#ANDREW GARFIELD GAY ROLES SERIES#
Even his insistence that "every single series of RuPaul's Drag Race" helped his research is a little much, but who am I to deny someone's appreciation for such a spectacular show? It's not until we get to Andrew's cavalier treatment of sexuality that you sense there might be a problem.īeing LGBTQ in Our Society Isn't Just Emotionally Taxing - It Actually Costs You Money He had consulted friends in researching the role. The show's writer had asked Andrew to do the part. It was as about doing honor, doing justice, and knowing my herstory." This all seems fine enough. "A big concern was what right do I have to play this wonderful gay role? I had to trust that it was the right thing and Tony had asked me and maybe if he'd asked me, it was the right thing. " as much devoted to my friends in the gay community as it is those that passed during the epidemic." He also revealed that the show's writer, Tony Kushner, had asked him to step into the role. "The preparation had begun before with a lot of my friends," Andrew said. The question recently came up (in so many words) during a platform discussion at the National Theater in London when an audience member asked how Andrew had researched the role of Prior Walter. Whether or not you feel OK about Andrew playing a gay character, it's the way he discusses it that might be a bit problematic. The topic is admittedly a minefield Hollywood has a history of casting straight actors in homosexual roles and, even more worryingly, casting cisgender actors in transgender roles. But with such an emotionally charged and historic show comes a rightfully skeptical conversation: is it OK for Andrew Garfield to portray a gay man? It's not hard to see why the show is already garnering great reviews in addition to Andrew, the star-studded cast also features openly gay actors Nathan Lane and Russell Tovey. The actor is currently starring in a new revival of Angels in America, which has been timed perfectly with the play's 25th anniversary. You can catch Andrew Garfield in Tick, Tick…Boom!, which is currently streaming on Netflix.Andrew Garfield is in hot water this week after making some rather interesting comments about his sexuality. In 2020, the same thing happened to Halle Berry for a similar role. Scarlett Johansson left a project where she would have played a transgender character after receiving backlash on the internet. This issue is ongoing and is even impacting current casting decisions. Hilary Swank won Best Actress for her role as a transgender male in Boys Don’t Cry Jared Leto won Best Supporting Actor for his role as a transgender character in Dallas Buyer’s Club, and Sean Penn won Best Actor for his performance in Milk as Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California. In fact, it has happened a couple of times at the Academy Awards. Garfield received a Tony award for his performance in Angels in America and he is not the only straight actor to receive an award for playing a gay character. Watch #Academy Award Nominee Andrew Garfield perform “Louder Than Words” from #ticktickBOOM! /od9cVksoG5- ticktickboom March 21, 2022 It’s the only thing that’s going to save us right now.” The Academy has awarded many of these performances It’s what we need most as a culture, and it’s beautiful. Because I’m not willing to support the death of empathic imagination. So, the two separate conversations have to happen simultaneously. But the other is about empathic imagination, and if we only allow people to be cast as exactly who they are, it’ll be the death of it. Because we should want a world in which no matter your sexual orientation, your color, or your heritage, everyone gets a fair whack.
“One is about equality of opportunity, and I’m completely in on that.
“I think it’s two different conversations getting conflated,” Garfield explained. In a recent interview with The Telegraph, Garfield was asked about this performance and whether he thinks straight actors should be allowed to play gay characters.
The actor received praise for his performance, even though Garfield himself is straight. "Forbidding straight actors from playing gay characters would mean 'the death of empathic imagination … '" - The Week March 21, 2022īack in 2018, Garfield played a gay man with AIDS in the play Angels in America.