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Gus Kenworthyis eyeing up a lead role in a gay rom-com.
The former freestyle skier, 31, told PEOPLE how he hopes to follow up his80 For Bradycameo at the Gold Meets Golden 10th Anniversary in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles on Saturday.
“Honestly, it would be something similar toBroswhich we just saw, but like my dream as a kid was to be the lead in a rom-com,” Kenworthy said of his dream role. “I loved romantic comedies — to this day, they’re still like my favorite movies.”
“I just think it’s such a great formula and I would love to get to plug into that and play the lead of a rom-com, but also get to play gay would be a dream,” the Olympic silver medalist, who publicly came out as gay in 2015 in aninterview withESPN, added.
Kenworthy makes a brief cameo in80 For Brady— which starsSally Field,Jane Fonda,Rita MorenoandLily Tomlinas four women making the voyage to see (now-retired quarterback)Tom Bradyat the Super Bowl — in a scene with comedian and actor Brian Jordan Alvarez.
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“It was really, really a dream come true,” he said of working with Field, Fonda, Moreno and Tomlin. “But it was surreal. Like I remember sitting on set when they were brought to set and like my jaw hit the floor.”
“There aren’t bigger legends, there aren’t bigger names,” Kenworthy gushed. “They were all just so sweet. They all look so gorgeous, so professional, and I kind of clammed up! But it was really exciting. Like, they are theGolden Girls! It was really really cool.”
Kenworthy’s appearance comes after he played Chet Clancy in season 9 ofAmerican Horror Story.
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The sports star says he’s hoping more roles are on the way.
“I got the amazing opportunity to be onHorror Story, but it was in like 2019 and then I kind of switched my focus back to skiing for another Olympics, my last Olympics,” he added at the event, which was held at the Virginia Robinson Gardens and Estate. “And I don’t have any regrets there, I was so excited to go to another games, but I think it like kind of lost a little bit of that momentum. So I’m just trying to pick it back up. I’ve been taking classes and auditioning a lot and I just got new management and I’m just like excited. I’m hoping for more roles.”
Kenworthy previously admittedto PEOPLEthat he was “contemplating being done” with the sport as far back as 2018, before deciding to use his dual citizenship to compete with Great Britain in Team GB.
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He went on to announce his retirement at the games in a statement toOlympics.com. “The final hurrah. My swan song. I’m done, I’m done competing. I’ve had a career that I’m really, really proud of,” he said after finishing 8th in the halfpipe final.
80 For Bradyis now in theaters.
source: people.com
