Why Jonathan Bailey Says Doing 'Sweeping Gay Love Story'Fellow TravelersWas a 'No-Brainer' AfterBridgerton(Exclusive)
‘Bridgerton’ and ‘Fellow Traveler’s star Jonathan Bailey. Jonathan Baileycould have gone in any direction after his runaway success as the male romantic lead inBridgerton’ssecond season. But choosing to play a gay man oppositeMatt Bomerin Showtime’sFellow Travelers,another romantic period drama — this one spanning the 1950s Joseph McCarthy communist trials to the 1980s AIDS crisis — was a “no-brainer” for the British actor. “I had looked for these gay stories, a sweeping gay love story, and I hadn’t really seen them,” Bailey, 35, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue....