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- SAOIRSE RONAN CONSULTED WH HER GAY FRIENDS BEFORE FILMG ‘AMMONE’ WH KATE WSLET
- SAOIRSE RONAN CONSULTED WH HER GAY FRIENDS BEFORE FILMG ‘AMMONE’ WH KATE WSLET
- KATE WSLET, SAOIRSE RONAN LBIAN DRAMA ACCED OF MAKG UP GAY RELATNSHIP — DIRECTOR RPONDS
SAOIRSE RONAN CONSULTED WH HER GAY FRIENDS BEFORE FILMG ‘AMMONE’ WH KATE WSLET
In an terview wh Variety, Ronan revealed she nsulted wh her gay iends before tacklg “Ammone” and asked them for advice about the role.
Ronan said that her iends spoke to her about “the timaci” of a gay relatnship, addg, “Not jt the sexual si of , but jt the relatnships as a whole.
SAOIRSE RONAN CONSULTED WH HER GAY FRIENDS BEFORE FILMG ‘AMMONE’ WH KATE WSLET
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"It's bad news, " she said, "Hollywood has to drop that dated crap of, 'Can he play straight bee, apparently, he's gay?
KATE WSLET, SAOIRSE RONAN LBIAN DRAMA ACCED OF MAKG UP GAY RELATNSHIP — DIRECTOR RPONDS
And n't jt be distilled to the qutn about gay actors playg gay parts. She ntued: “One thg that a lot of the gay iends of me said was that they didn’t really feel like there were many movi that actually reprent the lbian experience and went to the timacy of that, not jt the sexual si of but jt the relatnship as a whole.
Wrer-director Francis Lee (“God’s Own Country”) has taken to social media to fend his upg film “Ammone” agast accatns is fictnalizg a gay relatnship volvg Brish paleontologist Mary Anng. In an terview wh The Telegraph, some of Anng’s relativ cricized the film for cludg what they say is a ma-up gay relatnship. Barbara Anng said there is not “any evince to back up portrayg [Mary] as a gay woman, ” addg, “I believe Mary Anng was abed bee she was poor, unted, and a woman.