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Contents:
- STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO HAVE PLAYED GAY CHARACTERS
- STANLEY TUCCI: IT’S OK FOR STRAIGHT ACTORS TO PLAY GAY ROL IF DONE ‘THE RIGHT WAY’
- BLACK ACTORS WHO PLAYED GAY MALE CHARACTERS
- 8 GAY ACTORS WHO PLAYED STRAIGHT CHARACTERS
- 14 MOST MEMORABLE GAY CHARACTERS PLAYED BY NON-GAY ACTORS
STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO HAVE PLAYED GAY CHARACTERS
Jam Corn's performance as a gay man "The Prom" was lambasted, but Ewan McGregor's turn "Halston" has been acclaimed. * straight guys who played gay characters *
"Clive is a gay man who tri to supprs his homosexualy Edwardian-era England.
"Roger Ebert wrote: "He plays the role not as a man pretendg to be a woman, and not as a woman trapped a man's body, and not as a parody of a woman, and not as a gay man, but as a drag queen, perd: Lola, a tall, athletic performer thigh-high red boots who l the stage of a drag club as if she were born there, and is a pretty good sger, too.
STANLEY TUCCI: IT’S OK FOR STRAIGHT ACTORS TO PLAY GAY ROL IF DONE ‘THE RIGHT WAY’
Due to the greater acceptance of homosexualy today's society, we are seeg a rise the reprentatn of gay characters mastream cema. One tertg pot is that often the gay characters are played by straight people. * straight guys who played gay characters *
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Sean Penn played gay activist Harvey Milk 2008's 'Milk. Harvey Milk is one of the most important gay activists history, and straight actor Sean Penn won an Osr for playg him.
Col Firth played a gay profsor 'A Sgle Man' 2009.
BLACK ACTORS WHO PLAYED GAY MALE CHARACTERS
* straight guys who played gay characters *
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Le Evans is an openly gay Welsh actor and sger.
8 GAY ACTORS WHO PLAYED STRAIGHT CHARACTERS
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14 MOST MEMORABLE GAY CHARACTERS PLAYED BY NON-GAY ACTORS
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