Should Straight Actors Still Play Gay Characters, Ryan Field Books

Should Straight Actors Still Play Gay Characters

Every single time I see a clip or a Tweet about that hideous quasi gay movie, Call Me By Your Name, I cringe at the scenes where straight Armie Hammer plays gay for pay and makes sexual advances toward a character who is a 17-year-old barely legal gay boy. For me it is total cringe. 

With that said, the debate about whether or not actors coming from places of straight white privilege should be playing gay roles continues. I know the argument is, "it...