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Is It Right For Straight Actors To Get Gay Roles?

Disney recently announced that their new film Jungle Cruise will feature an openly gay character for...
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7:16 PM - 16 Aug 2018



The Last Word With Matt Cooper

Is It Right For Straight Actors To Get Gay Roles?

TodayFM
TodayFM

7:16 PM - 16 Aug 2018

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Disney recently announced that their new film Jungle Cruise will feature an openly gay character for the first time in their history - but there has been controversy over the choice of casting, as Jack Whitehall, who is straight, will play the role.

Meanwhile Eddie Redmayne's upcoming historical film The Aeronauts has also been criticised after it emerged that it will feature a newly created female character, played by Felicity Jones, in place of the real-life male balloonist Henry Coxwell, on whom the story is partly based.

Are these criticisms justified, or are they examples of political correctness gone mad?

Brian Lloyd and Roe McDermott discussed this in our weekly movies slot.

They also reviewed The Equalizer 2 and Christopher Robin.

To catch the full chat press the play button on the image on the top of the screen


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