There was a time when actors, both Hollywood and local, were kind of homophobic. They wouldn’t touch gay role with the proverbial 10-foot pole. Only comedians (led by Dolphy who is as straight as a ramrod; others are “confirmed”) could get away with it with glee!
Even in these modern and “permissive” times, when asked if they are “ready” to play a gay character (not comedic but serious, such as those played by the late Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain), they invariably shake their heads and say, “I’m not ready.”
Even in these modern and “permissive” times, when asked if they are “ready” to play a gay character (not comedic but serious, such as those played by the late Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain), they invariably shake their heads and say, “I’m not ready.”
