Ewan McGregor fends stg as gay signer Ryan Murphy's 'Halston'

Contents:

• EWAN MCGREGOR REVEALS WHY HE TOOK GAY ROLE 'HALSTON' AMID BACKLASH
• EWAN MCGREGOR EXPLAS WHY HE TOOK ON GAY ‘HALSTON’ ROLE DPE BACKLASH CONCERNS
• ‘HALSTON’ CREATOR SAYS EWAN MCGREGOR WAS ALL FOR FILMG GAY SEX SCEN
• EWAN MCGREGOR EXPLAS WHY HE TOOK ON GAY ‘HALSTON’ ROLE DPE BACKLASH CONCERNS
• EWAN MCGREGOR FENDS PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER NEW RYAN MURPHY SERI: ‘IT WAS JT ONE PART OF WHO HE WAS’
• 'IT'S 2017.' EWAN MCGREGOR HAS NO TIME FOR FS OVER BETY AND THE BEAST'S 'GAY CHARACTER'
• EWAN MCGREGOR ON BETY AND THE BEAST GAY CHARACTER NTROVERSY: 'IT'S 2017, FOR F--- SAKE'
• EWAN MCGREGOR FEND HIS STG AS GAY SIGNER HALSTON RYAN MURPHY'S UPG NETFLIX SHOW
• EWAN MCGREGOR SHUTS DOWN ‘BETY AND THE BEAST’ GAY CHARACTER CONTROVERSY: WATCH
• EWAN MCGREGOR DISCS CISN TO PLAY GAY ROLE NEW HALSTON SERI
• EWAN MCGREGOR IS CATCHG HEAT FOR PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER. SHOULD HE BE?
• EWAN MCGREGOR AND CHRIS MSA SAY THEIR ‘BIRDS OF PREY’ VILLAS ARE PROBABLY GAY
• EWAN MCGREGOR EXPLAS DECISN TO PLAY GAY DIGNER HALSTON, TALKS OBI-WAN KENOBI RETURN
• EWAN MCGREGOR FENDS STG AS GAY SIGNER RYAN MURPHY’S ‘HALSTON’

EWAN MCGREGOR REVEALS WHY HE TOOK GAY ROLE 'HALSTON' AMID BACKLASH

In a recent terview wh The Hollywood Reporter, the longtime actor known for his inic parts tl like Star Wars and Traspottg and who is portrayg legendary gay, Amerin fashn signer Roy Halston Frowick the upg Ryan Murphy-produced Netflix seri Halston, was asked to weigh on current cultural discsns about non-queer actors takg on queer rol, pecially sce LGBTQ+ actors do not get as many opportuni or cril acclaim as their straight unterparts.

EWAN MCGREGOR EXPLAS WHY HE TOOK ON GAY ‘HALSTON’ ROLE DPE BACKLASH CONCERNS

\u201c"Straight men playg gay, everybody wants to give them an award.

1568921205When Emmy wner and Pose star Billy Porter's famo words om a 2019 THR roundtable me up about how straight men always get awards whenever they play gay, Ewan even seemed to agree wh the sentiment, sayg, "I haven't walked Billy Porter's sho I don't know what 's like to lose out parts when you might feel 's to do wh your sexualy.

"Ultimately though, McGregor took the role of the openly-gay fashn in who passed away om AIDS-related plitns back 1990, sayg there was more to Halston's life than his sexualy that he wanted to be able to explore and portray on-screen. "If had been a story about Halston's sexualy more, then maybe 's right that gay actors should play that role, " he told THR. The 50-year-old Star Wars actor, who will star the upg Halston TV seri produced by Ryan Murphy as the fashn signer, spoke about playg gay spe beg straight an terview wh THR.

‘HALSTON’ CREATOR SAYS EWAN MCGREGOR WAS ALL FOR FILMG GAY SEX SCEN

Straight men playg gay — everyone wants to give them an award.

EWAN MCGREGOR EXPLAS WHY HE TOOK ON GAY ‘HALSTON’ ROLE DPE BACKLASH CONCERNS

“If had been a story about Halston’s sexualy more, then maybe ’s right that gay actors should play that role. As part of the actor’s ver story for The Hollywood Reporter, the publitn reports that “McGregor was ncerned that takg on a gay in like Halston might rult a backlash. ” McGregor has played gay characters throughout his reer (see “I Love You Phillip Morris” for starters), but there’s a more heightened awarens the days about straight actors tacklg queer rol.

“If had been a story about Halston’s sexualy more, then maybe ’s right that gay actors should play that role, ” McGregor add, explag why he felt fortable takg on a gay role “Halston” specifilly.

EWAN MCGREGOR FENDS PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER NEW RYAN MURPHY SERI: ‘IT WAS JT ONE PART OF WHO HE WAS’

Unr Ryan Murphy’s producer guidance at Netflix, alongsi Killer Films’ Christe Vachon, “Halston” isn’t aaid to swg big the openg episo, showg some very cheeky and primal gay sex wh the first 10 mut.

”“If had been a story about Halston’s sexualy more, then maybe ’s right that gay actors should play that role, ” McGregor add, explag why he felt fortable takg on a gay role “Halston” specifilly.

Straight actor Ewan McGregor has fend his role as gay fashn signer Halston Ryan Murphy’s new Netflix miseri. In an terview wh The Hollywood Reporter, McGregor was remd of a quote om Pose star Billy Porter: “Straight men playg gay — everyone wants to give them an award. Halston was openly gay, and the show will portray his relatnship wh lover Victor Hugo, played by Gian Fran Rodriguez.

