Benedict Cumberbatch weighs on straight actors gay rol ahead of 'Power of the Dog' release | CNN

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• BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH WEIGHS ON STRAIGHT ACTORS GAY ROL AHEAD OF ‘POWER OF THE DOG’ RELEASE
• SAM ELLTT SLAMS POWER OF THE DOG'S GAY THEM: 'THEY'RE ALL NNG AROUND CHAPS AND NO SHIRTS'
• THE REAL GAY WBOYS
• GAY WBOYS? ‘POWER OF THE DOG’ DO NOT STAND ALONE GOG THERE

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH WEIGHS ON STRAIGHT ACTORS GAY ROL AHEAD OF ‘POWER OF THE DOG’ RELEASE

Cumberbatch is already gettg Osr buzz for his role the upg wtern as a gay Montana ttle rancher the 1920s.

SAM ELLTT SLAMS POWER OF THE DOG'S GAY THEM: 'THEY'RE ALL NNG AROUND CHAPS AND NO SHIRTS'

But not everyone is keen on straight actors playg gay rol, and this is somethg Cumberbatch was aware of when he took the role, and he talked to IndieWire about why he ultimately cid the role was for him. While is important to provi real-life queer people wh jobs the dtry and nothg go as far as thenticy, there shouldn't be a mand for actors to publicly state their sexualy before they accept actg bate over whether straight actors should play gay has been ragg pecially hard over the last year or so.

THE REAL GAY WBOYS

"I'm not beg woke about this, but I feel strongly that if I st someone a story, I am stg them to act as a lover, or an emy, or someone on dgs or a crimal or a sat, " he told the Rad Tim, "They are not there to 'act gay' bee 'actg gay' is a bunch of s o a performance.

GAY WBOYS? ‘POWER OF THE DOG’ DO NOT STAND ALONE GOG THERE

"Everyone om Neil Patrick Harris, to Jim Parsons, to Ben Platt has weighed on the issue, wh some sayg they're favor of straight actors playg gay, but many sayg they'd like to see that trend e to an isn't Cumberbatch's first time playg gay a big movie.