“Harry Potter” star Jason Isaacs thinks that Hollywood’s gay casting is nothing short of “ridiculous.”
The actor, who played Lucius Malfoy in the “Harry Potter” series, recently spoke with The Telegraph about why gay actors choose to stay in the closet, saying he has a lot of gay friends who remain closeted because of the potential professional backlash.
“If you are a romantic lead, there is a perception — I don’t know if it is true or not — that you will no longer be cast as straight people,” he told the Telegraph. “Even when casting gay roles, there is a tendency to cast straight people, so they are lauded for their transformation. It’s ridiculous. The notion that a gay actor can’t seem like they are in love with a woman on screen is so patently absurd I can’t believe it still exists.”
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