Julianna Marguli Talks Playg an LGBTQ Character on ‘The Morng Show’: ‘Who’s to Say I Haven’t Had My Own Gay Experienc?’ Julianna Marguli is gettg ndid about her character on The Morng Show. The actrs plays Lra, an out televisn reporter who begs datg Ree Wherspoon's…
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- JULIANNA MARGULI ON CRICISM AROUND HER PLAYG A GAY ANCHOR ‘THE MORNG SHOW’: “WE’RE ALL MAKG ASSUMPTNS”
- JULIANNA MARGULI TALKS PLAYG AN LGBTQ CHARACTER ON 'THE MORNG SHOW': 'WHO'S TO SAY I HAVEN'T HAD MY OWN GAY EXPERIENC?'
JULIANNA MARGULI ON CRICISM AROUND HER PLAYG A GAY ANCHOR ‘THE MORNG SHOW’: “WE’RE ALL MAKG ASSUMPTNS”
Julianna Marguli weighs on the nversatn happeng about her stg as gay anchor Lra Peterson, on Apple TV+'s 'The Morng Show.' * the morning show gay character *
Whatever their sexualy is don't matter to me, the same way watchg a gay person play a straight person. The disurse around havg cishet actors LGBTQ rol has grown past years, wh Darren Criss announcg 2018 that he would no longer play gay characters. The cisn me after his breakout role as gay teenager Blae Anrson Glee, as well as his portrayal of Andrew Cunanan The Assassatn of Gianni Versace: Amerin Crime Story.
"But I want to make sure I won't be another straight boy takg a gay man's role. Most recently, Benedict Cumberbatch fend playg a gay character the upg Wtern film The Power of the Dog. He prevly played real-life gay World War II hero Alan Turng the 2014 bpic The Imatn Game.
In 2018, Darren Criss vowed to no longer take rol portrayg LGBTQ+ characters, tellg Btle, "I want to make sure I won't be another straight boy takg a gay man's role. " In 2020, Jam Corn me unr fire for playg a gay character The Prom, and Halle Berry backed out of playg a transgenr man followg backlash. What follows is an agonizg nversatn between a newly queer woman 2020, and a slightly olr woman, who was outed as a lbian the '90s when homophobia was signifintly more overt.
JULIANNA MARGULI TALKS PLAYG AN LGBTQ CHARACTER ON 'THE MORNG SHOW': 'WHO'S TO SAY I HAVEN'T HAD MY OWN GAY EXPERIENC?'
When asked if she had any rervatns about playg gay on the Apple TV seri, Marguli rpond, "Who's to say I haven't had my own gay experienc?" * the morning show gay character *
Back then, beg gay nearly end Lra's reer. I lost a job for beg gay.
Bradley's disfort wh the ia of g out may be rooted any number of reasons, and no one, not even someone who's experienced workplace homophobia firsthand, should prsure her to e out before she's ready. The Good Wife star joed season two of the Apple TV+ drama to play Lra Peterson, an inic, openly gay anchor at the morng show’s fictnal work who velops a romantic relatnship wh Ree Wherspoon’s character, Bradley Jackson.