The Hollywood star revels that an Australian journalist was threatening to out her sexuality which forced her to come out of the closet by herself. Rebel says that she was terrified to tell her mum about being gay.
Christopher Biggins has insisted there is 'no reason' why straight actors should be barred from playing gay characters as he weighed in on the Hollywood casting row.
'I played in Poldark a sex-crazed vicar. It was wonderful, he was the most hated man on television that year. 'Nowadays, of course, you get men playing Juliet… People want to find different ways of doing different things all the time and that's fine, but don't preclude people like gay people only having to play gay parts.'
The actor was echoing a sentiment recently made by Rebel Wilson, who stated it was 'total nonsense' that only gay actors could play gay roles'Yeah I don't think there's a different standard, it's more this thing about – if you are something then now you're allowed to joke about it. So say, if you are overweight, you can say jokes.She added: 'I think that's hard.
'I thought I was searching for a Disney Prince... but maybe what I really needed all this time was a Disney Princess,' she wrote, adding heart and rainbow emojis and the hashtag, '#loveislove'.Rebel came out as gay at the age of 42. The Pitch Perfect star took to Instagram to share the news about her new relationship, posting a sweet snap of herself posing with her girlfriend
Actor Alan Davies starred as a gay teacher in Russell T Davies's hit 2001 show Bob & Rose, while his 2018 miniseries A Very English Scandal featured Hugh Grant, who is straight, playing Liberal politician Jeremy Thorpe. But he added: 'The problem is if you're a famous actor, let's look at the famous ones, and I mean movie star levels, I think now, I've gone on the attack, if you're a movie star level, you've got money, you're fine, you're going to get lots of offers.
'If they don't, and they've got to – use your power, say 'I'll have a supporting role', get this person here who should be in lead roles – they don't exist, the famous leading lesbians, the famous leading gay men, they don't exist to lead blockbusters.' Luke Evans: The Welsh actor Luke Evans, who recently split with his boyfriend, won 'Best Villain' at the 2017 Teen Choice Awards for his portrayal of the Lothario Gaston in the live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast.
Advertisement Last year, Andrew Scott discussed his experience of being cast as gay characters as a gay actor. In an interview with Screen Daily, Andrew discussed the relationship between casting and sexuality, revealing he 'never thought' he would get the opportunity to play leading roles. 'But for this role, I did want to because I was trying to unpick some nuances of a certain generation of gay people.'
'But from my perspective: firstly, I wouldn't have had a career if gay people played gay roles and straight people played straight roles. I'd have played two roles out of the 36 projects I've worked on, or whatever is.' She said she allowed herself to be 'degraded' by the British comedian because she lacked the self-esteem to stand up for herself when they acted together in the 2016 film Grimsby.
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