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Neil Patrick Harris Explains Why He's Okay with Straight Actors Playing Gay Roles

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There has been an ongoing debate for years on whether straight actors should be playing gay roles and now Neil Patrick Harris is sharing his thoughts.

The 47-year-old actor, who is openly gay in real life, has played both straight and gay characters throughout his career. One of Neil‘s most famous roles, Barney on How I Met Your Mother, was a straight character. “I think there’s something sexy about casting a straight actor to play a gay role — if they’re willing to invest a lot into it,” Neil said in a new interview with The Times. “I played a character for nine years who was nothing like me.

I would definitely want to hire the best actor.” He added, “In our world that we live in you can’t really as a director demand that [an actor be gay

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