Straight actors playing gay characters seems `fine` to Stanley Tucci
`Citadel` actor Stanley Tucci has insisted it`s “fine” for straight actors to play gay roles. The 62-year-old actor – who is married to Emily Blunt`s sister Felicity – famously played gay characters in 2006`s `The Devil Wears Prada` and 2020 movie `Supernova`.
He told BBC Radio 4`s `Desert Island Discs`: “You`re suppose to play different people. You just are. That`s the whole point of it. Obviously, I believe that`s fine.”
Stanley noted that he gets plenty of gay men approaching him to talk about the films and praising him for taking on the roles “in the right way”, reports `Female First UK`.
He added: “I am always very flattered when gay men come up to me and talk to me about `The Devil Wears` Prada or they talk about `Supernova`, and they say that, `It was just so beautiful`, you know, `You did it the right way`. Because often, it`s not done the right way.”
Last year, Tom Hanks took a very different stance as he insisted a straight actor would not be able to play a gay character like he did in the 1993 drama `Philadelphia`.
In the Jonathan Demme movie, Tom – who won the best actor Oscar for his performance – played a gay man with HIV who faces discrimination at work. However, he told the New York Times Magazine, “Let`s address `could a straight man do what I did in Philadelphia now?` No, and rightly so. The whole point of `Philadelphia` was don`t be afraid. One of the reasons people weren`t afraid of that movie is that I was playing a gay man. We`re beyond that now, and I don`t think people would accept the inauthenticity of a straight guy playing a gay guy”.
He explained that it`s “not boohoo” or a big deal that people want more “authenticity” on the big screen. “It`s not a crime, it`s not boohoo, that someone would say we are going to demand more of a movie in the modern realm of authenticity. Do I sound like I`m preaching? I don’t mean to,” he added.
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`Citadel` actor Stanley Tucci has insisted it`s “fine” for straight actors to play gay roles. The 62-year-old actor – who is married to Emily Blunt`s sister Felicity – famously played gay characters in 2006`s `The Devil Wears Prada` and 2020 movie `Supernova`.
He told BBC Radio 4`s `Desert Island Discs`: “You`re suppose to play different people. You just are. That`s the whole point of it. Obviously, I believe that`s fine.”
Stanley noted that he gets plenty of gay men approaching him to talk about the films and praising him for taking on the roles “in the right way”, reports `Female First UK`.
He added: “I am always very flattered when gay men come up to me and talk to me about `The Devil Wears` Prada or they talk about `Supernova`, and they say that, `It was just so beautiful`, you know, `You did it the right way`. Because often, it`s not done the right way.”
Last year, Tom Hanks took a very different stance as he insisted a straight actor would not be able to play a gay character like he did in the 1993 drama `Philadelphia`.
In the Jonathan Demme movie, Tom – who won the best actor Oscar for his performance – played a gay man with HIV who faces discrimination at work. However, he told the New York Times Magazine, “Let`s address `could a straight man do what I did in Philadelphia now?` No, and rightly so. The whole point of `Philadelphia` was don`t be afraid. One of the reasons people weren`t afraid of that movie is that I was playing a gay man. We`re beyond that now, and I don`t think people would accept the inauthenticity of a straight guy playing a gay guy”.
He explained that it`s “not boohoo” or a big deal that people want more “authenticity” on the big screen. “It`s not a crime, it`s not boohoo, that someone would say we are going to demand more of a movie in the modern realm of authenticity. Do I sound like I`m preaching? I don’t mean to,” he added.
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