Can Straight Actors Play Gay Characters?

Can Straight Actors Play Gay Characters? | Good Morning Britain

Рет қаралды 861,395

Күн бұрын

Dr Who writer Russell T Davies has said that he only cast gay actors in gay roles in his new CH4 drama 'Its a Sin'. The writer claims he isn't being "woke" but “They are not there to ‘act gay’ because ‘acting gay’ is a bunch of codes for a performance." He likens the casting outside of the actors sexual preferences to blacking up or putting an able bodied actor in a wheelchair. But do you really need to be gay to play a gay character?
Subscribe now for more! bit.ly/1NbomQa
Broadcast on 13/01/2021
Like, follow and subscribe to Good Morning Britain!
The Good Morning Britain KZfaq channel delivers you the news that you’re waking up to in the morning. From exclusive interviews with some of the biggest names in politics and showbiz to heartwarming human interest stories and unmissable watch again moments.
Join Susanna Reid, Piers Morgan, Ben Shephard, Kate Garraway, Charlotte Hawkins and Sean Fletcher every weekday on ITV from 6am until 9 every weekday!
ITV Hub: bit.ly/37kf3wD
Website: bit.ly/1GsZuha
KZfaq: bit.ly/1Ecy0g1
Facebook: on. 1HEDRMb
Twitter: bit.ly/1xdLqU3
www.itv.com
#GMB #PiersMorgan #SusannaReid

Пікірлер: 167

@captainjacksparrow698 8 ай бұрын

When Piers asked '' What is an actor?'', we all knew the debate was over

@hakuealbranio272 Жыл бұрын

Just look at Neil Patrick Harris in How I Met Your Mother - he was playing the straightest man ever, chasing after every girl. It’s all about the brilliancy of the actor.

@ROYAL_REBEL Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY It's called acting. Straight actors can play as gay, gay actors can play straight parts Sir Ian McKellen plays straight parts ALL THE TIME

@joewilliams9285 11 ай бұрын

or Doogie Howser

@user-pe1uf6iz9w 10 ай бұрын

I think not enough importance is given the writers and directors. For me, Neil Patrick Harris played the roll written for him well, as did most of the cast. “Straightest man ever”? I think ignorant confidence was his character’s comedic strength. A feature shared universally.

@Damaged7 8 ай бұрын

Um you do know that being gay doesn't mean you are incapable of interacting with women right? Yes, he is an actor, he took on a role, thats his job.

@NatrollJM 7 ай бұрын

did you actually red the video title?@@Damaged7

@adamwrobel6485 Жыл бұрын

Benjamin is an endless mine of stupidity and comedy :D

@mursuhillo242 10 ай бұрын

Benjamin Butter(worthless). Almost like butter that goes on from being tasty delicacy into a rancid pile of rotting milk and stays there.

@CanadianMonarchist 10 ай бұрын

I’m bisexual, and I think they absolutely can. If only gay actors can play gay characters, the only straight actors can play straight characters. As a bisexual who loved acting in high school I would be furious if someone said I couldn’t play a straight person.

@gaurishetye1822 Жыл бұрын

You don't have to murder someone to actually play a murderer on screen

@twilightparanormalresearch186 8 ай бұрын

Well with dumbass woke people you might

@Bsmith806 11 ай бұрын

This is like saying “only murderers can play movie villains”

@AyoxinBlake Жыл бұрын

So by this dude's logic, people like Ian McKellen, who is very much gay, shouldn't play straight characters, because he doesn't know what it's like to be straight. Ye gods...

@jughead18sp Жыл бұрын

lol.. only wizards can play Gandalf

@alucardnolifeking789 11 ай бұрын

@@jughead18sp and only real orcs can act in lord of the rings !

@eddiethinhvuong1607 28 күн бұрын

No, no. Apparently, accordingly to him, gay people has been acting gay half of their life so they know what it likes to be straight, thus they have all the right to play straight of course. /s

@captainjacksparrow698 8 ай бұрын

If you ever feel useless, remember Bejamin exists...

@Kingagneljoseph Жыл бұрын

This dude was born to get offended

@michaelbyrne5507 10 ай бұрын

Acting is acting! I'm autistic and I loved Dustin Hoffmann in Rain Man. He portrayed Kim Peek in a great movie.

@liklyhoys2491 8 ай бұрын

Agree autistic aswell rain man was amazing

@foedeer Жыл бұрын

It is as if Piers is making the most of this opportunity to parent Benjamin for the betterment of society because Benjamin lacks the basic mental faculties to string a coherent argument.

@drunknpoet Жыл бұрын

why did they have Earthlings play aliens in movies? BIGOTS!

