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"Torchwood star John Barrowman has claimed that his character Jack Harkness is not a gay stereotype. The actor told The Daily Telegraph that he believes he plays an &amp;quot;unconventional hero&amp;quot; in the sci-fi drama. &amp;quot;If you look at television right now, America has the most gay characters on television in any country but what I don&amp;#039;t agree with is that a lot of them are all stereotypes,&amp;quot; argued Barrowman. &amp;quot;What I love about Jack is that he&amp;#039;s not a stereotype.&amp;quot; Barrowman also confirmed that the omnisexual Jack only has sex with men in new ten-part series Miracle Day. &amp;quot;People who watch this series will think he&amp;#039;s completely gay,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;It was completely [showrunner] Russell [T Davies]&amp;#039;s choice to do that, to make an impact, to stir things up a bit. That&amp;#039;s more so for the States than [the UK].&amp;quot; In addition, Barrowman claimed that Jack&amp;#039;s sexuality was not remarked upon during his time on Torchwood&amp;#039;s parent series Doctor Who. &amp;quot;I remember when I kissed The Doctor in Doctor Who [and] it didn&amp;#039;t even make the headlines,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Nobody even bothered about it. &amp;quot;It was only when Jack had his own spinoff show and he was saying that he was omnisexual, and that he would have sex with anything with a postcode that people started [noticing]. So it&amp;#039;s how you deal with it that makes it sensational.&amp;quot; Torchwood: Miracle Day continues on Fridays at 9/8c on Starz in the US and on Thursdays at 9pm on BBC One in the UK.  John Barrowman: &amp;#039;Torchwood sex scene cut was right decision &amp;gt; Torchwood: Miracle Day: Ten teasers about &amp;#039;Escape to LA&amp;#039; Watch John Barrowman discuss Torchwood: Miracle Day with Digital Spy below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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