Stanley Tucci said that straight actors play homosexual characters.
The 62-year-old, who made a profession as a gay hero in “The Devil Wears Prada” and “Supernova” – recently added his two cents.
Stopped BBC Radio 4 show “Desert Island Discs”. and said, “I’m all the time flattered when gay men come up to me and talk to me about ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ or ‘Supernova’.”
He continued, “They are saying, ‘It was just so beautiful,’ you realize, ‘You probably did it the suitable way.’ Since it’s often not done right.
“An actor is an actor is an actor. You were supposed to play different people. you simply are. That is what it’s all about.”
While Tucci believes that straight performers can play LGBTQ roles so long as it’s done appropriately, he believes it becomes an issue if the character is a stereotype or caricature.
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Many artists played homosexual roles – although they were heterosexual.
Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara starred as lovers within the 2015 film Carol. Benedict Cumberbatch played queer mathematician Alan Turing within the 2014 film The Imitation Game.
Each Blanchett, 54, and Cumberbatch, 46, received Oscar nominations for their performances and garnered much critical acclaim.
Tom Hanks even won a gold statuette for his portrayal of a gay lawyer with AIDS within the 1993 legal drama Philadelphia.
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The 66-year-old Forrest Gump alumnus touched on the subject in an interview with Latest York Times magazine last 12 months.
His views differ from those of Tucci, acknowledging that straight men couldn’t actually play characters written as LGBTQ.
“Let’s have a look at, could a heterosexual man now do what I did in “Philadelphia”? No, and rightly so,” Hanks said on the time. “The entire point of ‘Philadelphia’ was not to be afraid.”
He continued, “Considered one of the explanations people weren’t afraid of the movie is because I used to be playing a gay man. We’re beyond that now, and I do not think people will accept the inauthenticity of a straight guy playing gay.”