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‘Should cis-het actors play LGBTQ+ roles?’ remains a complicated question this awards season
Four voices from the LGBTQ+ community offer their take on the much-debated topic.
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Flowers in the Attic: The Origin star Luke Fetherston was ‘very recently’ told to hide his sexuality
Exclusive: The British actor and model chats to Attitude about the drama-thriller series and LGBTQ representation.
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Andrew Garfield: Straight actors playing gay characters is about ’empathic imagination’
"I think it’s two different conversations getting conflated," Andrew Garfield told The Telegraph recently.
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Sir Ian McKellen says straight actors should be able to play gay roles
The British acting legend also says he regrets not coming out to his late father.
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Ben Whishaw weighs in on gay actors playing gay roles debate
"Why shouldn’t a role like that be given to someone who knows, inside, what the character is?"
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The Walking Dead’s Lennie James enters debate over gay actors playing gay roles
The British actor has offered his thoughts.
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Billy Eichner calls out Aaron Sorkin’s ‘ignorant’ comments on queer roles debate
In a recent interview the West Wing director said gay wasn't "actable".
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Glee’s Darren Criss has been ‘s*** on’ for discussing playing queer roles
The actor has also revealed that he has turned down queer roles in the past as well.
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The West Wing’s Aaron Sorkin calls gay actors playing gay roles an ’empty gesture’
The creator of A Few Good Men said playing gay or straight was not "actable".
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Tom Prior on LGBTQ representation: ‘Do you feel you can truthfully represent this experience?’
"If there’s something which I can relate to and I believe I can represent truthfully, then I think all I can do is my best and hope that people believe me."
Culture Film & TV
Jake Gyllenhaal says Brokeback Mountain helped break ‘stigma’ of straight actors playing LGBTQ roles
The star adds: "People of all different experiences should be playing more roles."
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Billy Eichner’s gay romcom ‘Bros’ to feature all-LGBTQ cast – including Drag Race’s Symone
AHS actor BIlly, who is gay, is writing, producing, and starring in the film
Culture Film & TV
Sir Michael Caine reveals he was advised not to take any ‘gay roles’
The Academy Award winning actor was the first well-known actor to portray a gay character in 'California Suite'