‘There are plenty of straight actors who have played gay characters brilliantly,’ said the actor
Contents:
- 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’
- ARE ANY OF THE ST OF THE BIG BANG THEORY GAY?
- ‘BIG BANG THEORY’S’ JIM PARSONS OUT AS 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’
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ARE ANY OF THE ST OF THE BIG BANG THEORY GAY?
“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. “I thk Brokeback Mounta is one of the most touchg gay movi and love stori I have ever seen, and those two straight actors were the bt choic for those rol, ” said the bate over whether straight actors should be st gay rol was recently renewed by Netflix film The Prom, which was released last viewers cricised the cisn to st Jam Corn – a straight man – as gay character Barry Glickman, while others took issue wh Corn’s performance, which was cricised as “aggrsively flamboyant”, “stereotypil” and “grossly appropriate”.
‘BIG BANG THEORY’S’ JIM PARSONS OUT AS GAY
Parsons me out as gay 2013 the middle of his n as Sheldon NBC’s hugely succsful s The Big Bang Apple TV+ ee for 7 daysNew subscribers only.