Rebel Wilson shuts down the idea that straight actors shouldn't play gay roles: 'Total nonsense'

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Rebel Wilson shuts down the idea that straight actors shouldn't play gay roles: 'Total nonsense'
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Rebel Wilson says the idea of only gay actors portraying gay roles is 'total nonsense': 'You should be able to play any role that you want.'

, where she was initially asked if she believes that women in comedy can get away with different jokes than men.

She explained, “So say, if you are overweight, you can say jokes. But if you’re not, . That’s kind of what’s currently happening. So it’s not really gendered.” “I think that’s hard. It’s going into this territory of like saying, ‘Well, only straight actors can play straight roles, and gay actors can play gay roles,’ which I think is total nonsense,” she said. “You should be able to play any role that you want.”

Rebel Wilson gets candid about losing her virginity at 35: 'You shouldn't feel pressure as a young person'“I wasn’t hiding my relationship with Ramona but it was something we were slowly telling people in our lives,” Wilson said. “It suddenly put us in a situation where we were forced to announce it to the world, probably a few months before .”"Even though I come from a very conservative background, it went very, very well,” she said.

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