9.7.21 Adam News and Info

Ooooh, a Darren and Adam collab...that does sound interesting!

I'm more inclined to agree with Neil Patrick Harris on this issue. I don't want to see straight men not allowed to play gay parts. I also don't want to see gay men ruled out for straight parts because that would really limit their opportunities. Men like Neil and Matt can play any parts as they don't fit into someone's stereotype as to what gay should look like. And I would like to see Adam (if he continues his interest in acting) allowed to play any role, gay or straight as well. His sexuality was not an issue in Moonbase. And even in Glee, until someone said his character was gay, the role just looked like a wannabe Glam Rocker. Instead of trying to stop straight men from playing gay they should be more open to allowing gay men to play any role and not limit them to playing gay characters only. At the end of the day, if directors cannot cast the stars they want or think are best, the pictures may fail to get the go ahead and the stories will not be told. I thought Laverne Cox was terrible in Rocky Horror (haven't watched her in anything else so she may be a good actress). Adam was fantastic in his small but show-stopping role in RH. I really hope he gets more acting opportunities.

Benedict Cumberbatch opens up about straight actors playing gay characters

It’s a topic on which Hollywood has yet to reach a consensus: whether or not it’s appropriate for straight actors to portray gay characters in film and television. It’s also a topic that Benedict Cumberbatch is familiar with, having been nominated for an Academy Award for his performance as mathematician Alan Turing, a man both prosecuted and persecuted for his sexual orientation, in 2014’s “The Imitation Game.” Now, as the actor finds himself the subject of fresh Oscar buzz over a new role, he’s speaking out about the controversial topic.

According to Cumberbatch, casting such a complex part shouldn’t necessarily be dependent on his own lived experiences.
“I also feel slightly like, is this a thing where our dance card has to be public?” he said. “Do we have to explain all our private moments in our sexual history? I don’t think so.”

In 2018, "Glee" alum Darren Criss told Bustle he would no longer take roles portraying LGBTQ+ characters to make sure he's not "another straight boy taking a gay man’s role."

Neil Patrick Harris, who is gay, said earlier this year that if it were up to him, he "would definitely want to hire the best actor.”
“In our world that we live in you can’t really as a director demand that (an actor be gay or straight)," he told The Times. "Who’s to determine how gay someone is?”

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