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Ewan McGregor defends casting as gay designer in Ryan Murphy’s ‘Halston’
Netflix series, despite identifying as straight.The actor will be playing the titular role in the forthcoming limited series, following the designer’s hedonistic lifestyle in the 1970s and 1980s.In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, McGregor responded to comments made in 2019 by gay actor Billy Porter, who discussed the narrow range of roles often given to gay actors.“If ‘flamboyantly’ wasn’t in the description of the character, no one would see me ever for anything,” Porter said at the time. “Straight men playing gay — everyone wants to give them an award.”In response, McGregor said: “I hear the discussion and I respect both sides of it, I really do.