“There are I don’t know how many young actors I know – some are very famous, others just starting out – who are terrified that their sexuality will be revealed and that this prevents them from being cast in straight roles,” said the 45-year-old actress.
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Kate says she knows at least four actors who keep their sexuality secret. “That’s painful because they are afraid of being discovered. That’s what they say. ‘I don’t want this to come out’.”
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Within the film industry, sexual ‘condemnation, discrimination and homophobia’ is according to the Titanicactress is the order of the day. She thinks Hollywood should drop the ‘outdated nonsense’ that gay actors can’t play straight roles. “That should be illegal.”
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