Happiest Season, identified a “gray area” in terms of the decisions artists should make.“I think about this all the time. Being somebody who has had so much access to work, I’ve just lived with such a creative abundance,” Stewart told Variety when asked about the debate. “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 so acknowledge that I’ve just gotten to work.”She continued: “I would never want to tell a story that really should be told by somebody who’s lived that experience.
Having said that, it’s a slippery slope conversation because that means I could never play another straight character if I’m going to hold everyone to the letter of this particular.