Rsell T. Davi Explas Why He Only Casts Gay Actors Gay Rol – The Hollywood Reporter

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• RSELL T. DAVI EXPLAS WHY HE ONLY CASTS GAY ACTORS GAY ROL
• RSELL T DAVI FENDS NOT STG STRAIGHT ACTORS GAY ROL
• IT’S A S IS A LOVE LETTER TO 1980S GAY CULTURE – AND HATE MAIL TO THE ERA’S HOMOPHOBIC HEGEMONY
• RSELL T DAVI: STRAIGHT ACTORS SHOULD NOT PLAY GAY CHARACTERS
• RSELL T DAVI SAYS GAY ROL SHOULD BE PLAYED BY GAY ACTORS: “IT’S ABOUT THENTICY”

RSELL T. DAVI EXPLAS WHY HE ONLY CASTS GAY ACTORS GAY ROL

Davi, the Brish TV creator behd Queer as Folk, the BBC’s Doctor Who revival and recent h Years and Years, has discsed only stg gay actors the role of gay male characters.

“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.

It’s a S, followg a group of young gay men who move to London jt as the epimic starts and loosely based on Davi own experienc the early 1980s, stars Olly Alexanr, Neil Patrick Harris, and Stephen Fry. From 1999’s groundbreakg Queer as Folk, which put Manchter’s gay village unr the spotlight the bt way possible, to 2021’s vastatg AIDS drama It’s a S, queer people owe Davi a huge amount of gratu for tg the mass on what ’s like to live as an LGBTQ+ person Bra.

RSELL T DAVI FENDS NOT STG STRAIGHT ACTORS GAY ROL

Then, 1997, he brought ITV’s hotel drama seri The Grand, which featured an episo focg largely on Clive, the hotel’s gay barman. Imprsed by the gay episo he wrote The Grand, McKenzie enabled him to beg work on what would bee the UK’s semal piece of queer televisn: Queer As Folk.

In the spir of celebratg Rsell T Davi, fans are thkg back to how to the seri – which featured a young, gay Nathan (Charlie Hunnam) gettg a rim-job the very first episo – changed the game. It was the first time I had seen gay men whose liv were as joyful, sexy and chaotic as me on screen, ” shared Matthew Hodson, director of AIDS awarens chary NAM. It's a S is a masterpiece, Queer As Folk blew the mds of an entire gay generatn.

“I had never seen gay people picted a posive light before. The mass may have to stra to remember , but the three seri – Cucumber particular – have had gays a chokehold ever sce. The drama featur Olly Alexanr as a young gay man lled Richie who arriv London September 1981.

IT’S A S IS A LOVE LETTER TO 1980S GAY CULTURE – AND HATE MAIL TO THE ERA’S HOMOPHOBIC HEGEMONY

The drama als wh how AIDS impacted on the liv of many gay men and their fai. Rsell T Davi has said that he will 'happily fend' his ll to stop stg straight actors gay rol.

Earlier this month, the crilly-acclaimed screenwrer, 57, said every gay character his upg Channel 4 drama It's A S will be played by gay actors, bee is the only way to ensure an thentic portrayal.

RSELL T DAVI: STRAIGHT ACTORS SHOULD NOT PLAY GAY CHARACTERS

Davi sisted at the time that he was 'not beg woke about this' and said the ia of 'actg gay' is jt a 'bunch of s for a performance'.

Speakg out: Rsell T Davi has said that he will 'happily fend' his ll to stop stg straight actors gay rolSeveral stars have sce shared their thoughts on the matter, wh Christopher Biggs sayg 's 'ridiculo' and Neil Patrick Harris, who stars Davi' It's A S, claimg is better to hire the 'bt actor' for the role regardls of sexualy.

Pictured: Earlier this month, the crilly-acclaimed screenwrer, 57, said every gay character his upg Channel 4 drama It's A S will be played by gay actors, bee is the only way to ensure an thentic portrayal (the st show still) Thoughts: Several stars have sce shared their thoughts on the matter, wh Neil Patrick Harris, who stars Davi' It's A S (pictured), claimg is better to hire the 'bt actor' for the role regardls of sexualy 'Also, genuely never meant to upstage straight actors, 's the system I was lookg at, this is the way I've n this show, and 's my job to look at somethg new and look at thgs a new way and to try and fd a new way to do thgs. ' Davi' new Channel 4 drama It's A S follows the stori of three gay 18-year-olds who arrive London 1981, at the begng of the HIV epimic, and s star-studd st clus Olly Alexanr, Neil Patrick Harris, and Stephen Fry.

RSELL T DAVI SAYS GAY ROL SHOULD BE PLAYED BY GAY ACTORS: “IT’S ABOUT THENTICY”

' On puttg parts of himself to the show, he add: 'Oh you kd of do that wh whatever you're wrg, when Rose Tyler flew around the TARDIS that was like me as a child flyg back when: Queer as Folk - about the liv of three men Manchter - was Davi' first gay TV drama - and he st straight actors the rol. '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. Earlier this month, Davi, who was behd Doctor Who's 2005 revival, said that directors mt st gay men to play gay male rol bee you 'wouldn't black someone up' the morn day.

Prev projects: Davi' 2018 miseri A Very English Sndal featured Hugh Grant, who is straight, playg Liberal polician Jeremy ThorpeThe screenwrer sisted he was 'not beg woke about this' and said the ia of 'actg gay' is jt a 'bunch of s for a performance' and is not also said all the gay characters his upg Channel 4 drama It's A S are played by gay actors bee is the only way to ensure an thentic portrayal. 'They are not there to "act gay" bee "actg gay" is a bunch of s for a performance.