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Russell T Davies: Straight actors should not play gay characters
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news.sky.comDoctor Who, Davies is due to return to the screen with the much anticipated new Channel 4 drama It's A Sin, which explores the HIV crisis in London in the 1980s.Years and Years singer Olly Alexander, who is openly gay, stars in the lead role as a promiscuous aspiring actor.There has been much debate in recent years over whether straight actors should portray gay characters.Speaking to the Radio Times, Davies compared a straight actor playing a gay character to black face.He said: "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...
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Biden Calls Florida's Anti-LGBTQ Bill 'Hateful,' Vows 'I Have Your Back'
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