Straight actors playing gay roles

Simple as that. Of appearing as a lesbian dog trainer in Best in Show inJane told The Daily Beast that it didn't even cross her mind whether people would think she was gay in real life. Back inAmandla told Wonderland Magazine that they identify as gay.

Nico Lang of Salon wrote that the fact that Josh is written and played without the "faintest hint of irony [is a] stunning rebuke to the long-standing belief that queer actors simply cannot play straight. But there's a difference between privacy and secrecy, and I'm not a secretive person", he told the outlet after clarifying he was gay.

The series aired insix years after Andrew first being mentioned gay in an interview with The Independent. While we love seeing LGBTQ+ actors get as many opportunities as possible, these straight actors played the heck out of these queer roles!.

Alternatively, they could stay in the closet and play whoever they liked, as long as they pretended to be straight in the public eye. Andrew's performance as the "hot priest" was a tour de force addition to the second series of Fleabagand many remarked upon the scintillating chemistry between his character and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's.

The actor began appearing as the often aggressively straight Sue in Glee inand married her girlfriend Lara Embry a year later. When straight actors take on gay roles, the best performances lead. Jane has said she didn't particularly have a coming out, but she has equally never denied being gay either.

Vincent actually married his husband Gregory Wright in the same year that The CW comedy-drama began airing, and played the character until the series end. He told People Magazine "rather than ignore those who choose to publish their opinions without actually talking to me I am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest".

InJane told Outfest that her coming out "happened so naturally and I didn't hide anything. Back inCrazy Ex-Girlfriend was lauded for its groundbreaking casting of Vincent as Josh, a straight bro-type who plays the romantic lead in the series.

Of his casting, he told Advocate that the "idea of Asian or LGBTQ representation, this is all stuff that's been percolating and building momentum behind the scenes Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is on its fourth and final season with a Filipino romantic love interest on network television, who happens to be gay in real life.

When there were gay parts, these were often hideously stereotypical and offensive.

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Previously, out gay actors could only really work when roles for them a) existed, and b) weren't being given. Playing a character whose life experience differs from your own takes thought and care. Rupert Everett famously said in that after coming out he "never had another job for ten years".

The idea that openly gay actors can play het characters is a relatively new phenomenon. He has since opened up about playing a character who is "nothing like" him, commenting that "as an actor you certainly hope you can be a visible option for all kinds of different roles".

Neil is said to have officially come out in after years of speculation about his sexuality, which appears to have grated on the actor. He has also said he thinks filmmakers shouldn't demand actors be gay or straight. Things started to change in the previous century, but even in recent decades, out gay actors have spoken about being disenfranchised by the industry.

Similarly, actor Richard Chamberlain once said he wouldn't advise a leading man type to come out lest he lose out on parts. That's its own thing.