Jam Corn's performance as a gay man "The Prom" was lambasted, but Ewan McGregor's turn "Halston" has been acclaimed.
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- STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO HAVE PLAYED GAY CHARACTERS
- 20 GREAT ROL: OUR FAVORE STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO HAVE PLAYED GAY CHARACTERS
- STANLEY TUCCI IS PRETTY FE WH STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS
- 8 GAY ACTORS WHO PLAYED STRAIGHT CHARACTERS
STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO HAVE PLAYED GAY CHARACTERS
* straight actors who have played gay roles *
"Clive is a gay man who tri to supprs his homosexualy Edwardian-era England. "Roger Ebert wrote: "He plays the role not as a man pretendg to be a woman, and not as a woman trapped a man's body, and not as a parody of a woman, and not as a gay man, but as a drag queen, perd: Lola, a tall, athletic performer thigh-high red boots who l the stage of a drag club as if she were born there, and is a pretty good sger, too. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, both straight, were both Osr-nomated for their performanc (Ledger lead, Gyllenhaal supportg) this film about two men fallg love and ntug their affair for film sred 87% on Rotten Tomato, wh the se's cril nsens readg: "A betifully epic Wtern, 'Brokeback Mounta''s gay love story is imbued wh heartbreakg universaly, helped by the movg performanc of Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal.
20 GREAT ROL: OUR FAVORE STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO HAVE PLAYED GAY CHARACTERS
Due to the greater acceptance of homosexualy today's society, we are seeg a rise the reprentatn of gay characters mastream cema. One tertg pot is that often the gay characters are played by straight people. * straight actors who have played gay roles *
Sean Penn played gay activist Harvey Milk 2008's 'Milk. Harvey Milk is one of the most important gay activists history, and straight actor Sean Penn won an Osr for playg him.
STANLEY TUCCI IS PRETTY FE WH STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS
We loved the straight actors playg gay! * straight actors who have played gay roles *
Col Firth played a gay profsor 'A Sgle Man' 2009.
8 GAY ACTORS WHO PLAYED STRAIGHT CHARACTERS
In ‘Philalphia, ’ one of the first mastream Hollywood films to acknowledge issu like HIV/AIDS, homosexualy, and homophobia, Hanks played the role of Andrew Beckett, a gay lawyer. While straight actors have been known to play gay characters, the same is also te for gay actors playg straight rol.
Le Evans is an openly gay Welsh actor and sger.