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Russell T Davies says he will happily defend his call to stop casting straight actors in gay roles and insists he never meant to upstage heterosexual actors Earlier this month, the screenwriter, 57, said gay characters in his latest drama are played by gay actors It s A Sin follows the stories of three gay 18-year-olds who arrive in London in 1981, at the beginning of the HIV epidemic Davies said at the time directors must cast gay men because you wouldn t black someone up Discussing his comments on Thursday s Loose Women, he said that he will happily defend his remarks and that he never meat to upstage straight stars ....
A prominent gay British actor has rejected calls from acclaimed screenwriter Russell T Davies for gay performers to be prioritised for LGBT roles. James Dreyfus, who played pioneering gay roles in Nineties sitcoms The Thin Blue Line and Gimme Gimme Gimme, said an actor s sexuality has nothing to do with their ability to convince and amaze . And the 52-year-old believes audiences would be deprived of the superlative recent performances put on by straight stars if roles were only based on sexual orientation. His comments come after Davies - best known for his work on Queer As Folk and Doctor Who - said gay actors should get LGBT roles and compared a straight actor playing a gay character to black face. ....