While more and more actors are happy to play gay characters, there are some who aren’t – but usually they don’t say why, often suggesting they simply haven’t found the right role. However Kevin Hart has stepped forward to say why he doesn’t think he could play gay, and to be honest what he says probably applies to a lot of other actors too.
Talking to Breakfast Club on New York’s Power 105.1 (as reported by TMZ), the comedian and actors said, “I can’t [play a gay character] because I don’t think I’m really going to dive into that role 100 percent, because of the insecurities about myself trying to play that part. What I think people are going to think while I’m trying to do this is going to stop me from playing that part the way I’m supposed to.”
However he was also keen to point out that he “appreciates and respects” gay people.
There are undoubtedly plenty of actors out there for whom their worries about people’s reactions to it still prevent them from taking gay roles, but thankfully it’s getting rare.
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