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STANLEY TUCCI SAYS IT’S ‘FE’ FOR STRAIGHT ACTORS TO PLAY GAY ROL: ‘YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO PLAY DIFFERENT PEOPLE. THAT’S THE WHOLE POT OF IT’

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Stanley Tucci appeared on BBC Rad 4’s “Dert Island Discs” show and weighed on the bate over straight actors playg gay characters.

The Osr nomee, whose been married to Ey Blunt’s sister sce 2012, played gay rol “The Devil Wears Prada” (2006) and “Supernova” (2020) and received cril acclaim for both performanc. “Obvly I believe that’s fe, ” Tucci said about straight actors takg gay rol. “I am always very flattered when gay men e up to me and talk to me about ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ or they talk about ‘Supernova, ’ and they say that, ‘It was jt so betiful, ’ you know, ‘You did the right way.

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As long as ’s beg done “the right way, ” Tucci said ’s fe for straight actors to play gay characters on screen. Tucci’s thoughts differ om that of Tom Hanks, who told The New York Tim Magaze last year that a straight actor uld not take on a gay role like the one he played Jonathan Demme’s 1993 legal drama “Philalphia. ” Hanks starred the film as a gay man wh HIV who is discrimated agast at work, and he won the Osr for bt actor thanks to his performance.

STANLEY TUCCI: IT’S OK FOR STRAIGHT ACTORS TO PLAY GAY ROL IF DONE ‘THE RIGHT WAY’

Stanley Tucci, who portrayed queer men 'The Devil Wears Prada' and 'Supernova,' wad to the bate about straight actors playg gay characters. * straight actors in gay roles *

One of the reasons people weren’t aaid of that movie is that I was playg a gay man. We’re beyond that now, and I don’t thk people would accept the thenticy of a straight guy playg a gay guy. We have some of the most pellg liv, so 's not surprisg that everyone wants to tell our s gotten better recent years, throughout history, most great gay rol have gone to straight actors, wh over a dozen wng Osrs for playg LGBTQ+ characters.

Sometim n be tirome seeg straight actors get all of this praise for brgg gay people to life, but other tim s tly are our ten favore performanc by straight actors playg queer characters movi and TV om 2022. The two had the most chemistry of a gay uple played by straights sce Brokeback Mounta!

While she spends most of her time at work yellg at men who flirt wh the sk clerk she's cshg on and ly tellg guts that she n't help them, Victoria is secretly holdg a ep secret: she's gay, but has never been wh a woman. The bt movie of the year was centered around a relatnship between a mother and her gay dghter. Boyd Holbrook gave the gay villa we've been wag for this year.

STANLEY TUCCI IS PRETTY FE WH STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS

Many actors who are not gay realy have portrayed gay characters, real and fictnal.

STANLEY TUCCI WEIGHS ON BATE OVER STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY ROL: ‘AN ACTOR IS AN ACTOR’

Tom Hanks, Charlize Theron and Hilary Swank won Osrs for playg gay or transgenr characters.

Whether ’s for televisn or a feature film, ’s not easy to pull off a gay role as a straight actor.

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