Billy Eichner has fired back at writer/director Aaron Sorkin over the latter’s comments regarding gay actors.Sorkin, whose new film Being the Ricardos hits Amazon Prime Video this week, told The Sunday Times that forcing directors to cast gay actors as gay characters was “an empty gesture,” and cited the reasons behind his thinking.
Now Eichner, a strong proponent of letting actors’ sexuality qualify them for roles, has fired back.In short, he didn’t hold back the anger.“Completely ignorant of how Hollywood has treated its openly LGBTQ+ actors for a century,” Eichner wrote on Twitter. “Talking about sh*t he doesn’t fully comprehend.