Luke Evans shares his thoughts on the gay casting debate
Beauty and The Beast star Luke Evans has weighed in on the controversial gay casting debate. Over the last few years, Hollywood has been embroiled in a debate regarding LGBTQ+ roles being portrayed by openly queer actors.
One of the biggest supporters of authentic casting has been It’s A Sin creator Russell T Davies who told Radio Times, “authenticity leads to joyous places.” “I’m not being woke about this… but I feel strongly that if I cast someone in a story, I am casting them to act as a lover, or an enemy, or someone on drugs or a criminal or a saint… they are not there to ‘act gay’ because ‘acting gay’ is a bunch of codes for a performance.
It’s about authenticity, the taste of 2020,” he said in a 2021 interview. “You wouldn’t cast someone able-bodied and put them in a wheelchair, you wouldn’t black someone up.
Authenticity is leading us to joyous places.” While Davies has remained firm on his stance, other industry professionals like Evans have expressed a different opinion.
