Happit Season star Kristen Stewart said that there isn't necsarily an easy answer to whether straight performers should steer clear of gay rol.
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KRISTEN STEWART ADDRS THE "SLIPPERY SLOPE" OF ONLY HAVG GAY ACTORS PLAY GAY CHARACTERS
At the end of all, Stewart quipped, "I'm, like, so gay, du. ”“For s, LGBTQ actors have been told that orr to secure rol Hollywood, they have to hi their thentic selv and stay closeted, ” Ellis told NBC News an add, however, that thgs are gettg better for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer entertaers.
Even the rare film that tackled such material at the time, such as Midnight Cowboy (1969), earned an ‘X’ ratg, rercg the misnceptn that homosexualy was socially and morally aberrant.
Both Hilary Swank and Tom Hanks have recently nced that trans and gay actors, rpectively, should have played their rol, wh Swank sayg, “We now have a bunch of trans actors who would obvly be a lot more right for the role and have the opportuny to actually dn for the role. No, and rightly so…We’re beyond that now, and I don’t thk people would accept the thenticy of a straight guy playg a gay guy. She not only gets to play gay, but she’s also avoid dog as any one particular kd of gay character, which is the bt way to challenge stereotyp, pecially for viewers who need their horizons expand.