Actor Stanley Tucci defended straight actors portraying gay characters in a recent BBC radio interview that brought up the ongoing debate in Hollywood.
defended straight actors taking on gay roles while referencing his career during a radio show on Sunday.
"Obviously I believe that’s fine," Tucci said."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."
"Could a straight man do what I did in ‘Philadelphia’ now? No, and rightly so," Hanks said."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 continued,"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."
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