
After a busy career appearing in such light-hearted fare as "Air Buddies" and "MXP: Most Xtreme Primate" as well as scores of TV guest spots ranging from "Scrubs" to "CSI: NY," Wright is the lead in the film "Shelter" in which he plays a recent high school grad who puts his dreams of art school on hold to take care of his family - especially his young nephew. The film has a surfing backdrop and Wright's character ends up falling for his best friend's older brother (played by Brad Rowe, pictured above with Wright).
I caught up with Trevor on opening night of Outest last week and am sharing our chat now because his film screens at the festival tonight.
He says: "I've done lots of Disney movies and stuff like that and I was on 'The George Lopez Show' but definitely, I had never played a gay character before so it's completely new for me. It was something I wanted to talke on, the challenge of that kind of depth. I've never played a lead with the type of depth that this character had."
Did he have any hesitation about doing a gay role, especially one with love scenes?
"No, not at all...I did a lot of research including talking to the director Jonah [Markowitz] and getting into his head and finding out what he was all about. He had come up with [the movie] from pretty much a true story... It turned out fabulous."