Is Hanno Koffler gay/bi in real life?

I've thought he is and stated as such here and elsewhere. Most people seem to disagree, if I correctly recall. I think Ronfirv had my back, though. 😉

I was thinking that he might have developed something with MR off-screen, at least. He does have a daughter.

Wishful thinking as everyone says. I hoped for the same as well.

Hanno is most likely heterosexual, the fact that he does gay roles does spark a clue but shouldn't really be anything. I believe he's played only 2 roles, the other is in a film called Summer Storm (2004) He is simply...a great actor, w/ his kisses, gestures, and emotions in Free Fall along w/ Max or course.

Max Riemelt is also heterosexual, he stated in a few interviews (w/ Hanno) about the movie. I have the magazine issues they're featured in, but they're german and need to translate them soon. Max said this was his first gay 'sex' scene (the forest-handjob part of the movie) too. However, if my memory is correct I think either of them said if they were gay they're sure they'd be attracted to men just as they are w/ women and they wouldn't mind it. Their chemistry indeed does exist in real life but as Hanno and Max, w/ a little Marc and Kay in it; however, in the movie world it goes beyond that. They said more things along the lines of this.

Call me crazy, but it makes me feel alive that their is in fact a movie world w/ Marc and Kay in it, not literally. Just emotionally.

Also, they both have daughters but they keep their personal lives very hidden from social media which I find pretty good. They stated they wouldn't have done these roles if they didn't have each other for it, as they've become very good companions over the years they've worked together.

He's an ACTOR. Hasn't it occurred to you that that's why he's convincing? Are you not aware that gay actors have convincingly done straight love scenes for decades?

As a gay man, I read this thread and shake my head at the blatherings of a bunch of dizzy queens who sound like teenage girls.

Does it matter? Is it any of our business either way? Actors are just people. They deserve privacy and personal lives the same as everyone. I doubt anyone else would enjoy having their sexuality, what they said and wore, who they've slept with, publicly called out.

Being an actor takes a certain kind of personality. We're attention whores. The culture on set and backstage is also different from the real world. We're very physically affectionate with one another. To the public it looks sexual but, believe me, most of the time it's not. Those that are are rare, or actors who are very "method".

If you want work, you have to be comfortable with doing nearly anything onstage and/or onscreen. Things you wouldn't do in reality (you know, like murder people). Kissing and explicit sex scenes aren't sexual or erotic to us when we're in them, they're simply work. You don't feel anything because you're focused on how it comes across. Actors want to make it look believable because that's the point of acting after all. No one would want to watch anything where the actor isn't portraying the character realistically in some way.

An actor must make themselves disappear and, in that moment, embody their character completely. Some of us can switch in and out of character easily, even in between takes. Whereas some actors need to stay in character the entire time they're working that day. Rarely is there someone who remains in character through a whole production. Again, those that are are the ones who are "method", who annoy us also.

When you're spending every waking moment for a few months with the same people in close proximity, you have no choice but to bond. Even if that only lasts for the run of the production. Some of us have the good fortune of finding a relationship that lasts outside of the production though. Those are the actors you want to work with again and again, and usually do.

Acting takes a lot when it comes to certain characters and in certain productions. Sometimes there are major personal risks, though they seem like nothing to an audience. It's easier to fall into character and the story if you're comfortable. When you have someone you know and trust supporting you and backing you up.

In all my time, I've had one such acting relationship and we've done several productions together. Many in which we played lovers. We love and trust each other very much but there's nothing sexual or inappropriate going on between us, no matter how it may look to the public. We simply trust one another unconditionally.

Actors view our characters as apart from ourselves. We can "ship" characters the same as fans do. Those of us with a close acting relationship like I mentioned sometimes even "ship" ourselves as far as the possibility of future characters or productions. As in "Man, we're hot together!" Because, hey, we are! Sexuality has nothing to do with it.

That you and others are questioning just proves that Koffler is a superb actor. Which he is.

Whether Koffer or Riemelt are attracted or not to other men or to each other is part of their private lives. However, I thank God people are more interesting and complex than what comes through in interviews they give. Here's news on how Max Riemelt french-kissed a cross dresser in the gay pride parade in São Paulo, Brazil last May: http://ego.globo.com/famosos/noticia/2016/05/drag-queen-fala-sobre-beijo-em-max-riemelt-ator-de-sense8-gostoso.html

Kudos to Riemelt and Koffler for the incredible acting in this beautiful movie. Believe me, they would have made a very interesting and beautiful couple in real life! LOL

It is interesting that we keep asking this question of certain actors again and again every time we see them playing a gay character on the big screen. We tend not to ask it if an actor is playing a gay suicidal maniac, for example.

I don't really think we keep asking this question because we want to pry into anyone's private life (at least, I don't). In the case of this film, the two characters possess so much of what we might want to find in a partner - in terms of looks and/or personality - that somehow there's this "hope" (for lack of a better word) that the actors playing those characters might after all possess all those traits, including being gay. In such a fantasy world, the actors suddenly become more attainable, more within reach.

In the case of this movie, some might also think that by being talented, handsome and gay, actors might showcase what is considered desirable in the gay community.