Got news for ya. Playing the part of someone you’re not is what acting is. That’s the definition of acting.
Robert De Nero isn’t Irish. And Hayden Christensen has all his limbs. Heath Ledger wasn’t gay. Tom Hanks doesn’t have a learning disability. Al Pacino has his eye sight. Geoffrey Rush doesn’t have a speech impediment. Acting is a skill, studios want actors. It’s nice when the actor’s life matches the part, but it isn’t a requirement and you shouldn’t try to invoke rage by pretending it should. What’s more important is how well the “cis” person played the part assigned to him.
That seems unnecessarily unkind. You seem to be arguing exactly what the parent post said… an actor will have to act like someone they’re not, which is perfectly normal in film.
Got news for ya. Playing the part of someone you’re not is what acting is. That’s the definition of acting.
Robert De Nero isn’t Irish. And Hayden Christensen has all his limbs. Heath Ledger wasn’t gay. Tom Hanks doesn’t have a learning disability. Al Pacino has his eye sight. Geoffrey Rush doesn’t have a speech impediment. Acting is a skill, studios want actors. It’s nice when the actor’s life matches the part, but it isn’t a requirement and you shouldn’t try to invoke rage by pretending it should. What’s more important is how well the “cis” person played the part assigned to him.
That seems unnecessarily unkind. You seem to be arguing exactly what the parent post said… an actor will have to act like someone they’re not, which is perfectly normal in film.
You’re right. I toned it down. Too many people on Lemmy unnecessarily complaining about cis actors playing lgtbq swayed me
Yeah it’s hard to read tone in text. The OP can be taken either way for sure.
oh so you get it lol