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Ewan McGregor defended his casting as gay designer Halston in Ryan Murphy's upcoming Netflix show
Ewan McGregor has defended his casting as the iconic gay architect Roy Halston Frowick in the upcoming Ryan Murphy Netflix show "Halston," addressing Billy Porter's 2019 comments around the subject of straight actors playing male lover characters.
In a Hollywood Journalist Roundtable in 2019, "Pose" star Porter said: "If 'flamboyantly' wasn't in the description of the traits, no one would view me ever for anything. Straight men playing same-sex attracted — everyone wants to give them an award."
In his own interview with The Hollywood Reporter, published Wednesday, McGregor addressed Porter's sentiments and told the publication that he "respects both sides of the discussion" around whether or not straight actors should take on gay roles.
"I haven't walked in Billy Porter's shoes. I don't know what it's appreciate to lose out parts when you might notice it's to do with your sexuality. So I can only respect his point of view," McGregor said.
The "Fargo" and "Trainspotting" actor continued: "If it had been a story about Halston's sexuality more, then maybe it's right that gay actors should play that role. B
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By Greg Hernandez on Feb 16, 2010 12:42 pm | Comments (2) |
With his film I Love You Phillip Morris finally coming out next month, Ewan McGregor is on the cover of Out Magazine and gives a really juicy interview about playing gay (opposite Jim Carrey) in this and other films.
Here are some excerpts:
Despite the fact that it stars perhaps the most bankable star in Hollywood — the worldwide gross of Carrey’s movies is more than $4 billion dollars — and, opposite him, its most talented, I Love You Phillip Morris, has languished undistributed domestically for more than a year, even after a strong demonstrating at its Sundance debut in 2009. “At Sundance everyone assumed it would be snapped up,” says McGregor, “but it wasn’t.” Perhaps one reason is that the main character is an unlovable (or uneasily loved) sociopathic scammer. But a more likely reason is that in cells, on bunks, on boats, before sunsets, after sunsets, on divans, over ottomans, without panning away or dissolving to white, the two men kiss, fondle, fuck, blow, suck, hold h
Ewan McGregor defends playing gay fashion designer in Netflix’s ‘Halston’
Amid the ongoing debate in Hollywood over straight actors taking LGBTQ roles, Ewan McGregor has defended his casting as gay fashion artist Halston in an upcoming Netflix miniseries.
Produced by Ryan Murphy, Netflix’s Halston follows the internationally renowned fashion designer as he “skyrockets to fame” in the ’70s “before his life starts to spin out of control,” per Netflix.
The series, which releases on May 14, will portray Roy “Halston” Frowick’s relationship with Victor Hugo, played by Gian Franco Rodriguez. It will also show the business decisions that led to Halston losing control of his fashion empire in the ’80s. Halston died in 1990 from an AIDS-related illness.
Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, McGregor justified his casting, saying that the miniseries isn’t all about Halston’s sexuality.
He was reminded of a quote Pose star Billy Porter gave to the Hollywood Reporter in 2019: “If ‘flamboyantly’ wasn’t in the description of the traits, no one would see me ever for anything.
Should gay roles be portrayed only by gay actors? Or is all equitable in Love and Hollywood? Considering Ewan McGregor’s casting as iconic (and gay) fashion designer, Halston – it’s protected to say the Scottish actor prefers the latter.
McGregor was cast to act the American game-changing designer Halston in Ryan Murphy’s latest production for Netflix. The Golden Globe winning actor’s portrayal of Roy Halston Frowick however has been met with criticism – yet another straight male actor snagging a role of a gay man. But should critics include something negative to say about this choice of casting, considering a homosexual man (Murphy) chose to cast McGregor in this role.
Billy Porter (the only openly gay ebony actor to conquer a prime occasion Emmy for a lead role) has said that he has been turned down for queer roles numerous times throughout his career while straight actors were able to book those roles with ease (and be awarded for them). Porter referred to it as “tiresome” while appearing on The Hollywood Reporter’s Actor Roundtable.
Murphy told Voguethat casting McGregor in the role was “the only choice”:
“He was, to us, the only choice. The thing t