Fans of NBC's departed
Ed who have missed the cute and hilarious Tom Cavanaugh will
be thrilled to know that the comic actor is taking on a gay role in the
upcoming Breakfast with Scott.
And it's not just any gay role - he'll strap on pads and grab a stick to
play an openly gay pro hockey player. (The Toronto Maple Leafs have
given the project their blessing, a first for a gay movie.)
Based
on a novel by Michael Downing - and not to be confused with
Breakfast with Tiffany, another gay book being adapted for film -
Scott tells the story of a gay couple (Cavanaugh and Angels in
America's Ben Shenkman) who wind up adopting a possibly gay
11-year-old boy.
The film should skate into theaters this December and rankle both
homophobic hockey fans and gay adoption foes alike. Success!