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.
ROSIE O'DONNELL SAYS HER 'NOW AND THEN' CHARACTER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GAY BUT STUD NIXED IT
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. 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.
EXCLUSIVE: ROSIE O'DONNELL'S CHARACTER 'NOW AND THEN' WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GAY - HERE'S WHY IT WAS CHANGED
Pellegro remarks that the origal script had Roberta scribed as a gay woman.
” 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.