"Let GAY Actors Play STRAIGHT Roles!" Rupert Everett on Acting Roles 

NPH came out after he started playing Barnie in HIMYM after it ended he isn't getting more roles.

Um, Neil Patrick Harris wasn’t out of the closet when playing Barney Stinson.

Big difference is that they were closeted. We are talking about openly gays actors

Until you realise that back before the 90s people said the same about playing a different race.

He's just a bitter and savour kind of gay man

He's wonderful. Check out his The Happy Prince if you haven't already.

Bollocks.

I agree… but sometimes it does play a part. For example, if an openly gay man was cast as a romantic lead in a (straight) chick flick, it wouldn’t do well at the box office. Because many women wouldn’t be turned on by the lead actor and wouldn’t get obsessed w the movie. So even though it sounds good in theory, IRL it doesn’t always work like that. Hollywood knows this. So minority communities do have somewhat limited roles compared to straight men and women. That said, they should go with the actor that’s best for the role, but maybe take into account that some people don’t have the same opportunities and if a role comes up for them let’s give them more of a chance. It’s a very nuanced issue.

Don't these people know anything about Hollywood I'm not an expert but you had gay actors 30-40 50 years ago playing straight roles that's old news.

@@celticm6616 No you had *closeted* gay people playing straight actors back then… BIG difference dude.

Now it seems to be a fashion thing a lot of people going round thinking they're gay when in reality they're not.

Word 🤣 Honestly, more power to her for having managed to make it out of poverty and into wealth. But facts are that I never got what the fuss was with those Harry Potter books either. Never read one, and could never even bring myself to watch more than 5 mns of the whole movie franchise. I feel like she basically marketed on how immaturely blinded and impressed a lot of people were by all things British at the time. She basically profited from the inferior complex based British idolatry of the times. I don’t really think that her books would have been as successful now. Girl was simply in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing. She basically hit the jackpot with the magic formula of the era. Glad that we have evolved to more mature times ever since. As for her comments regarding the trans community she was indeed spot on, I’m afraid.

I adore True Blood. Made a fan video . Admit Rupert Everett would have been perfect in True Blood as a vampire : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ELezgnQ1CpE.html&ab_channel=IlluminatSmokeArt

Rock had no alternative. Besides never being allowed to act again. Apparently you were not around in the 1950s.

yes.. but he was in the closet almost until he died. no one knew

Rock was not open about it,he led a double life

Yes a closeted gay man, if he was openly about his sexuality, he wouldn’t have a career.

​@@latitudeselongitudes1932Why must one be openly gay? It's no one's business.

I think the only question if gay people can't even get gay roles then won't they be underrepresented/overlooked.

@@joshuataylor3550 yeah true imo they should try to implement more gays but they shouldn’t purposely cast away straights and it goes the same other way around

Yes, but they were in the closet i believe. You have to understand the psychology of fans and their relationship with their idols, especially women and their favorite actors and musicians. It involves a lot of fantasizing, fetish. If a man is openly gay he doesn't have the same appeal, allure in the minds of many fans, most viewers of romantic period movies or romantic comedies (Rupert's types of movies) are women and they like to fantasize about their heartthrobs. This is still true today and even more so in the 80's and 90's when Rupert would have been boycotted. Hollywood knows that, it's a business, what matters is money to them, it's a question of desirability in the eyes of the fans, most of them women.

Edris Elba is an ok actor would you be fine with him playing Henry the 8th?

@@unitedkingdomoffiveeyes9765 would he be fine with it? What if he wasn't .. what would that matter ....or change anything....if you're a good actor you should get the role simple not hard.

@@tashaax1993xanimalloverx that's the problem right there.....Henry the 8th is an historical REAL character. The poor kids these days being fed lies because YOU are not bothered.... deary me.

@@unitedkingdomoffiveeyes9765 yes I know but hes dead....so what's ur point....

@@unitedkingdomoffiveeyes9765 I know he's a real person....not a character like ur saying lol. So what I'm getting at is who cares who plays the role !? 🤔 dont get what ur even getting at or what ur point is ....

The issue with that is: Transwoman are NOT woman! Transwoman are Transwoman! Transmen are NOT men! Transmen are Transmen!

They were in the closet

You you you!

Oh please, he's an actor. Leave your homophobia elsewhere

Rupert Everett is a great actor.. Homophobia is a nasty disease.. get help ..😊🇬🇧

@@joshuataylor3550 oh please sweetcheeks, give your perversions a rest.

If I remember right he been with tons of women. I am not even joking.

​@@xx-kj1om , yes ! Paula Yates !

Thank you very much.

Why don't you stay away from the rest of society that isn't homophobic. You can leave you know, go be with your own people.

@@joshuataylor3550 Nice islamophobia. Just because we dont accept homosexuality that means we must be exiled from society... How to say im a a racist without saying im a racist.. yeah

@@joshuataylor3550 I wouldn't describe myself as a homophobe, I just don't like pda, especially that type of pda.

@@joshuataylor3550 if someone said they don't like seeing pizza adverts would you lambast them for discrimination against the pizza community?

Your thoughts make no sense, could you try to rephrase?

So if you see a random character in a movie, who is a straight/gay male, does it matter for you what the actual sexuality of the actor is?

Well that’s your problem and suggest you get help. ..🙄🇬🇧

So by your logic murderer should be played by murderers.

So don't be an actor then...