>"There are two things: Is the argument that a gentile cannot play a Jew, and is the argument therefore that a Jew cannot play a gentile?" McKellen replied when asked about the backlash over the fact that Mirren is not Jewish. He then took his answer one step farther, touching on his own feelings as a gay man in Hollywood.
>"Is the argument that a straight man cannot play a gay part, and, if so, does that mean I can't play straight parts and I'm not allowed to explore the fascinating subject of heterosexuality in Macbeth?" McKellen asked incredulously. "Surely not. We're acting. We're pretending."
Based faggot, there is nothing wrong with a white person playing a black person
Noah Parker
Shakespeare preferred all his female characters to be played by men.
Jason Green
Can't wait for the left to eat itself over this
Andrew Moore
>twitter drama is real Go back there
Isaac Rivera
What do you mean by this? Do the characters think an obviously white man is black or do you mean changing a traditionally/originally black person to white?
Based, acting is in part meant to be an exercise in empathy and to understand the humanity of others. The only exceptions come in stories that are meant to depict a specific historic circumstance wherein superficial characteristics are crucial to story told.
Josiah Martin
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO ACTORS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO ACT
Hudson Thompson
It wasn't preference. Only men were actors back then in general.
Kinda based.
Mason Evans
>"Is the argument that a straight man cannot play a gay part, and, if so, does that mean I can't play straight parts and I'm not allowed to explore the fascinating subject of heterosexuality
No, no Ian. A gay man is allowed to explore any role he wants, while a straight man, of course, is not allowed to play a gay, trans, black, white, hispanic, asian, neanderthal, or animal character. It's called equality, bud.
Nicholas Lewis
>twitter drama is real It is though? Actors have gotten fired and blacklisted for "Twitter drama". See: Gina Carano. Not really sure what your point was.
Liam Powell
He's only trying to preemptively protect himself for then the Maiar will come out in droves and condemn him for being casted as Gandalf
Wyatt Lopez
White actor playing a black character Tastefully done blackface Racial swapping as long as it fits the setting
Tyler James
Straight actors have usually played gay characters You could almost call this "pink face" or "queer face" There is a certain inauthenticity to this Why not give an acting opportunity to gay actors?
Noah Foster
This guy doesn't know about actors...
John Reyes
Dont forget he was at Bryan Singers parties with underage boys That wasn't his preference, that was the de jur for all theatre in those days
Grayson Evans
Daily reminder that non-nigger voice talent aren't allowed to voice nigger characters, but the opposite is still ok. Honk
Levi Williams
user... >Of course I’ve had sex with men, I’m an actor for fuck Sake - Tom Hardy
