Lord of the Rings star portrays a gay role, John, in a new film he penned, Falling, which is also his directorial debut. The movie tells the story of John's relationship with his antigay father Willis (Lance Henriksen), who moves to L.A.
to join his son after a dementia diagnosis.“There are certain characters I’m not going to play,” Mortensen told Reuters in a recent interview, but he drew the line at playing another race, not LGBTQ+ identity. “I wouldn’t play Eric, the Chinese-Hawaiian American." Eric is John's husband in the production.The 62-year-old actor made a joke to illustrate his defense.