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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. " 'It fs ':Hallmark, Lifetime Christmas movi fally show LGBTQ love leadg rolThe film is wrten and directed by Francis Lee, whose 2017 drama "God's Own Country" picts a siarly reprsed gay romance that epts rnal passn.
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SAOIRSE RONAN CONSULTED WH HER GAY FRIENDS BEFORE FILMG ‘AMMONE’ WH KATE WSLET
"It's bad news, " she said, "Hollywood has to drop that dated crap of, 'Can he play straight bee, apparently, he's gay? 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. Another relative, Lorrae Anng, said she believ the cisn to create a gay relatnship volvg Mary is to make more attractive to moviegoers. His smashg 2017 but, “God’s Own Country, ” which followed the searg nnectn between a gay sheep farmer and a migrant worker, has clear parallels wh the new film.
KATE WSLET, SAOIRSE RONAN LBIAN DRAMA ACCED OF MAKG UP GAY RELATNSHIP — DIRECTOR RPONDS
Ronan stars alongsi Kate Wslet, who plays paleontologist Mary Anng, and the pair joed Variety for an terview alongsi director Francis explaed that “hadn’t really done” a role like her Ammone one before, wh her new rtraed role stark ntrast to her character Jo Ltle explaed, “Any of the gay women that I had spoken to - and I thk Kate did as well - before we started, we were askg them advice that we as maly straight women wouldn’t know about.