| Tony winner Billy Porter is pretty outspoken on this topic | |
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| Posted by: WaymanWong 12:28 am EDT 06/26/19 | |
| In reply to: re: I’m an openly gay professional actor who has played gay & straight roles and I’m 100% against what this guy is saying. - Chazwaza 09:54 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
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| In a recent Hollywood Reporter roundtable, the out and outspoken Billy Porter expressed how ''enraging'' it is when straight actors are habitually cast and honored for playing gay roles, when the opposite rarely happens. "If 'flamboyant' wasn't in the description of the character, no one would see me, ever, for anything, which wouldn't be so enraging if it went the other direction, but it doesn't," said Porter. "Because straight men playing gay, everybody wants to give them an award: 'Thank you for gracing us with your straight presence.' That gets tiresome. So here I sit, I can't get the gay parts, I can't get the straight parts." That was ballsy of Porter to call out the inequality of opportunities, especially when Porter was sharing a roundtable with Hugh Grant and Richard Madden. The two of them had won recent acclaim for portraying LGBT characters, respectively: Jeremy Thorpe, a closeted politician in ''A Very British Scandal,'' and John Reid, Elton John's ex-manager and lover in ''Rocketman.'' Porter said he almost threw in the towel on acting until he got word to audition for a new TV show, co-produced by … Ryan Murphy. Porter didn't get the part he went in for, but convinced them he'd be right for ''Pose,'' and so another role was created for him: Pray Tell. Even though it's not a level playing field, it just goes to show that sometimes it pays off to speak out. |
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| Link | The Advocate: Billy Porter Tells Straight Actors How 'Enraging' Their Gay Casting Is (includes video) |
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