'IT'S 2017.' EWAN MCGREGOR HAS NO TIME FOR FS OVER BETY AND THE BEAST'S 'GAY CHARACTER'

But, fendg his role, McGregor said: “If had been a story about Halston’s sexualy more, then maybe ’s right that gay actors should play that role.

Ryan Murphy, who wrote and executive produced Halston, told Tom Ford a Vogue terview that Ewan McGregor “was, to , the only choice” for the role, spe the current bate over straight actors playg gay characters. His performanc have sparked the sexual awakeng of so many lennial gay men and women, cludg yours tly.

EWAN MCGREGOR ON BETY AND THE BEAST GAY CHARACTER NTROVERSY: 'IT'S 2017, FOR F--- SAKE'

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EWAN MCGREGOR FEND HIS STG AS GAY SIGNER HALSTON RYAN MURPHY'S UPG NETFLIX SHOW

He’s a by man and don’t have time for the fs over the gay character Bety and the Beast. McGregor, who plays Lumière, everyone’s favore ndltick, the Disney film, stopped by The Late Show and when Stephen Colbert asked him about the some of the ntroversy over Josh Gad’s character, Le Fou, who director Bill Condon said was gay, McGregor provid the vol equivalent of rollg his ey.

EWAN MCGREGOR SHUTS DOWN ‘BETY AND THE BEAST’ GAY CHARACTER CONTROVERSY: WATCH

“He’s a gay character!

The actor, who voic Lumière, addrs the to-do over Josh Gad's LeFou beg Disney's first openly gay character Each product we feature has been penntly selected and reviewed by our edorial team. “It’s jt like, he’s a gay character and ’s 2017 for f— sake, ” the actor, who plays Lumière the film, told Stephen Colbert on The Late Show Monday.

EWAN MCGREGOR DISCS CISN TO PLAY GAY ROLE NEW HALSTON SERI

“There’s a lot of gay sex this rtoon, ” he joked earlier, “and I thk if you live anywhere near Alabama you should not go and see this film. ” “There’s a lot of gay sex this rtoon, ” he joked earlier about Disney’s first openly gay character, “and I thk if you live anywhere near Alabama you should not go and see this film.

EWAN MCGREGOR IS CATCHG HEAT FOR PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER. SHOULD HE BE?

” McGregor was referrg to the Henagar Drive-In, the Alabama movie theater that nceled screengs of Bety and the Beast after director Bill Condon revealed Attu magaze that Josh Gad’s LeFou is gay. Ewan McGregor is playg inic gay signer Roy Halston Frowick Ryan Murphy's upg show. McGregor addrsed Billy Porter's 2019 ments about straight actors takg on gay rol.

Ewan McGregor has fend his stg as the inic gay signer Roy Halston Frowick the upg Ryan Murphy Netflix show "Halston, " addrsg Billy Porter's 2019 ments around the subject of straight actors playg gay a Hollywood Reporter Roundtable 2019, "Pose" star Porter said: "If 'flamboyantly' wasn't the scriptn of the character, no one would see me ever for anythg. "In his own terview wh The Hollywood Reporter, published Wednday, McGregor addrsed Porter's sentiments and told the publitn that he "rpects both sis of the discsn" around whether or not straight actors should take on gay rol. So I n only rpect his pot of view, " McGregor "Fargo" and "Traspottg" actor ntued: "If had been a story about Halston's sexualy more, then maybe 's right that gay actors should play that role.

"McGregor has prevly played gay characters movi such as "The Pillow Book" and "I Love You, Phillip Morris, " the latter of which particular drew posive reviews, pecially for the performanc of lead actors McGregor and Jim nversatn around whether straight actors should take on gay rol is a ntug oneSome actors, such as Timothée Chalamet "Call Me By Your Name" and Cate Blanchett "Carol, " have had their performanc as gay characters crilly acclaimed. Meanwhile, other actors have been cricized for their performanc gay rol, such as Jam Corn "The Prom.

EWAN MCGREGOR AND CHRIS MSA SAY THEIR ‘BIRDS OF PREY’ VILLAS ARE PROBABLY GAY

"Straight actor Darren Criss, who has worked wh Ryan Murphy several tim, cludg "Hollywood" and "Glee, " promised never to take on another gay role aga 2018.

EWAN MCGREGOR EXPLAS DECISN TO PLAY GAY DIGNER HALSTON, TALKS OBI-WAN KENOBI RETURN

However, gay actor Neil Patrick-Harris, who rose to promence playg Barney, a straight character, "How I Met Your Mother, " said January this year that he wouldn't be opposed to straight actors playg gay characters as long as "they're willg to vt a lot to . The ntroversy surrounds the portrayal of Josh Gad’s LeFou as a gay man png for Gaston, the story’s antagonist. The Henager Drive-In movie theater Alabama ma a statement by ncelg the screeng but of the film after hearg about the gay character the storyle.

EWAN MCGREGOR FENDS STG AS GAY SIGNER RYAN MURPHY’S ‘HALSTON’

“It’s jt like, he’s a gay character. “There’s a lot of gay sex this rtoon and I thk if you live anywhere near Alabama you should not go and see this film. Other stmat pose siar rpons such as Gad, Emma Watson, Le Evans and director Bill Condon who praised Gad’s pictn of the gay character.

Ewan McGregor opened up about his starrg role as gay fashn signer Halston a brand new terview.

Stg down wh the Hollywood Reporter, McGregor discsed the topic of straight actors takg on gay rol. Durg Porter’s roundtable terview, the legendary actor ma a powerful statement surroundg the stigmas that gay actors enunter the dtry. “Straight men playg gay – everyone wants to give them an award, ” Porter exclaimed.