>2nd of all, i submit that in order to play a gay character
>CONVINCINGLY. you must be gay.

that's not at all true.

that's not any more true than it must be true that Anthony Hopkins MUST BE a cannibal b/c he played Hannibal Lecter so convincingly.

or that Deniro MUST BE a gangster b/c he played Vito Corleone so well.

or that Jody Foster MUST BE a whore b/c she played Iris Steensma so well.

it's ludicrous.

i'm gay as the hell and i played Stanley Kowalski in a production of Streetcar - that included a sex scene. how'd i do it?


>if you are straight & playing a gay character...you cant do
>the character justice UNLESS YOU have gone through or can put
>yourself in the shoes of the character.
>
>right?

no.

>so when you got to slob down your love interest...thats really
>YOU. kissing another man. so you got to think ok, my character
>feels XYZ for this man. hes turned on by him. he wants to kiss
>him. he wants to run his fingers down his chest or WHATEVER.
>
>and if YOU are not able to really go there as YOU...YOU cannot
>do a good job in that role.

not at all.

i went there as Stanley K though i had no interest in my scene partner.

the same thing happens w/str8 actors playing str8 characters - they have to play convincingly even when they have no attraction to their partner. like in the Notebook - McAdams and Gosling HATED each other. but you can't see it on the screen. they have love scenes - hated each other. played it convincingly.

>so it TEHREFORE stands to reason...the actor who is playing
>the character so convincingly...is also gay.

naw.