‘There are plenty of straight actors who have played gay characters brilliantly,’ said the actor
Contents:
- ARE ANY OF THE ST OF THE BIG BANG THEORY GAY?
- BIG BANG THEORY’S JIM PARSONS WEIGHS ON STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS: ‘THE FIGHT IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL PARTS ARE OPEN TO ALL ACTORS’
- GUS WHO'S NOT GAY ON THE BIG BANG THEORY!
ARE ANY OF THE ST OF THE BIG BANG THEORY GAY?
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Then bee of gay-lsac's law of ial gass shows. Parsons said: "There's fely this spectm: I thk the fight, as were, is not about havg only gay people play the gay parts but to ensure that all parts are open to all Kle//Getty Imag"It's important that gay characters are portrayed as well-round and pletely human dividuals. "Parsons sgled out Brokeback Mounta's Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as exampl of straight actors "who have played gay characters brilliantly".
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BIG BANG THEORY’S JIM PARSONS WEIGHS ON STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS: ‘THE FIGHT IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL PARTS ARE OPEN TO ALL ACTORS’
Get our ee weekly email for all the latt cematic news om our film cric Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cematic email for eeJim Parsons has offered his opn on the stg of straight actors LGBTQ+ an terview wh The LA Tim, Parsons opened up about LGBTQ+ reprentatn film, as well as the bate surroundg whether straight actors should portray gay characters. “There’s fely this spectm: I thk the fight, as were, is not about havg only gay people play the gay parts but to ensure that all parts are open to all actors, ” said 47-year-old ntued: “It’s important that gay characters are portrayed as well-round and pletely human dividuals. ”In orr to illtrate his pot that “there are plenty of straight actors who have played gay characters brilliantly”, Parsons spoke specifilly about Brokeback Parsons as Michael and Matt Bomer as Donald (Netflix)The acclaimed 2005 drama saw two straight actors, Jake Gyllenhaal and the late Heath Ledger, mend for their performanc as Jack and Ennis.
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GUS WHO'S NOT GAY ON THE BIG BANG THEORY!
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