Still, he made the argument that the point of 'Take Me Out,' like most art, isn't only to regurgitate one's lived experience.
'And people want to be able to be counted and be included.' 'We have a white 'Prince of Persia' and 'Last Samurai' and every other role, so I get that underrepresentation,' he said. Williams has acknowledged this casting conundrum, telling Entertainment Weekly in March that as a Black man, he knows the conversation around authentic representation is necessary. As an actor you certainly hope you can be a visible option for all kinds of different roles,' he said. Because straight men playing gay, everybody wants to give them an award,' Billy Porter, who is a member of the LGBTQ community, told The Hollywood Reporter in 2019.īut Neil Patrick Harris, who married his husband David Burtka in 2014, told The Times in 2021 that he 'would definitely want to hire the best actor' for any role.
'If 'flamboyant' wasn't in the description of the character, no one would see me, ever, for anything, which wouldn't be so enraging if it went the other direction, but it doesn't.
