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Neil Patrick Harris says it’s “sexy” to cast straight actors in gay roles

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Neil Patrick Harris has weighed in on the ongoing backlash to heterosexual actors playing gay roles. The 47-year-old, Emmy-winning actor maintains the best actor for the role should get the job.Harris, who has played a variety of straight and gay characters on stage and screen throughout his career, shared his thoughts with The Times.“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,” Harris said. “I played a character for nine years [the womanizing Barney on How I Met Your Mother] who was nothing like me.

I would definitely want to hire the best actor.”Related: Neil Patrick Harris’ whole family caught COVID“In our world that we live in you can’t really as a.

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