Viggo Mortensen Defends Decisn To Play Gay Role In New Film 'Fallg' | HuffPost Entertament

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• 'LORD OF THE RGS' ACTOR VIGGO MORTENSEN FENDS CISN TO PLAY GAY ROLE
• ‘LORD OF THE RGS’ ACTOR VIGGO MORTENSEN FENDS CISN TO PLAY GAY ROLE
• VIGGO MORTENSEN DEFENDS DECISN TO PLAY GAY ROLE IN NEW FILM 'FALLG'
• VIGGO MORTENSEN FENDS PLAYG GAY CHARACTER NEW FILM: MAYBE I’M NOT ‘PLETELY STRAIGHT’
• 'LORD OF THE RGS' ACTOR VIGGO MORTENSEN FENDS CISN TO PLAY GAY ROLE
• LORD OF THE RGS' VIGGO MORTENSEN FENDS HIS CISN TO PORTRAY A GAY MAN FALLG

'LORD OF THE RGS' ACTOR VIGGO MORTENSEN FENDS CISN TO PLAY GAY ROLE

Viggo Mortensen suggted the possibily that he might not be "pletely straight" rponse to cricism that he is playg Lord of the Rgs star portrays a gay role, John, a new film he penned, Fallg, which is also his directorial but.

The movie tells the story of John's relatnship wh his antigay father, Willis (Lance Henriksen), who mov to Los Angel to jo his son after a mentia diagnosis.

‘LORD OF THE RGS’ ACTOR VIGGO MORTENSEN FENDS CISN TO PLAY GAY ROLE

He said nversatns about stg are "healthy" but he "didn't thk was a problem" about his own portrayal of a gay role. "People then ask me, "Well what about Terry Chen, who plays my hband the film, is he a homosexual?

VIGGO MORTENSEN DEFENDS DECISN TO PLAY GAY ROLE IN NEW FILM 'FALLG'

"Mortensen's remarks e at a time of creased bate over the appropriatens of straight actors portrayg gay rol.

VIGGO MORTENSEN FENDS PLAYG GAY CHARACTER NEW FILM: MAYBE I’M NOT ‘PLETELY STRAIGHT’

This week, Jam Corn has been slammed for portrayg the "worst gayface" Netflix's The Prom. Historilly, out actors were ls likely to be st starrg rol, even gay on, as this list of 61 straight people who received Osr nomatns for LGBTQ+ rol attts. LONDON (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - Armed wh a retort volvg proctologists, Osr-nomated actor Viggo Mortensen is prepared for cricism of his cisn - as a straight man - to play a gay character his directorial but, which premier Bra on Monday.

Mortensen, bt known for his portrayal of Aragorn the “Lord of the Rgs” trilogy, said he was jokg, but wanted to make the pot that actors are actors - simply playg a role whether a gay man or a proctologist.

“Fallg” tells the story of John’s racist and homophobic father Willis, played by Lance Henriksen, who mov om his ral farm to live wh his son Los Angel when he starts showg early signs of mentia.

'LORD OF THE RGS' ACTOR VIGGO MORTENSEN FENDS CISN TO PLAY GAY ROLE

‘SO MUCH INJUSTICE’Mortensen, who wrote and directed the film as well as playg s ma protagonist, was keen to strs that his cisn to make John a gay man was not “a gimmick, anchor or some trigger” was while wrg an early scene which John gets a phone ll om his partner as Willis wanrs off an airport, that Mortensen cid to swch John’s sexualy.

LORD OF THE RGS' VIGGO MORTENSEN FENDS HIS CISN TO PORTRAY A GAY MAN FALLG

Note: This say ntas discsn of homophobia and mentn of suici.

Outsi of the safe darkns of the theater, the Mordor-like wasteland of middle school, the movi were synonymo wh the favored sult of the time — “gay.

Early-2000s preteen Ameri was a time of gay jok, of “no homo, ” of mockg voic and slurs, and secret, punive vlence enacted the locker room agast anyone who had a whiff of otherns. He never would have wrten about gay people!