"The hardest part was really trying to pretend to be straight," Tan France said of his new role in the new darkly comedic Hulu series "Deli Boys," where he plays a Cockney gangster with a flair for violence. Yet, the "Queer Eye" star is also talking about the first several years of his life.
Growing up in a Pakistani family in Yorkshire and as a gay man in a Muslim community, he told me on "Salon Talks," he was "constantly reminded that you must code-switch at every turn, but it was great training," he added. "It put me in a position to be able to navigate any situation I'm in." Nevertheless, when it came time to play a straight character for comedy, "it doesn't come naturally," he said. "I tried for 17 years of my life."
