"There was an actor I was working with who wasn't as comfortable that he was playing someone who was gay," he recalled. "I wanted, in an effort to show that [his character Matt Fi

Savant found it "shocking" that the unnamed actor had such a negative reaction to the kiss. Doug Savant is opening up about a "shocking" encounter with a Melrose Place actor who was not thrilled about playing a gay character,

"I was not going to make my living playing a gay man, but then say, 'Oh, I would never be associated with that.'"