@CaptchaNeon Жыл бұрын

I have a fully gay friend who plays straight roles all the time and his co-workers are straight get all the gay roles

@asgardsiteworks Жыл бұрын

Same, we (my friend group) have concluded that by observing the mannerisms and characteristics of the other party, they are able to play the roles, arguably better, than those who the role is "about"

@julieshaker225 8 ай бұрын

There are over 500 gay actors. If he actually read something he would know that. Just because you're a gay actor doesn't mean you're a good one. Gay or straight.

@ashleybellofsydney 9 ай бұрын

Courtney Cox, a Catholic woman -- played a Jewish character - Monica Geller - for a decade and nobody batted an eyelid.

@SearsA07 8 ай бұрын

The movie Birdcage. Robin Williams, Nathan Lane and Hank Azaria. Straight men playing gay roles and they were absolutely amazing!!!

@JoleCannon 7 ай бұрын

Umm. Nathan Lane is gay.

@SearsA07 7 ай бұрын

@@JoleCannon That I don’t know, thanks. I read he didn’t publicly come out until 1999, the movie came out 1996.

@MsMM303 11 ай бұрын

Criteria should be who is the best actor. It is hard to beat Tom Hanks.

@technicolour0 11 ай бұрын

If anyone has seen John Hurt in A Naked Civil Servant, it blows out of the water the argument that a straight man cannot effectively inhabit a gay character. I agree that it is all down to skill. Gay actors like Ian Mckellen, Luke Evans, Rupert Everett and Victor Garber have founded excellent careers with hugely diverse roles.

@Rok71236 8 ай бұрын

Acting is an art so whoever does it best should get the part

@Femmeaesthetic 9 ай бұрын

5:06 "sesUality" had me dying 🤣

@snflwr5283 Жыл бұрын

ngl maybe all those gay stars are not good enough for the act. the xmen actor was good and he get casted for movies, celebrate him! he plays straight character and all that. it's just about how good they are in the art performance not their sexuality. enough of all these underrepresented bs to use to define actors or actress. you get casted because you earn the role with your talent. that's it.

@SuperGringo71 Жыл бұрын

Sean Penn played Harvey Milk in the movie Milk. I don't believe Sean Penn is gay.

@mikeclark7002 8 ай бұрын

WTF, why is this a thing, a good actor is a good actor and can fit any role. This is getting insane and actually disturbs me. it should be the best person for the job, surely?

@user-ww4xr9jo8q Жыл бұрын

Yes they can.Its acting. Its like you don't have to be a rapist to play a rapist in a movie. Don't be an angry and mean tooth ferry.

@nikolassodiant2595 Жыл бұрын

The simple fact to have to ask the question is very worrying!!

@Goingsideways346 Жыл бұрын

The woman simply feels sorry for the journalist and tries to help him with his lie because she is in pain for him

@quixotiq Ай бұрын

Ben Butterworth is no journalist, surely ta fark. not a real one anyway

@kamileseidu6355 11 ай бұрын

I think we need to give an applause to Ben for always loosing all his debates and still agrees to come and debate. Man keeps getting trashed all the time and still shows up all the time. He ideas are always sh*t too

@garrymallard8335 Жыл бұрын

Oh great. Now we can't have another Iron Man sequel 'til they can recruit an actual Iron man...sorry...person...iron person.

@Femmeaesthetic 9 ай бұрын

I'm sorry but every time I see this nerdy dude, he makes me laugh 😂

@rodwellzanga6712 9 ай бұрын

He doesn’t even have to say anything 😅

@gannicusfinch7068 7 ай бұрын

I love how Piers zeroes in on Benjamin before he even opens his mouth. He outed the guy as a hypocrite in under a minute.

@Ishmayilhijab12 11 ай бұрын

Dude that played Tony on 13 Reasons why is straight too🤷🏾‍♂️😂

@gew12 11 ай бұрын

Ben needs to practice his acting role as an activist

@waynew4726 10 ай бұрын

It's called acting..

@user-ww4xr9jo8q Жыл бұрын

This dude gets offended as a profession

@TheYvesDropper 8 ай бұрын

I hate it when someone call themselves an activist these days. They're just a bunch of angry people who would get offended and angry at everything, who'd argue at anything just for the sake of arguing. FFS, there have been many gay actors playing straight parts as well. Was he just woken up, saw news about James Corden plays a gay part and decided to be mad at it because being mad at something is what an activist would do?

@melanieandmylo 10 ай бұрын

Harry Shum Jr. and Matthew Daddario were so authentic as a gay couple for example and both are straight.

