Los Angeles, Aug. 25 -- Jesse Tyler Ferguson has spoken candidly about the pressures he shouldered while playing the gay lawyer Mitchell Pritchett on "Modern Family", admitting that he often felt caught between the expectations to "get it right" during his 11-year run on the acclaimed comedy.
In an exclusive interaction on Dinner's On Me podcast, the actor revealed that the cultural weight of his character was both empowering and burdensome. "I was in the trenches fighting for marriage equality, and I felt so lucky to be part of a pop culture touchstone that was also part of that same issue," Ferguson recalled, before later admitting he also "felt a responsibility from the [LGBTQ] community when I was given a role like the one I had on Mod...