Russell T Davies says straight actors should never play gay roles. The acclaimed TV writer - best known for his work on Queer As Folk and Doctor Who - is set to return to the screen with his new Channel 4 drama It's A Sin.
The series - which explores the HIV crisis in London in the 1980s - stars Years and Years singer Olly Alexander, who is openly gay, in the lead role as a promiscuous aspiring actor.
With careful consideration taken when it comes to casting, the TV writer has weighed in on the debate over whether straight actors should play gay characters.
Russell said directors must cast gay men to play gay male roles because you "wouldn't black someone up" in the modern day. Having said that, Queer as Folk - about the lives of three men