Straight actors playing gay characters seems 'fine' to Stanley Tucci
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Citadel' actor Stanley Tucci has insisted it's fine for straight actors to play gay roles. The 62-year-old actor - who is married to Emily Blunt's sister Felicity - famously played gay characters in 2006's 'The Devil Wears Prada' and 2020 movie 'Supernova'.
He told BBC Radio 4's 'Desert Island Discs' You're suppose to play different people. You just are. That's the whole point of it. Obviously, I believe that's fine.
Stanley noted that he gets plenty of gay men approaching him to talk about the films and praising him for taking on the roles in the right way, reports 'Female First UK'.
He added I am always very flattered when gay men come up to me and talk to me about 'The Devil Wears' Prada or they talk about 'Supernova', and they say that, 'It was just so beautiful', you know, 'You did it the right way'. Because often, it's not done the right way.
Last year, Tom Hanks took a very different stance as he insisted a straight actor would not be able to play a gay character like he did in the 1993 drama 'Philadelphia'.
✔️ Straight actors playing gay characters seems 'fine' to Stanley Tucci
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