Contents:
- ‘NOW AND THEN’: ROSIE O’DONNELL PORTRAYED ROBERTA MART AS A LBIAN EVEN THOUGH PRODUCTN ‘REMOVED A LOT OF THE GAY STUFF’
- ROSIE O'DONNELL SAYS HER 'NOW AND THEN' CHARACTER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GAY BUT STUD NIXED IT
- EXCLUSIVE: ROSIE O'DONNELL'S CHARACTER 'NOW AND THEN' WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GAY - HERE'S WHY IT WAS CHANGED
‘NOW AND THEN’: ROSIE O’DONNELL PORTRAYED ROBERTA MART AS A LBIAN EVEN THOUGH PRODUCTN ‘REMOVED A LOT OF THE GAY STUFF’
It wasn’t that long ago that gettg to play a gay character was a rary, but now that such portrayals are gag mastream acceptance, there are many more pth-filled and meangful on-screen reprentatns. Rosie O’Donnell, who has been openly out as a lbian sce 2002, is reflectg back on prr rol and how she often tried to brg nuance to the projects she worked on by portrayg her characters as gay — even if most of didn’t make past the edg room.
It was only months after the 9/11 attacks the cy, and O’Donnell rells feelg like was important to make sure her inty as a gay person was known the wake of such a tragic cint: “I went to a edy club and I was dog stand-up and I’m like, ‘I’m gay. Listen, 9/11 happened, I’m gay.
I’m tellg you all, I’m gay. In se the buildgs blow up aga, I’m so, so gay, ’ you know? Rosie O’Donnell rells playg characters as gay spe phback.
ROSIE O'DONNELL SAYS HER 'NOW AND THEN' CHARACTER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GAY BUT STUD NIXED IT
O’Donnell believ that her character, Doris, was gay. She rells Penny Marshall — the director for the film — tellg her to do aga bee “’s not a gay thg.
Though her character was not explicly shown to be gay the film, O’Donnell still believ that was a part of her inty. ‘Now and Then’ cut out Rosie O’Donnell’s portrayal of Roberta as gay. Pellegro remarks that the origal script had Roberta scribed as a gay woman.
EXCLUSIVE: ROSIE O'DONNELL'S CHARACTER 'NOW AND THEN' WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GAY - HERE'S WHY IT WAS CHANGED
” Dpe her adherence to the character as wrten, “they removed a lot of the gay stuff” before the fal cut ma to the big screen. O’Donnell reflected on how much thgs have changed, “But that was a long time ago when, you know, gay stuff wasn’t really as promently featured as is now our life. To thk where my life has gone or what happened the trajectory of gay rights and civil rights for gay people, ’s been really a big journey that we’ve taken as a culture.
She add, "And when they showed the film, the producer said, 'Let's take out that she's gay.
' And they took every ltle, ty thg that I had done to build the character to an accurate gay woman and ma her straight. "And was very ntroversial to be gay, and — my agent didn't know if I should take the job bee 'What if people fd out that you're gay? "I don't know why people make such a big al about the gay thg, " she clared onstage at Carol edy club New York Cy on Feb.