While studyg photography for an MFA at Yale, Tommy Kha began to explore his upbrgg and what was like to grow up gay and Asian Memphis,...
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GROWG UP GAY AND ASIAN MEMPHIS
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While studyg photography for an MFA at Yale, Tommy Kha began to explore his upbrgg and what was like to grow up gay and Asian Memphis, Tennsee, where he often felt like an outsir.
In addn to stgglg to fd his place Memphis as a gay and Asian man, Kha said a lot of his fay didn’t unrstand his pursu of an arts reer. While speakg to The New York Tim about two of his award-wng turns — as a gay lawyer wh AIDS the 1993 legal drama Philalphia and as a man wh disabili the 1994 edy-drama Forrt Gump — Hanks took the posn that, the prent, straight actors shouldn’t be playg gay characters.
The actor, who is next slated to appear Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, noted that “the whole pot of Philalphia was don’t be aaid” and that part of how dienc of that time were able to engage wh that movie was bee s leadg character wasn’t played by a gay actor.
TOM HANKS FANS PROBABLY NEVER KNEW THIS CHARACTER IS GAY
Tom Hanks says he "rightly so" would not be able to play a gay character 'Philalphia' or a disabled character 'Forrt Gump' today. * tom kha gay *
“One of the reasons people weren’t aaid of that movie is that I was playg a gay man. We’re beyond that now, and I don’t thk people would accept the thenticy of a straight guy playg a gay guy, ” he said. Hanks went on to fend those who argue that stg gay actors gay rol or disabled actors disabled rol is somethg Hollywood should be dog.
MoviTom Hanks has played a ton of beloved characters, but even hardre fans might not realize this Hanks character is actually gay.