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HAVG A GAY OLD TIME
Carter is gay, volved wh - but unable to m to - his lover Emek (Morz Bleibtr), and given to fendg off volvement of any kd wh prottatns of uld almost be the story of Woody Harrelson's persona, that Ordary Joe-ns that has prevented him om takg on rol that would require plete immersn; even gog on a psychotic rampage Natural Born Killers or blowg himself up accintally The Th Red Le, he was still the regular guy, albe an extreme suatn. I wonr if playg a gay man has helped to liberate him om himself. There's a world of plited experience that simple tablished actors have played gay the past, has all too often felt like a GCSE drama exercise, or a bid for tegry (and, by extensn, a bid for awards).
He might jt get an Osr for his 's not my tentn to speculate on actors' reasons for acceptg or refg gay rol, only to observe that lite game of peek-a-boo that seems to arise when a performer puts asi nsiratns of image and bankabily favour of juicy parts, whatever their orientatn. Are we really seeg more of Woody Harrelson The Walker bee he's playg gay, or is he jt liverg somethg rehgly different? Perhaps isn't that Al Paco giv more of himself away than ever before Dog Day Afternoon (1975) bee he's playg a gay bank robber - uld be argued that only appears that way bee the character has his fenc down, regardls of whether he prefers a man or a woman to butter his toast the morng.
I don't know how much of a risk is the days for an actor to take on a gay role; few actors will discs the rol they passed on, let alone their reasons for dog so.