
Ellen Page opened up about whether there is a double standard for LGBTQ actors who want to play straight parts. While straight actors are frequently praised for playing gay roles-- see Heath Ledger, Tom Hanks, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman-- LGBTQ actors are frequently pigeonholed and barred from playing straight roles.
--The roles she has played are wildly different, "But now... I can’t play a straight person?"
--LGBTQ actors are frequently typecast, but she is eager to play even more gay roles.
--Her upcoming projects are all gay roles, but no one ever asks, "you’ve done seven straight roles in a row – shouldn’t you shake it up and do something queer?"
--Points out that Zachary Quinto is gay and has a straight role in a huge blockbuster
Coming up she has a documentary called
Gaycation, in which she travels the world exploring gay culture, and a movie called
Tallulah that was just purchased for Netflix. She plays an itinerant young woman who kidnaps a baby.
SOURCEONTD, have you ever been held to a double standard?