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Surely the clue is in the word "acting" - taking on a different character, portraying another person. The actor becomes someone else
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25-01-2021, 01:12 PM
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Using jumblers explanation... the vice-versa must be true
Gay people cannot play straight characters. "The odd missing look or gesture. Little things that make it more real."
So they shouldn't be picked for straight roles.
That'll go down well. I don't think.
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(19-01-2021, 05:20 PM)Heinrich Wrote: I do wonder why we cast so many Brits as Americans. Like, well, George Sear in Love, Victor! 
We're cheap!
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If you ask me, it's because British actors actually have to have talent. American actors can get through quite a while of their career by being good looking. Actors in the UK actually have to go to school at one of the various dramatic arts academies. That's how you get to try out for parts. You won't get an agent if you don't have the actual credentials and you don't get to just audition by yourself. I read about this online a month or so ago because I wondered why British actors often look like regular people and American actors don't, unless you're a "character actor".
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That still doesn't explain why we hire so many Brits if we also hire a bunch of untrained meatheads. Casting actual talent only matters in the cheap indie films. Look at how many godawful big-budget blockbusters we give to complete idiots. Those are the films that can destroy a studio.
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Yes, straight actors are actors as it says on the tin and should play bisexual or gay roles anyone that says different is an idiot.
@Heinrich, what godawful blockbusters are you whining about now.
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Heinrich, are you seriously telling me you have a problem with Chris Hemsworth playing Thor? Thor isn't an American god he is a Norse god.
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01-07-2022, 03:33 PM
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I believe that a guy with a traditional orientation should not play gay roles because he is very bad at it. Although if the guy is bisexual, this is still possible, if the guy is straight, then no, this is complete nonsense. Although I rarely watch movies, I usually choose this site www.gaypornlinks.com, some blog or porn that you can watch, in short, something gay that will excite me, and I will be able to masturbate well. I think there are a lot of such boys on this forum, aren't there? I hope my opinion has a place to be here.
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Should gay actors play straight roles ?
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(01-07-2022, 03:33 PM)DanzlCarry Wrote: I believe that a guy with a traditional orientation should not play gay roles because he is very bad at it. Although if the guy is bisexual, this is still possible, if the guy is straight, then no, this is complete nonsense
You need to watch Coronation Street there's a gay character there called Sean Tully who is played by a gay actor too and is easily the worst actor alive.
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Not gay-straight, but related.
A kerfuffle has erupted from Latinos in Hollywood from news that James Franco is set to play former Cuban president Fidel Castro in an upcoming film.
"He ain't Latino". (Franco is from Portuguese and Swedish descent on his father Doug Franco's side while his mother, Betsy Franco, is of Russian Jewish descent)
John Leguizamo (born in Bogotá, Colombia) posted Deadline's casting news on Instagram, writing, "How is this still going on? How is Hollywood excluding us but stealing our narratives as well?"
Such is Hollywood.
So the casting debate transcends the gay-straight issue.
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