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Halston: Ewan McGregor defends casting as gay fashion designer in Netflix series

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Ewan McGregor has defended his casting as gay fashion designer Halston in a new Netflix series. The Trainspotting star will star in Halston as the titular influential designer best known for designing the pillbox hat worn by Jackie Kennedy at her husband’s inauguration.

He died in 1990 of Aids-related cancer. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor addressed comments made by Pose star Billy Porter in 2019 that it was “enraging” seeing straight men praised for playing LGBTQ+ characters when gay men were rarely cast in the other direction.

Admitting that he was concerned that performing such a role in the limited series could cause a backlash, McGregor said: “I hear the discussion and I respect both sides of it, I really do. “I haven’t.

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