Michael K. Williams on 'The Wire': I Wanted More Gay Scenes for Omar – IndieWire
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Michael K. Williams Was Initially 'Livid' That 'The Wire' Season 2 Focused on White Dock Workers
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How Omar Little became Michael K. Williams's enduring role - The Washington Post
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Michael K. Williams on 'The Wire': I Wanted More Gay Scenes for Omar – IndieWire
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Michael K Williams was 'scared' to play gay Omar in The Wire
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Why Michael K. Williams Pushed for More Gay Intimacy on 'The Wire
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Michael K. Williams pushed for more intimate gay scenes on The Wire
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Michael K Williams' gay The Wire character remembered
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The Wire' Star Michael K Williams Found Dead at 54
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If I'm not Omar any more, who am I?': the late Michael K Williams on leaving The Wire and meeting Obama, The Wire