In addition to the aforementioned topics, the Normal People star shared his unfiltered opinion on whether straight actors should take on gay roles. “I don’t think this film exists in that conversation whatsoever. “You’re not just playing gay, you’re playing the attributes of the character. “I’m critical if I don’t think the performance is, from my subjective experience, accurate,” he explained. When I express a preference for casting gay actors in gay roles, some critic will hold up Queer as Folk from 1999 and say, but you cast straight men in that!

Source: The Times January 15, 2024 06:51 UTC