Billy Porter Talked About The 'Enraging' Double Standard Of Casting Straight Actors In Gay Roles
First, he prefaced his statement by describing the"double layer" of difficulty he faced, being both gay and a person of color:
Being black and gay and out came with a lot of unemployment. It's a double layer, the layer of being a person of color in this industry then the layer of being a queen. Nobody can see you as anything else. If"flamboyant" wasn't in the description of the character, no one would see me, ever, for anything,
He then turned his attention to his fellow actors around the table — including Hugh Grant, who played a gay character in last year'sHollywood Reporter "[It] wouldn't be so enraging if it went the other direction, but it doesn't," Billy said."Because straight men playing gay, everybody wants to give them an award.""'Thank you for gracing us with your straight presence.' That gets tiresome," he continued."So here I sit, I can't get the gay parts, I can't get the straight parts," he said.
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