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JAM DREYF SISTS STRAIGHT ACTORS CAN PLAY 'TOTALLY NVCG' GAY CHARACTERS

Jam Dreyf, who played pneerg gay rol The Th Blue Le and Gimme Gimme Gimme, said an actor's sexualy has nothg to do wh their abily to 'nvce and amaze'. * james dreyfus gay *

A proment gay Brish actor has rejected lls om acclaimed screenwrer Rsell T Davi for gay performers to be prrised for LGBT Dreyf, who played pneerg gay rol Neti ss The Th Blue Le and Gimme Gimme Gimme, said an actor's sexualy has nothg to do wh their abily to 'nvce and amaze' the 52-year-old believ dienc would be prived of the 'superlative' recent performanc put on by straight stars if rol were only based on sexual ments e after Davi - bt known for his work on Queer As Folk and Doctor Who - said gay actors should get LGBT rol and pared a straight actor playg a gay character to black sisted he was 'not beg woke about this' and said would ensure an thentic portrayal. Jam Dreyf played a gay man Neti s Gimme Gimme Gimme wh Kathy Burke Jam Dreyf played a policeman whom lleague spect is gay The Th Blue Le. He also has a longg sire for fellow nstable Maggie Habib, played by Ma Anwar Screenwrer Rsell T Davi said only gay actors should play gay characters film and TVThe homosexual characters his upg Channel 4 Drama It's A S, set durg the 1980s HIV epimic, are all played by gay stars cludg Stephen Fry, Olly Alexanr and Neil Patrick as recently as 2018, heterosexual Hugh Grant played the role of Liberal polician Jeremy Thorpe Davi's adaptatn of A Very English his 2015 seri Cucumber, straight actors Freddie Fox and Vcent Frankl played gay rol.

'There have been some superlative performanc by straight actors playg 'gay'. ' All the gay characters the upg Channel 4 drama It's A S are played by gay actors.

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It follows the stori of three gay 18-year-olds who arrive London 1981, at the begng of the HIV epimic, and s st clus Olly Alexanr, Neil Patrick Harris, and Stephen Fry Davi's 2018 miseri A Very English Sndal featured Hugh Grant, who is straight, playg Liberal polician Jeremy ThorpeQueer as Folk - about the liv of three men Manchter - was Davi' first gay TV drama - and he st straight actors the rol. From left: Charlie Hannun, Aidan Gillen and Craig KellyAnd he ced the exampl of Col Firth and Stanley Tucci the Brish film Supernova, a film about a middle-aged gay uple who have to al wh the diagnosis of early-onset mentia.

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Dreyf said the pair, who are both straight, gave 'astoundg turns' as gay men, addg: 'Totally nvcg and brilliant.

' Gay actors who have won cril acclaim for portrayal of straight characters Andrew Stt: Gay actors have won cril acclaim for their portrayal of heterosexual characters - most notably Andrew Stt for his turn as the 'Hot Prit' Phoebe Waller Bridge's h show, Fleabag. Now he wasn't gay.

'Queer as Folk - about the liv of three men Manchter - was Davi' first gay TV drama - and he st straight actors the actor Alan Davi starred as a gay teacher Davi's h 2001 show Bob & told Rad Tim: 'I'm not beg woke about this but I feel strongly that if I st someone a story, I am stg them to act as a lover, or an enemy, or someone on dgs or a crimal or a sat. 'They are not there to 'act gay' bee 'actg gay' is a bunch of s for a performance. 'Davi said his latt project It's A S - which began filmg October 2019 - is loosely fluenced by his own wrer, who is gay, was jt 18 when the HIV crisis began 1981, but he did not ntract the disease.

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Davi has prevly st gay actors rol where they played gay characters - cludg Rsel Tovey Years and Years, and John Barrowman Torchwood. Tovey spoke out 2018 after Jack Whehall faced cricism for beg st as a gay character the Disney movie, Jungle Cise. The whole thg wh Jack playg a gay character...

' Straight actors portrayg gay rol have been blasted by crics for years - wh several acced of g harmful actor most recently the firg le was Jam Corn his role as gay Broadway star Barry Glickman Netflix's The Prom. Actor Alan Davi starred as a gay teacher the 2001 show Bob & Rose Davi' 2015 seri Cucumber - and s pann show Banana - also saw straight actors Freddie Fox (left) and Vcent Frankl (right) gay rolOther films cricised for actors playg gay rol clu Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger  Brokeback Mounta, Cate Blanchett Carol, Sean Penn Milk and Tom Hanks Me By Your Name - which received an Osr  2018 - featured Armie Hammer as a gay character. Straight actors portrayg gay rol have been blasted by crics for years - wh several acced of g harmful stereotyp.

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Jam Corn was the firg le his role as gay Broadway star Barry Glickman Netflix's The Prom (pictured alongsi -star Meryl Streep) Davi - who revived Doctor Who 2005 - said directors mt st gay men to play gay male rol as you 'wouldn't black someone up' the morn day.

Other films cricised for actors playg gay rol clu Tom Hanks Philalphia (pictured)Straight actor Sean Penn won an Osr 2009 for his role as gay rights activist Harvey Milk Milk (left). Cate Blanchett was nomated 2016 for playg a lbian Carol (right) Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger played gay characters Brokeback Mounta (pictured)'But do I ask them to swear on their sexualy, on their inti, on their sir, before I st them? ' Corn's -star Andrew Rannells, who is gay, fend the actor's portrayal of a gay character Prom, sayg film stg is about fdg 'the bt person for the job'.

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