Harry styles

There aren't exactly a wealth of gay actors playing straight: it's way more straight actors playing gay for awards bait, so even if gay men/women were stopped from playing straight roles, how much of a difference would it actually make? Gay actors ARE basically barred from playing straight roles because casting directors don't think think the public buys them as straight, and gay men are still largely forced to stay closeted to have any sort of career in the industry. It's why there are so few big actors who are openly gay. I'd be more inclined to agree with "it's called ACTING for a reason" if Harry was doing an amazing job in any of the films he's in right now, but he's just not a stellar actor and can't really handle more challenging parts. He's a singer who's never had any formal acting training. There are definitely gay actors out there who could have knocked the role in My Policeman out of the park, so why take one of the few parts away from a gay actor that they could conceivably be cast in. I think it's acceptable for for people to be a little annoyed when straight actors get cast in gay roles and then get award nominations for basically just playing a stereotype (e.g. James Cordon in The Prom, PSH in Boogie Nights, etc.) More gay people should be cast in both gay and straight roles. It doesn't have to be mutually exclusive.

But also, this is a really silly place to be having this debate and I wish people would stop derailing this thread with it.
Thanks for the Loooooooong insane diatribe. Silly was the word I used, maybe you need to become relevant one day.
 
My main issue is I don’t think he should have been cast to play a gay character. We have enough actual queer actors in 2022, we don’t need cis straight white men playing gay anymore. And yes I know he dodges questions about his sexual orientation, but that doesn’t make him queer. Just my opinion obviously.
They are "actors". The clue is in the name. Do you want to limit Gay actors to only working when there's Gay part? Think of the stars we would have missed out on: Rock Hudson, Montgomery Clift. This nonsense needs to stop.
 
They are "actors". The clue is in the name. Do you want to limit Gay actors to only working when there's Gay part? Think of the stars we would have missed out on: Rock Hudson, Montgomery Clift. This nonsense needs to stop.
Jesus Christ, I actually agree with your premise but some of you just make terrible arguments lol smh. Hudson & Clift were literally in the closet for the sake of his careers, That's Not a good example for your point! lmao
 
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Thanks for the Loooooooong insane diatribe. Silly was the word I used, maybe you need to become relevant one day.
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Jesus Christ, I actually agree with your premise but some of you just make terrible arguments lol smh. Hudson & Clift were literally in the closet for the sake of his careers, That's Not a good example for your point! lmao
It was a different time. They had to be in the closet
 
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It was a different time. They had to be in the closet
Right, because no one is in the closet in 2022? lol "Different time" yeah of course, sure it was much worse then but times haven't changed nearly as much as they should have. Plenty of guys are still pressured to stay in the closet

Anyway sorry for continuing so off topic folks, I'm hopefully done now. Just Saw DWD and Harry is kind of passable to meh acting wise in that for me. Overall I didn't enjoy the film as much as I expected either.