Doug Spearman Didn’t Work for Seven Years After Noah’s Arc, Says Agent Told Him “Stop Doing Gay Stuff”

Noah’s Arc star Doug Spearman aka Chance, revealed he didn’t receive any acting jobs or auditions for 7 years after filming the series and movie, despite its success.

Here's what he said in an exclusive interview with Gaye Magazine:

People tend to get type cast in television more than they do when they have careers in film. … I had an agent walk up to me at a cocktail party and say “Stop doing gay stuff.”

…Do I think being Black and talking about LGBTQ stories had an effect [on my career]? Absolutely. I know, in my own case, I don’t think I got a job for, like, six, seven years after ‘Noah’s Arc’ went off the air [in 2006] because I was in the show.

One of the reasons I took control of my own career and started writing and directing stuff is because I wasn’t getting auditions. Seven years. My manager and I talked about that. I didn’t get a job for seven years.