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Originally Posted by bitontheslide
is he basically saying it wouldn't be appropriate in these times to play a gay actor or that he is much to hetro now to consider it .... if its the former, it's falling into line with political correctness
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I think it is the former, but like I said I can see his point because Philadelphia isn't just a film about a character who happens to be gay, or a film with a gay character in it... it's ultimately about AIDS and the huge impact that had on gay men in the 80's. I think it would be appropriate to at least SEEK a gay actor for the role, personally. I don't think all gay characters necessarily have to be played by gay people. Especially when it comes to TV... I can think of multiple examples of gay characters who weren't known to be gay and probably hadn't been written as such at the time of casting - so then it surely HAS to be OK for a straight actor to continue playing the character
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