Stephen Fry talks about his mental health durg the panmic and also about whether straight actors should play gay characters.
Contents:
- TRAVEL GAY MEETS STEPHEN FRY
- STEPHEN FRY FELT LIKE AN ‘UNSIRABLE PERSON' ON GAY SCENE 1980S
- STEPHEN FRY : “I’M AS PROUD OF BEG JEWISH AS I AM PROUD OF BEG GAY”
TRAVEL GAY MEETS STEPHEN FRY
Fry said a vio for chary Proud2Be: "[I’m] not proud bee I thk beg gay is better than beg anythg else but I thk ’s a wonrful thg to be love and you follow your heart. Willem, a gay artist, and Frieda, a lbian cellist, began fg inty papers for Jews livg the Netherlands unr occupatn.
“Livg their liv as openly gay the 1930s was remarkable enough, but once the Nazis vad their homeland of the Netherlands, they found themselv a pth of urage and termatn that, across the years, remas tly spirg. Speakg to our Edor--Chief Darren Burn, Stephen Fry discs how to keep your ol lockdown, his views on Jam Corn and whether gay characters need to be played by gay actors, meetg homophobic pastors Uganda, terviewg the print of Brazil and where he hop to travel wh his hband after the panmic. A edian as much as he is a ser storyteller, he won an award for his credible documentary Out There which explored homophobia around the world, cludg untri like Rsia, Brazil and Uganda.
STEPHEN FRY FELT LIKE AN ‘UNSIRABLE PERSON' ON GAY SCENE 1980S
Famoly gay, Stephen once quipped about his sexualy: "I suppose all began when I me out of the womb. Stephen reflected on his many travels wh but also the nuanc of travellg as a gay man: "We n lull ourselv to a false sense of secury bee thgs the Wt have improved so much our lifetim.
And that I would never have to thk about puttg on a fensive posture when gog out or pretendg not to be gay. "In some of the most homophobic untri, 's very mon to see men holdg hands public.
So I thk gay travelers have to be smart. On gay men and the impact social media n have on them when they see the chiselled and toned bodi of other gay men, he said: "There's a lot of glorifyg of a certa type of body, which I've always hated. Stephen Fry on straight actors playg gay rol.
STEPHEN FRY : “I’M AS PROUD OF BEG JEWISH AS I AM PROUD OF BEG GAY”
There's been a lot of talk recently about whether you need to be a gay actor to play a gay character. What's his take on Rsell T Davi' suggtn that gay actors should play gay rol? In the se of It's A S, there is somethg magilly extra about knowg that the boys are themselv young gay men.
But Stephen don't agree that you have to be gay to play all gay rol. Stephen also challenged the ia Hollywood that meant that Jam Corn uld be nomated for a Goln Globe whilst Jonathan Bailey (the openly gay actor Bridgerton) has said prevly he was advised to not e out as gay.
I terviewed [ Out There] a man whose job is to -gay people's voic. I met an actor who was told he was great for a role but that he 'uldn't have a gay voice'. Stephen Fry on gay rights around the world.