@joelwillems4081 11 ай бұрын

"Acting gay" is what actual gay people do. No two of them are the same in mannerisms, dress, tone, etc. It's all just a personality. It'd be the same as saying an actor can't portray a lawyer, a teacher, or the President because that isn't what they are in real life. -ugh-

@bernardross2171 10 ай бұрын

BENJAMIN WHAT? Is he real?

@paularindam 10 ай бұрын

By that logic, Neil Patrick Harris should not have casted as Barney :D

@rodwellzanga6712 9 ай бұрын

This Benjamin bloke needs urgent help😂😂😂😂😂

@nataliehemig 15 күн бұрын

What about Priscilla Queen of the Desert? Butterworth is nuts!

@BucNasty32 11 ай бұрын

I love the blatant double standard.

@chrisstubbs2851 6 ай бұрын

wow Christopher Biggins, I've not seen him for donkey's years

@cindy-jc2do 2 ай бұрын

many many actors who a known to be gay play straight roles

@user-hz3de3sv8v 11 ай бұрын

he shares the Creepy in my opinion face twitch as Jonathan King.

@georgplatzer8213 9 ай бұрын

I generally agree with Piers but what i dont like is that he never lets the other guy finish what he was saying. Thats really annoyi9ng to always fall in the word

@imarandomgirl. Жыл бұрын

Its ACTING, you shouldn’t be who you are. Your liturally playing another character. This is so obvious!!! 😩😩

@anujsoni3192 4 ай бұрын

Benjamin doesn't make sense to me... And I am Gay myself. Sometimes, Benjamin offends me... But I can forgive him, if he keeps calm.

@joewilliams9285 11 ай бұрын

So what about an actor playing a serial killer or rapist....can only REAL serial killers or rapists play those roles?

@Edwardbrooks-jz7fn 10 ай бұрын

Good luck David Walliams

@Iconing264 9 ай бұрын

What is the age of Benjamin Butterworth? That is the Question... Benji would be a perfect actor for the Ed Sheeren role in the future. see? I agree with him.

@ashleybellofsydney 9 ай бұрын

All hell would break loose if anyone were to tell Denzel Washington he shouldn't have played Macbeth because there were no black men in 11th Century Scotland....

@utopia3161 5 ай бұрын

ACTING, ANYONE CAN ACT, DONT DISCRIMINATE.

@MrTelboy1962 6 ай бұрын

A little late to the party here but I felt I needed to chip in. Applying Benjamin's logic, Victims of crime should only be played by victims of crime, bricklayers by bricklayers, space explorers by space explorers etc in order to bring "authenticity". So can we look forward to seeing Gary Glitter in the Rolf Harris story?

@quixotiq Ай бұрын

There have always been roles for quality gay actors - Rock Hudson, anyone?

@marian2700 11 ай бұрын

I thought acting was called acting for a reason.

@shadrachstanleigh2285 11 ай бұрын

I'm an on-again, off-again actor who has never been married. But I've played married men. I'm an American who's never lived under dictatorship (not yet, anyway) but I've played a Soviet apparatchik. I'm not saying that there must be a "quota" system or that a director shouldn't be entitled to prefer a gay actor for a gay part (especially when the character's sexuality has an outsized place in the script as opposed to other characteristics), And I almost never agree with Piers Morgan about anything.

@invisibleman1459 8 ай бұрын

Biggins is a legend, who doesn't like CB, one of the funniest men on TV, and nicest as well, you can tell Piers and Suzanne had respect for him when they addressed him, long live biggins......

@zapiosnatan6355 9 ай бұрын

but dwarfs cant play dwarfs in the new snow white movie... XD

@ashnakamura2411 10 ай бұрын

This guy keeps embarassing himself, the hypocracy is just mind blowing

@user-hi5bo2by4t 9 ай бұрын

Good acting always comes along with the actor not letting the audience notice that they are not the person they are portraying. Achieving this is the main part of preparing for a role --> so you initially might have an advantage if you are a homosexual person playing a homosexual role, but that is a minor factor. According to woke arguments, since sexuality was not openely revealed for the most time in history, most people from past decades cannot be portrayed by anyone (you never know for sure ;P )

@Lawton1111 5 ай бұрын

So let me get this right, the debate is that straight people 'shouldn't' play a gay role? Or a gay person can't play a straight role? Isn't that discrimination? Unless I've missed something?

@JamesSimmons-gv4ow 7 ай бұрын

Sure. They did it in Priscilla Queen of the Desert. But then, that story was a farce.

