Recently, Stanley Tucci, a straight actor who played gay characters on several ocsns, said, "Obvly, I believe that's fe. I am always very flattered when gay men e up to me and talk to me about <i>The Devil Wears Prada</i> or they talk about <i>Supernova</i>, and they say that 'It was jt so betiful,' you know, 'You did the right way.'"
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GAY ACTORS, STRAIGHT ROL: A LSON IN MAKG SURE YOUR ARGUMENT IS LOGIL
Jam Corn's performance as a gay man "The Prom" was lambasted, but Ewan McGregor's turn "Halston" has been acclaimed. * gay actor playing straight role *
"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.
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Sean Penn played gay activist Harvey Milk 2008's 'Milk.
The bate over whether or not straight actors should play gay rol isn’t gog to die down any time soon. * gay actor playing straight role *
Harvey Milk is one of the most important gay activists history, and straight actor Sean Penn won an Osr for playg him.