Hinting at just how gay his cousin was? I thought they out right said it. Or do you mean, show scenes of him with a guy?Artemisia wrote:I can see it now actually...a remake of Zorro the Gay Blade...Spidrift wrote:Dillon may be holding out, but Nathan certainly knows how to push his buttons. (Not that they're exactly hard to find.) I am now reminded of Sonya's pursuit of Zii...
But Dillon as a gay crime-fighter? I know that he seems to be a pretty good method actor, but the effort required to make him convincingly grim and dangerous would surely be somewhat epic.
And that just made me go...today they could get away with more than just hinting at how gay Zorro's cousin was.
I thought Ellen played straight quite well and without issue.Artemisia wrote:Should a gay actor automatically get a gay role? My answer to that is 'no'. I can name two gay actors who have played straight characters without issue- Neil Patrick Harris and Kristen Vangeness. For that matter, I can name a straight actor who played a gay character- Mark Allen Shepard. Oh wait...amend that to two- William Morgan Shepard also played a gay man. Same character for that matter.
The bigger issue is actually the tendency to cast men as trans women; though that has gone well in some cases. Peter Capaldi's Vera Reynolds in Prime Suspect was quite good. Right now, I think the bigger issue is good representation instead of actors playing particular roles.
Double post merged, quote tree pruned. The DAMNed