Ryan Phillippe was "afraid" to play a gay character early on in his career.
The 50-year-old actor - who was previously married to his 'Cruel Intentions' co-star Reese Witherspoon and has Ava, 25, as well as 21-year-old Deacon with her - took on the role of Billy Douglas on the soap opera 'One Life To Live' in the early 1990s but had reservations about playing a homosexual when the world was in such a "different" place.
