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actors who 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.

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STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO HAVE PLAYED GAY CHARACTERS

Jam Corn's performance as a gay man "The Prom" was lambasted, but Ewan McGregor's turn "Halston" has been acclaimed. * actors who played gay characters *

"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.

Harvey Milk is one of the most important gay activists history, and straight actor Sean Penn won an Osr for playg him.

20 GREAT ROL: OUR FAVORE STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO HAVE PLAYED GAY CHARACTERS

Queer actor Keiynan Lonsdale had a breakout role playg gay high schooler Bram Greenfeld 2018's "Love, Simon.

Lonsdale played gay teenager Bram the 2018 film "Love, Simon, " which ma history when beme the first mastream teen rom- to feature a gay protagonist.

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Straight Actors Who Have Played Gay Characters .

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