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• IS EDWARD NORTON GAY?
• EDWARD NORTON GAY RUMORS?ONLE POLL SHOWS 87 PERCENT DON’T BELIEVE HE’S GAY

IS EDWARD NORTON GAY?

Whether is Taron Egerton "Rocketman, " or Jam Corn "The Prom, " is not unmon to see big name straight actors take on gay rol today's world. They most often do so whout much hoopla, and some of them — like Bradley Cooper, Col Firth, and Ewan McGregor — even have multiple gay rol unr their belt. Though not everyone is on the same page about whether straight men should take on bisexual or gay rol onscreen, is clear that the stigma has lsened wh time.

Not too long ago, was nsired credibly taboo for an actor to portray a gay man onscreen. Harry Haml, for stance, has said that playg a gay man 1982's "Makg Love" effectively halted his movie reer.

EDWARD NORTON GAY RUMORS?ONLE POLL SHOWS 87 PERCENT DON’T BELIEVE HE’S GAY

Unlike the straight-intified Edward Norton, filmmaker G Van Sant is an openly gay man whose work equently als wh issu of inty, sexualy, and queerns. The actor has never spoken about why he passed on "Brokeback Mounta, " though Damon has played gay before, most recently HBO's "Behd the Canlabra, " oppose Michael Douglas as Liberace. Still, he has found himself a number of small-sle sndals related to his views on homosexualy and gay actors.

It is possible that this impacted how willg he was to take on the role of a gay wboy 2005.

In 2015, he told The Guardian that he felt actors should rema mum about their sexualy, a statement that many terpreted to be a warng that gay actors should rema the closet. "Whether you're straight or gay, people shouldn't know anythg about your sexualy bee that's one of the mysteri that you should be able to play, " said Damon, who is not pecially quiet about his wife and their four children. In Augt 2021, Damon was aga charged wh homophobic views when he claimed that he had only recently stopped g gay slurs, at the urgg of his dghter (he later nied this, per Variety).

Leonardo DiCapr played a gay character very early on his film reer, appearg as French poet Arthur Rimbd the 1995 drama, "Total Eclipse. DiCapr would later portray another (possibly) gay character when he took on the role of J. Mark Wahlberg appeared 2020's "Joe Bell, " a film where he appears as the macho father of a bullied gay son who tak his own life.

For example, acrdg to Vice, Wahlberg was once volved a hate-fueled fight wh members of Madonna's entourage that volved the e of gay slurs.

Though is certaly possible Wahlberg has progrsed his fort wh queer people, his ments on "Brokeback Mounta" have been seen by many as beg rooted toxic masculy and homophobia. " Given that he had no problem playg a porn star "Boogie Nights, " nor a rapist-killer "Fear, " is clearly the homosexualy piece that gave Wahlberg pse. " We do not know exactly why Phillippe passed on "Brokeback Mounta, " but perhaps has to do wh how his earlier gay rol were received by those clost to him.

Intertgly, Phillippe got his start by playg a gay teenager on the soap opera "One Life to Live, " and he has said that this role ed a rift between him and his parents. " "My first role ever, though, g out of the Christian school when I was a senr high school, I played the first gay character on a soap opera, the first gay teenager ever. It should be noted that Pt is a long-time public supporter of gay rights, once donatg $100, 000 to gay marriage California (via The New York Tim).

Dpe his credibly varied rume, Pt has never taken on an explicly gay role. We are not que sure why bee, as far back as 2006, there were mors that he had been searchg for a vehicle that would allow him to explore homosexualy. "Brad knows would be seen as shockg to take on a gay role bee he's seen as such a heart-throb.