Guy Pearce Apologizes for His 'Insensitive' Trans Tweet
justjared.comGuy Pearce raised a question around trans actors playing both trans and non-trans characters in a now-deleted tweet.
The 55-year-old Memento actor has now issued a lengthy apology. “I posted a tweet yesterday that I shouldn’t have, which to prevent upsetting anyone else I have now deleted,” he said with the apology attached to the tweet. Keep reading to find out more… Guy first acknowledged that raising the question on Twitter was not wise, and that the discussion needs to be had in person.
His original tweet was: “A question – if the only people allowed to play trans characters r trans folk, then r we also suggesting the only people trans folk can play r trans characters.
Surely that will limit ur career as an actor? Isn’t the point of an actor to be able play anyone outside ur own world?” He acknowledged how his questions were “insensitive” and apologized “enormously,” for raising the question on the platform.
