Neighbours star Takaya Honda, who plays David Tanaka on the Channel 5 soap, has h back at cliched qutns about playg a gay character as a straight man.
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- ‘NEIGHBOURS’ STAR MATT WILSON SPARKS BACKLASH OVER COMMENTS ABOUT GAY MEN DURG 'THE WRIGHT STUFF' INTERVIEW
- NEIGHBOURS STAR TAKAYA HONDA HS BACK AT CLICHéD QUTNS ABOUT PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER
- NEIGHBOURS PRAISED FOR ‘SAVG GAY LIV’ BY EMOTNAL ACTOR AS SOAP’S FUTURE HANGS THE BALANCE
- NEIGHBOURS VIEWERS PRAISE RYAN THOMAS FOR HIS GAY SEX SCENE
‘NEIGHBOURS’ STAR MATT WILSON SPARKS BACKLASH OVER COMMENTS ABOUT GAY MEN DURG 'THE WRIGHT STUFF' INTERVIEW
‘Neighbours’ star Matt Wilson has sparked ntroversy over ments he ma about gay people durg an appearance on Channel 5′s ‘The Wright Stuff’ actor attracted cricism after sayg his gay character the Atralian soap, Aaron Brennan “acted straight” and “normal”.
His ments me after Suzi Perry asked if he ever received any flack for takg the part over a gay actor, given he is straight himself. “There are a lot of people who thk you should have a gay actor playg a gay character, but that’s like sayg you should get someone a wheelchair to play a character a wheelchair.
— WayneDavid?️? (@WayneDavid81) June 29, 2017n't believe dumbns of Neighbours actor on #TheWrightStuff who said is good he's straight actor playg gay so gays are shown as 'normal'— Jam Leon (@JamLeon1) June 29, 2017Sloppy. I love how homosexualy is also referred to the same actg ntext as murrers and wheelchair ers ?— Michael Bell (@immichaelbell) June 30, 2017Oh god the level of ignorance this is... (@dontfetjam) June 29, 2017A lot of gay men start their journey 'passg' as straight, aaid to be themselv.
NEIGHBOURS STAR TAKAYA HONDA HS BACK AT CLICHéD QUTNS ABOUT PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER
A lot of gay actors will have this reference pot. “Although Matt’s tentn was clearly not to offend anyone, his ments about gay or bi people are clearly problematic, ” he said.
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Neighbours star Takaya Honda has h back at clichéd qutns about playg a gay straight actor, who portrays David Tanaka the Channel 5 soap, appeared at Sydney's Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras alongsi his on-screen hband Matt Wilson (Aaron Brennan), when he ma the impassned Instagram post. "We get asked, more often than I thk we should, 'What's like to play a gay character as a straight actor, do you fd difficult? "Firstly, who uld fd hard to play gay oppose this credible man?
NEIGHBOURS PRAISED FOR ‘SAVG GAY LIV’ BY EMOTNAL ACTOR AS SOAP’S FUTURE HANGS THE BALANCE
The task we are given is to evoke wh the dience that feelg of love and have them believe that we are love, and that would go whether our characters were gay, straight or other. "There is no gree of difficulty add bee the characters are gay. The actor’s character, David Tanaka, was part of Atralia’s first televised gay weddg, and Honda reflected on how the long-nng show has helped to tell the stori of those often unrreprented media.
“I have been one half of, not only the first on screen gay weddg Atralian history but, I’m pretty sure, also one of the longt nng on screen gay relatnships too.
NEIGHBOURS VIEWERS PRAISE RYAN THOMAS FOR HIS GAY SEX SCENE
Neighbours st durg the 2019 Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras Para (El Pics/ Getty Imag). Honda and his -star Matt Wilson saw their characters take part one of Atralian TV’s first gay weddgs 2018, wh the uple’s relatnship ntug to feature on the soap until the prent day.