MEXICO CITY.- After representing a homosexual character in the movie “Ammonite”, Kate Winslet He spoke about the discrimination and homophobia that exist in the film industry, assuring that homosexual actors are terrified of revealing their sexuality.
It was in an interview that the Oscar winner awarded to The Sunday Times magazine and taken up by the EFE agency, where the actress revealed that she knows at least four gay actors who are famous and live in the “closet” for fear of losing their brilliant careers.
Gay actors fear for their careers if they reveal their sexuality. I can’t say how many young actors I know, some well known and some just starting out, who are terrified that their sexual choice will be revealed. Many gay actors who work in Hollywood hide their sexual inclinations for fear that this could ruin their careers. “admitted the actress.
The protagonist of “Titanic” explained that the actors who are homosexual know that if they reveal their sexual identity they will not be able to play heterosexual characters, which is why she considers that there is an environment of discrimination and homophobia.
The 45-year-old actress considered that the LGBT community should create a movement similar to #MeToo, created in 2017 in the United States, to denounce sexual harassment against actresses, and end discrimination once and for all .
“A well-known actor just got an American agent and the agent said, ‘I understand you’re bisexual. I wouldn’t make it public. ‘ I can think of at least four actors who absolutely hide their sexuality. It is painful, because they fear that they will discover them and that is what they say: ‘I do not want to be discovered’ “, he indicated.
Despite pressures for more diversity at film awards, which are dominated by white actors and directors, Winslet said there is little debate about the portrayal of gay and bisexual personalities.
Stigma
The British actress stressed that the stigma of homosexuality is more in male actors, which she considers should be illegal and should stop now.
“Hollywood has to put aside that old-fashioned shit about: Can he play straight because, apparently, he’s gay?” That should be almost illegal. You wouldn’t believe how widespread it is. And it can’t be summed up in the question about gay actors playing gay roles because actors, in some cases, choose not to come out for personal reasons, and it’s nobody’s business. Maybe privacy. Maybe conditioning and shame ”, external.
“Ammonite”
A few days ago, Kate Winslet just promoted her latest movie called “Ammonite”, in which she represents the paleontologist Mary Anning, who maintains a clandestine homosexual relationship with his assistant Charlotte Murchison, with whom he is isolated in an investigation, played by Saoirse Ronan.
In previous statements, Winslet was upset when saying that the press had questioned her more about how she had performed the lesbian scenes with her partner, more than when she performs heterosexual characters, and hinted that there is a lot of morbid behind this topic.
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