@woahowcool6680 Жыл бұрын

cam- modern family

@drewphilips75 9 ай бұрын

Ok, so this kills me but i do actually agree with Benjamin button about in THAT SPECIFIC ROLE a real gay person could add a dimension a str8 person couldnt however, this whole discussion is ridiculous

@areyouquinn 10 ай бұрын

If those gay actors are better at playing those gay parts with more "authenticity and dimension"... why didn't they get the role? And isn't having renowned actors with larger audiences and great acting ability represent a gay character -- doing a greater act of representation for the gay community? Or unless they have "misrepresented" gay in anyway?

@matthewj9832 4 ай бұрын

what a good first two question s

@NiiickTheGreek 8 ай бұрын

Pongo Banks wasn’t gay but he did a great job acting

@Goingsideways346 Жыл бұрын

At this point the topic tasteless and its only getting worse every moment they continue the discussion.

@gparnaik 10 ай бұрын

At the end of the day films have 2 purposes... entertainment and money... I get the point about the acting, but only the big names get the big bucks.

@johanthornqvist5686 9 ай бұрын

Is this even a discussion???

@jughead18sp Жыл бұрын

this benjamin guy is on the other video too complaining. does this guy got a job?

@exzile4166 Жыл бұрын

nope

@Jigz1991 Жыл бұрын

@@exzile4166 😂😂😂 damn... hahahaha

@michaelbyrne5507 10 ай бұрын

I'm straight, but I love Biggins!

@user-st3bb9ug9g 3 ай бұрын

LIBERACE…MICHAEL DOUGLAS, MAT DAMON, ROB LOWE…made me sick. Very convincing.

@user-pe1uf6iz9w 10 ай бұрын

Tell me what authenticity a 20 something gay actor can bring to the topic of aids in the 80’s that someone who actually lived it cannot?

@ringobingo 11 ай бұрын

Benjamin Worthless

@asgardsiteworks Жыл бұрын

Someone give those two a knighthood.

@a.dejesus792 11 ай бұрын

Gay actors are not under-represented, most if not all big budget movies want the best actors for a particular role. And a lot of gay actors, with all due respect, just don't have what it takes to star in big budget movies.Of course there are exceptions. Rock Hudson being one of them. He was gay and he never did a gay movie role. In Hollywood, if you have talent, you will be given movie roles. And if you don't, you won't. Simple as that. But understand that I am generalizing here.

@matheeson 11 ай бұрын

Planet of the apes(old one) is the best example to shut ben up 😅, its about if the actor is good and should be the investment.

@mho... 11 ай бұрын

As long an an actor takes a role seriously and just portrays a character, it doesnt matter whatsoever what they do/like privately! no ones damn buisness, aslong as they do a good job! like Rami Malek playing freddy beautifully! or robi williams playing MsDoubtfire! was great back then & no one cared about anything otherm then him trying to be with his kids, no matter what he has to do or wear for it! otherwise, i could also demand that no caucasian should be allowed to wear *whiteface" & play a ginger! because thats more racist, then playing a "mindset"!

@lindagrobbelaar8584 8 ай бұрын

Double standards Think of the dwarfs that cannot play dwarf rolls. Remind to also vote for the dwarfs

@ThemyPalatsides 7 ай бұрын

Benjamin how about the movie called The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. I suggest you watch it and see how wrong you are.

@blakemrolfsensanchez547 Жыл бұрын

Yes. Thanks to all the straight actors who have played gays has helped us a lot

@JoleCannon 7 ай бұрын

I don't know if you're being sarcastic or real. I had a former-friend tell me and my partner we are more accepted because straight people took on the challenge of playing gay characters and showing us as real people. It always come around to "Let us do it, then you'll be accepted," and it shouldn't be that way. The issue I have is not that straight actors are playing gay parts, it's that for the longest time they were called 'brave' for doing so, and even now many gay actors are not even being considered for gay roles. We get so many big name straight actors getting awards for being 'brave' and playing gay.

@user-pe1uf6iz9w 10 ай бұрын

It is all B.S. Doogie Howser was not played by a juvenile doctor, should we cancel? Jack Nicholson is not a reincarnated psycho killer, cancel?

@7spider391 5 ай бұрын

Benjamin clearly doesn't know what an actor is?

@amymallon23 10 ай бұрын

Well it is acting i wouldn't mind being a lesbian actor but actually straight lol

@NA-sj9jy 11 ай бұрын

Yes, it's called ACTING. what a stupid question to ask.

@mickcardiff3044 11 ай бұрын

The world's gone bonkers..

@HB-mj2jz 9 ай бұрын

Isnt that the point of acting? Can only someone with super powers play superman / spiderman etc? Gay people also play straight people and thats no issue apparently All actors should play the parts they want. I dont see the issue.