Gay actors in Hollywood still limited in popularity?
”There are not enough famous gay actors to play these roles…. Our first concern was to get the best actor that we could get who was enough of a movie star to get the movie made. When one is casting a film for a lead role we always have to ask that awful question: ‘Who puts bodies in seats?’ Who has carried movies previously? Sadly, there don’t seem to be openly gay actors that could carry a movie, but I think that will change.”’
Dan Jinks, a producer on the upcoming Harvey Milk biopic, ”Milk,” explaining why Sean Penn got the lead role instead of a openly gay actor. (New York Times) The New York Times article features interviews and profiles of several of Hollywood’s out, gay actors including: Jasika Nicole, Chad Allen, Bryan Batt, and many others.
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