Lamar from 'Revenge of the Nerds' isn't gay?
"Lamar Latrelle" from Revenge of the Nerds might be one of the most underrated roles of the '80s. In fact, that entire movie probably has more iconic characters than any other 10 movies from the '80s combined: Wormser, Lamar, Booger, Ogre, Poindexter, Takashi, the list goes on.
Lucky for us that Heeb Magazine caught up with actor Larry B. Scott, who played Lamar, for a recent interview. It's one of the best '80s interviews we've read in ages. In it you'll learn:
- That Scott himself isn't gay. "I can’t tell you how many times gay guys have come up to me and said: ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you. You’ve held our flag up so high!’ But that was just my job as an actor."
- Scott is recognized as Lamar up to 20 times a day. (Don't forget he was also in Space Camp, Iron Eagle and Karate Kid. Yep, I believe he was the only black member of Cobra-Kai.)
- And no, he didn't hold onto that javelin he used during the Greek Competition. Sadly, it's probably in a landfill somewhere.
Heeb Magazine also did interviews with Ogre and Wormser that are worth reading.
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He's not gay, but I think his boyfriend is.
Posted by: Mike | July 12, 2009 at 09:50 PM
Long live nerds!!!
Posted by: Blake Britton | July 12, 2009 at 04:18 PM
One of my very favorite 80s movies for sure. Thanks for letting me know about the interview.
Posted by: OldSchool | July 11, 2009 at 11:48 PM
Lamar Latrelle ?? Come on Steve, I love the blog, but that's diggin' reeaaal deep in the 80's bin for material. Where's the expose on the real Punky Brewster or the current status of the kids from Alf??
Posted by: Gary in Gilroy | July 11, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Movie is a classic
Posted by: Wilbur | July 11, 2009 at 09:48 PM
When ROTN was released, I was going to college with a guy named "Lamar", who happened to be black, and happened to be gay.
His life was fairly miserable for a few months.
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | July 11, 2009 at 12:13 PM