Ben Whishaw opens up about straight actors playg gay characters

Contents:

• BEN WHISHAW EXPLAED WHY HE FOUND THE REVEAL THAT HIS "JAM BOND" CHARACTER WAS GAY "UNSATISFYG"
• BEN WHISHAW CONFIRMS HE IS GAY. AND MARRIED. SO THERE.
• BEN WHISHAW OPENS UP ABOUT STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS: “I UNRSTAND THE QUTNS”

BEN WHISHAW EXPLAED WHY HE FOUND THE REVEAL THAT HIS "JAM BOND" CHARACTER WAS GAY "UNSATISFYG"

Brish actor Ben Whishaw has opened up about his Jam Bond character g out as gay the latt stallment of the anchise, llg the eventual oute "unsatisfyg. "I feel the same, sometim, about straight actors playg gay parts, " he went on. But many felt unsatisfied -- cludg the actor who plays Q Whishaw, who is gay IRL, has been playg Q the Daniel Craig Bond films sce 2012 and had one scene the latt, No Time to Die, that seemgly nfirmed his sexualy.

Ben Whishaw, the Brish actor who began his role as gadget gu Q the latt Jam Bond movie Skyfall, has nfirmed he is gay and married to boyiend Mark Bradshaw. "Whishaw and Bradshaw met on the set of Jane Campn's 2009 movie Bright Star, which Ben starred and Mark posed the sre Jam Bond actor had attracted speculatn about his sexualy a prev terview when asked whether was important for young gay people to have posive role mols. Actor Ben Whishaw has opened up about straight actors playg gay characters a new terview.

Speakg to The Guardian, Whishaw said he “[unrstood] the qutns” surroundg straight actors playg gay characters, addg that “discsn” and “listeng to each other” about the issu was important rather than disagreement. “I feel the same, sometim, about straight actors playg gay parts. Whishaw, who played tech wizard Q the last three Jam Bond films, has said prevly that he would like a gay actor to play the next 007.

BEN WHISHAW CONFIRMS HE IS GAY. AND MARRIED. SO THERE.

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BEN WHISHAW OPENS UP ABOUT STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS: “I UNRSTAND THE QUTNS”

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“We’re talkg about a select group of people who have a certa bent, which seems anti-gay, anti-progrs, anti-sex—a lot of thgs which I’m not.