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Stanley Tucci, who's played gay characters on several occasions, told BBC Radio 4's "Desert Island Discs," "Obviously, I believe that's fine. It has made for very, very compelling and interesting people."

9. I think some of you missed the point of the show."

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On theReign with Josh Smith podcast, he said, "In regards to my tweets, I just think that there's a danger with things on social media.

Here we were, in this movie about a queer family, and all of the principal actors were straight. That tweet was slightly calling them out but [I] also find it funny...It's 2022, it feels a bit strange to make assumptions about a person's sexuality just based on hearing their voice or seeing their appearance. That's her question to answer."

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That's the whole point of it."

2. While the film itself received average reviews, Ejiofor's performance was hailed as "striking."
Roger Ebert wrote: "He plays the role not as a man pretending to be a woman, and not as a woman trapped in a man's body, and not as a parody of a woman, and not as a gay man, but as a drag queen, period: Lola, a tall, athletic performer in thigh-high red boots who rules the stage of a drag club as if she were born there, and is a pretty good singer, too."

Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal played Ennis and Jack in 'Brokeback Mountain' in 2005.

Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, both straight, were both Oscar-nominated for their performances (Ledger in lead, Gyllenhaal in supporting) in this film about two men falling in love and continuing their affair for years.

The film scored 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, with the site's critical consensus reading: "A beautifully epic Western, 'Brokeback Mountain''s gay love story is imbued with heartbreaking universality, helped by the moving performances of Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal."

Sean Penn played gay activist Harvey Milk in 2008's 'Milk.'

Harvey Milk is one of the most important gay activists in history, and straight actor Sean Penn won an Oscar for playing him.

You know, a young white girl who was straight and only really was gay later and is, like, skinny — do you know what I'm saying? I feel like that's a very interesting, slightly problematic, sort of assumption to make."

4. Hugo Weaving, who played Anthony "Tick" Belrose/Mitzi Del Bra, a gay man and drag queen in "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," told Stellar, "The nonsense surrounding [the casting of three straight men as two gay men and a trans woman] was extraordinary.

Wilson Cruz, whose role as Ricky in "My So Called Life" made him the first openly gay actor to play a leading gay role on TV, told NBC News that LGBTQ+ actors "should be prioritized when it comes to telling our own stories."

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He also played Stephanie, a trans woman, on an episode of Ally McBeal that won an Emmy.

He said, "I also know that had a trans person played that role, they would have brought their own innate authenticity to it and infused it with more truth than I could have better understood at that time, or now.

I do think gay people should be able to play straight [parts] and straight people, when it calls for it, [should be able to play gay roles]."

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She continued, "I think we'd be in a weird place if only gay people could play gay people, and straight people could only straight people.

And I quietly wish that the role could be defined as something a little more than just gay."

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He also said, "Any role where the character's sexuality is their defining characteristic I turn down. 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.'"

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He continued, "I really do believe an actor is an actor is an actor.

I look back and go, 'Ouch. I mean, for me, I just feel like I'm perfectly confident and comfortable in my sexuality, but I'm not too big on labels and things like that. But I was very clear – I wanted to make sure everyone knew how much harder my job would be if I was doing interviews with a straight person talking about gay love. He told the Independent, "I don't think that [only queer actors playing queer characters] should happen because I really believe that actors can embody and portray anything, and we shouldn't be defined only by what we are.

She won just about every award going for this role, which Roger Ebert called "one of the greatest performances in the history of the cinema."

Felicity Huffman played a trans woman in 'Transamerica' in 2005.

Roger Ebert was also a fan of Cis actress Felicity Huffman's performance as Bree, a trans woman, in "Transamerica." Ebert wrote: "Felicity Huffman brings great empathy and tact to her performance as Bree."

Huffman nominated for an Oscar her performance.

Chiwetel Ejiofor played a drag queen in 'Kinky Boots' in 2005.

Straight actor Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Lola/Simon, a drag queen in "Kinky Boots," which also stars Joel Edgerton.

In fact, here are 18 times an actor has played a straight character on screen, despite being openly gay or queer in real life...

5.Amandla Stenberg as Ruby Daly in The Darkest Minds

6.Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton in Bridgerton

7.B.D. Also, the logical extension of the argument is that if you have to be gay to play a gay person, then do you have to be a murderer to play a murderer?"

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He also said, "There's an insanity about the casting — the whole idea of acting is to understand the 'other.' Actors perform a role, which is to illuminate the other — not to illuminate themselves."

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The film scores 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, with the site's critical consensus reading: "Hilary Swank's acclaimed performance pays fitting tribute to the tragic life of Brandon Teena."

Charlize Theron played a bisexual serial killer in 2004's 'Monster.'

In another Oscar winning performance, Theron plays serial killer Aileen Wuornos, who was bisexual.

One of the reasons people weren't afraid of that movie is that I was playing a gay man.