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• TOM HANKS SAYS ‘PHILALPHIA’ WOULDN’T GET MA TODAY WH A STRAIGHT ACTOR A GAY ROLE
• TOM HANKS: STRAIGHT ACTORS COULD NOT PLAY GAY ‘PHILALPHIA’ ROLE TODAY AND ‘RIGHTLY SO’
• TOM HANKS SAYS THAT IF 1993'S 'PHILALPHIA' ME OUT NOW, HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PLAY THE GAY MALE LEAD: 'AND RIGHTLY SO'
• IS THIS A REAL PIC OF TOM HANKS WH GAYLE KG AND OPRAH AS PART OF A 'BLACK EYE CLUB'?
• TOM HANKS DO NOT SUPPORT STRAIGHT PLAYG GAY
• IS TOM HANKS GAY?
• “COULD A STRAIGHT MAN DO WHAT I DID?”: TOM HANKS DEFEND CONTROVERSIAL GAY ROLE THAT WON HIM AN OSR, CLAIMED “IT’S NOT A CRIME”
• TOM HANKS SAYS HE ULDN'T PLAY A GAY MAN PHILALPHIA TODAY, 'AND RIGHTLY SO'
• TOM HANKS CRASHED A GAY BEACH WEDDG & THEIR REACTNS WERE SO CUTE
• TOM HANKS ADMS OSR-WNG TURN AS GAY LAWYER 'PHILALPHIA' ULDN'T HAPPEN TODAY
• TOM HANKS SAYS HE ULDN'T PLAY A GAY ROLE TODAY 'AND RIGHTLY SO'
• TOM HANKS WOULDN'T DO 'PHILALPHIA' TODAY DUE TO 'INTHENTICY OF A STRAIGHT GUY PLAYG A GAY GUY'

TOM HANKS SAYS ‘PHILALPHIA’ WOULDN’T GET MA TODAY WH A STRAIGHT ACTOR A GAY ROLE

Tom Hanks, who won an Osr for his role as a gay man wh AIDS the film “Philalphia, ” said that if the film were ma today, a straight actor wouldn’t be st that role, and “rightly so. “One of the reasons people weren’t aaid of that movie is that I was playg a gay man, ” Hanks said. “We’re beyond that now, and I don’t thk people would accept the thenticy of a straight guy playg a gay guy.

Tom Hanks won his first Osr for bt actor thanks to Jonathan Demme’s 1993 legal drama “Philalphia, ” which he plays a gay man wh HIV who is discrimated agast at work. Now, almost 30 years later, Hanks says he or any fellow straight actor would no longer be able to play the openly gay character at the heart of “Philalphia.

One of the reasons people weren’t aaid of that movie is that I was playg a gay man. We’re beyond that now, and I don’t thk people would accept the thenticy of a straight guy playg a gay guy.

TOM HANKS: STRAIGHT ACTORS COULD NOT PLAY GAY ‘PHILALPHIA’ ROLE TODAY AND ‘RIGHTLY SO’

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Tom Hanks won his first-ever Osr for his performance as a gay lawyer wh AIDS the acclaimed 1993 movie "Philalphia.

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TOM HANKS SAYS THAT IF 1993'S 'PHILALPHIA' ME OUT NOW, HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PLAY THE GAY MALE LEAD: 'AND RIGHTLY SO'

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IS THIS A REAL PIC OF TOM HANKS WH GAYLE KG AND OPRAH AS PART OF A 'BLACK EYE CLUB'?

Found solace the ia that AIDS and homosexualy were dirty brothers a distant fay. Tom Hanks and the wrers took to task the difficult and annoygly ntroversial hurdle of playg the "gay" character and placg the "straight" dience to that different world.

TOM HANKS DO NOT SUPPORT STRAIGHT PLAYG GAY

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IS TOM HANKS GAY?

A real photograph shows Tom Hanks wh a black eye, standg between Oprah Wey and Gayle Kg, showg he is part of a "Black Eye Club.

ContextThe photograph is thentic and was taken by Oprah Wey when she and Gayle Kg went to see Tom Hanks perform a play.

Sce at least 2019, a photograph featurg Tom Hanks, Oprah Wey, and Gayle Kg has been the subject of numero nspiracy theori. Strange photo of Oprah, Tom Hanks and Gayle Kg.

“COULD A STRAIGHT MAN DO WHAT I DID?”: TOM HANKS DEFEND CONTROVERSIAL GAY ROLE THAT WON HIM AN OSR, CLAIMED “IT’S NOT A CRIME”

Oprah and Gayle Kg iatg Tom Hanks to the "Black Eye Club". One of the reasons people aren’t aaid of this movie is that I was playg a gay guy.

We’re over that now, and I don’t thk people will accept the falsy of a straight guy playg a gay guy. Straights n play gays and gays n play straight. How about we get pissed at the agents/managers/studs that keep their stars closeted stead bee they thk out gay n’t play straight!!

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TOM HANKS SAYS HE ULDN'T PLAY A GAY MAN PHILALPHIA TODAY, 'AND RIGHTLY SO'

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TOM HANKS CRASHED A GAY BEACH WEDDG & THEIR REACTNS WERE SO CUTE

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TOM HANKS ADMS OSR-WNG TURN AS GAY LAWYER 'PHILALPHIA' ULDN'T HAPPEN TODAY

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TOM HANKS SAYS HE ULDN'T PLAY A GAY ROLE TODAY 'AND RIGHTLY SO'

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TOM HANKS WOULDN'T DO 'PHILALPHIA' TODAY DUE TO 'INTHENTICY OF A STRAIGHT GUY PLAYG A GAY GUY'

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