Straight Man To Play Gay Icon?

[mushroom25]

https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/19/adam-lambert-isnt-happy-theo-james-might-play-george-michael-18128179/?ito=facebook%7Csocial%7Cmetroukfacebook&fbclid=IwAR14g15uaNBvGD0tbbCHS0LZy0i51WdpZcWKSvqPLcM5qjFQw3NX7KKrSYY

can gay roles only be played by gay actors?

[andy-hughes]

You don't need to be gay to act as a gay man, you just need to be able to convince your audience that you are gay.

That only requires you to be an actor.

[237SJ]

And Kevin Spacey played a midlife crisis husband in American Beauty. It goes both ways.

[barry1010]

Who should have played Day-Lewis' part in My Left Foot?

[Peter Pedant]

yeah
I can never understand why anyone wants to play Marie Antoinette. OK cake in Act 1 - but it hardly ends well -
falls apart
truncated at Act III

[Peter Pedant]

Yeah in the thirties after the success in german of Jude Suss,
Goebbels supplied certificates that the actors were NOT Jews ( they were being abused in the streets) they were just good actors !

(That only requires you to be an actor.)

[Paul22118]

To quote Olivier 'It's called acting darling.'

[ToraToraTora]

"can gay roles only be played by gay actors? " - the clue is in the word "actor" - Kenneth moore played Douglas Bader, guess what, he had legs!

[rowanwitch]

I think Mr Lambert really really wanted that role. I smell the delicate aroma of sour grapes

[douglas9401]

Having Googled Mr Lambert and skimmed the first page he appears to be a bit of a gobby queen with an epic sense of entitlement.
He seems to be much more American than the Wham boy too though that doesn't seem to disqualify him in his own mind.

I should add that Metro wants me to switch off my ad blocker so I don't actually know what he said but happily, I don't care.