Comedian actor Insurgent Wilson received severe within the debate over whether or not straight actors ought to play homosexual characters.
In an interview posted Sunday by the BBC’s “Desert Island Discs,” Wilson, who’s engaged to a lady, was commenting on the political correctness of “if you are something, then now you’re allowed to joke about it.” Which means that for those who’re chubby, you can also make fats jokes, she stated.
Requested by host Lauren Laverne if that was a “good thing or do you find it restrictive,” the “Bridesmaids” star switched gears.
“I think that’s hard,” she stated. “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.”
“I think you should be able to play any role that you want,” the “Rebel Rising” writer continued. “But I always think, in comedy, your job is to always kind of flirt with that line of what’s acceptable. Sometimes you do step over it but, at the end of the day, you are trying to entertain people. I’ll tell you where you won’t be entertained is if people are always being safe and protective. You’re not gonna get good comedy from that.”
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Wilson’s feedback added gas to an issue that has heated up lately. Stanley Tucci, who performed a homosexual man with dementia in 2020’s “Supernova,” stated final yr: “I really do believe as an actor that you are supposed to play different people. You just are.”
Others have supplied sturdy counterarguments. Author and producer Russell T. Davies stated LGBTQ+ actors needs to be forged in corresponding roles for “authenticity.” Eddie Redmayne, who performed a transgender girl in 2015’s “The Danish Girl,” stated in 2021 he would not tackle such a component to spice up illustration for others on-screen.
“The bigger discussion about the frustrations around casting is because many people don’t have a chair at the table,” he stated. “There must be a leveling, otherwise we are going to carry on having these debates.”
