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" To celebrate the DVD release of Glenn Gaylord&amp;#039;s I Do (out now!), we&amp;#039;d also like to celebrate the film&amp;#039;s writer, producer and leading star - David W Ross.  (Yes, of former Bad Boys Inc fame!)   The star plays a British gay man living in New York who faces deportation when his work visa is denied.  To avoid being parted from his friends and family, he enters into a marriage of convenience with his lesbian best friend Ali (played by Sopranos star Jamie Lynn-Sigler).  But events becomes even more complicated when meets the love of his live (played by Maurice Compte), only to realise that they don&amp;#039;t have the same rights as other couples. The drama also stars Alicia Witt and True Blood actor Grant Bowler.   Speaking about the role, Ross explains: &amp;quot;I Do started off life as a broad gay comedy. What I thought would be a funny switch on the movie Green Card.  &amp;quot;I was getting over a relationship with a fellow Brit who couldn&amp;#039;t get a work visa and had to move back to the UK. I realised that if we were straight, I could have married him and sponsored his green card. But being gay, I couldn&amp;#039;t. &amp;quot;After talking to a lot of people about the plot points, many were baffled and confused about the lack of [gay] rights. Why not just move to Massachusetts and get married?  &amp;quot;Gay marriage wasn&amp;#039;t legal in California at the time, but even if it was because immigration is a federal level right not afforded to gay marriage on a state level, it meant I couldn&amp;#039;t sponsor his green card, even if we lived in Massachusetts.  &amp;quot;I began to ponder that there may be another story here, something bigger than &amp;#039;a gay green card movie&amp;#039; - something deeper, and more importantly for me, universal.&amp;quot; I Do is out now from Peccadillo Pictures. Watch the trailer below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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