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Interesting article about celebrity gay gossip. Discusses Jake Gyllenhaal.
serious crayons:
I liked Rupert Everett in "My Best Friend's Wedding." I also saw him years ago in a weird, creepy little movie called "The Comfort of Strangers," also starring Christopher Walken at his creepiest.
When Rupert Everett first came out, he had a great line. Someone asked him if he feared he'd always be relegated to playing gay men, and he said that would be fine "because, contrary to popular belief, we're not all alike."
After all, how many straight actors worry about always being typecast as straight?
Still, this may just be a reassuring way for Rupert Everett to explain to himself why his career is foundering rather than consider factors that might have more to do with him. And another bad sign: he's featured on awfulplasticsurgery.com http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/archives/005451.html
(BTW, have you all ever seen that site? It's horrifying, yet I can't look away ... Most appalling are the before and after pictures of very young, attractive actors such as Kate Bosworth or Jennifer Lopez.)
As for Ellen and Ian McKellen, one isn't an actor and the other rarely if ever plays romantic leads. I think we're past the point where any celebrity's career would necessarily plummet because the person came out. But a star who frequently plays romantic roles might be another story or, as Natali says, at least the studio bigwigs might fear that it would be another story.
I notice I don't see Jodie Foster playing many romantic leads these days. Her career is doing fine, but she usually plays moms or some other sex-free role. (Not that she's out, I realize, but ...) What if someone who does play romantic roles were to come out? Someone like, like ... oh, just to pick some random A-list actor off the top of my head ... like, say, Tom Cruise?
opinionista:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on August 04, 2006, 04:29:41 pm ---I liked Rupert Everett in "My Best Friend's Wedding." I also saw him years ago in a weird, creepy little movie called "The Comfort of Strangers," also starring Christopher Walken at his creepiest.
When Rupert Everett first came out, he had a great line. Someone asked him if he feared he'd always be relegated to playing gay men, and he said that would be fine "because, contrary to popular belief, we're not all alike."
After all, how many straight actors worry about always being typecast as straight?
Still, this may just be a reassuring way for Rupert Everett to explain to himself why his career is foundering. And another bad sign: he's featured on awfulplasticsurger.com http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/archives/005451.html
(BTW, have you all ever seen that site? It's horrifying, yet I can't look away ... Most appalling are the before and after pictures of very young, attractive actors such as Kate Bosworth.)
As for Ellen and Ian McKellen, one isn't an actor and the other rarely if ever plays romantic leads. I think we're past the point where any celebrity's career would necessarily plummet if the person came out. But a star who frequently plays romantic roles might be another story, or as Natali says at least the studio bigwigs might fear that it would be another story.
I notice I rarely if ever see Jodie Foster playing romantic leads these days. Her career is doing fine, but she usually plays moms or some other sex-free role. What if someone who does play romantic roles were to come out? Someone like, like ... oh, just to pick some random A-list actor off the top of my head ... like, say, Tom Cruise?
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OT: Thanks for that link Katherine. I'm horrified with Jocelyn Wildenstein. I knew about her when I lived in NY, but hadn't really seen how horrible she looks now. The woman must have some serious mental problem.
nakymaton:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on August 04, 2006, 04:29:41 pm ---I notice I rarely if ever see Jodie Foster playing romantic leads these days. Her career is doing fine, but she usually plays moms or some other sex-free role.
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Yeah, but female roles tend to be de-sexed at a younger age than male roles do, anyway. (Hollywood just doesn't get the female mind, I tell you, assuming that women are de-sexed at age 30 or whatever...) (And as for young actresses... well, don't they tend to be very hot for a season, and then disappear very fast, so it might be hard to tell what controls their success versus failure in any case?)
Tom Cruise might be losing his clout in any case, just from acting like a nutcase. (And his movies aren't guaranteed successes, are they? He's been in quite a few movies that didn't live up to their hype in the past few years, it seems to me.)
(You know, I'm just arguing to argue. I know coming out is a risky career move for public figures, and incredibly hard for everyone else, too. But I think the problem is homophobia rather than what straight women or straight men find attractive. And homophobia is certainly a problem... but I would like to call it by name, and not pretend like it's some kind of natural behavior.)
(I should watch An Ideal Husband. At one point I was on a quest to watch every movie Cate Blanchett has ever been in, but I got distracted.)
Mikaela:
--- Quote ---Ian McKellen is working, but, let's face it, he's too old to be a romantic lead...
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Well, there *is* his Richard III. "Was ever Woman in this humour wooed? Was ever Woman in this humour won?" :o ;) Brilliant role, but not exactly a *romantic* lead, I suppose.
There was a very extensive interview with Ian McKellen in the April issue of the movie magazine Empire. I lost the mag during a hospital stay, which is a pity because I can't find the article online and it had bearing on the topic at hand, and also mentioned Brokeback. From what I recall, Sir Ian was pretty clear on the subject that there are many closeted actors, and that they dare not come out because the danger to their careers is too great. But I can't remember exactly which danger (being typecast, being shunted out of romantic roles, being shunted out of *any* roles) he stressed in that interview.
What I do remember though is his comment on Brokeback. In that particular interview (I don't know what he may have said elsewhere, of course) he didn't laud JG and HL for their roles, nor did he comment on the film's effect in relation to gay issues, possible increased societal acceptance, film industry impact for "gay" roles or the like. What he did chose to comment on was the remarks one of the leads (he didn't say which one but from the context I seem to recall it was Jake) had made in relation to the never-ending kissing questions. He was disappointed and annoyed that Jake had said it was "frightening" to do the kissing scene(s) with Heath. Because, sir Ian commented, "imagine if I had said that the most horrible thing I ever had to do in my career was to kiss Helen Mirren!"
Clearly, that comment goes to what has already been discussed in several entries in this thread: Actors *act* and so should be able to act gay or straight roles, including romantic roles, - whether they are gay or straight in real life.
(I was a bit disappointed about his commment on BBM though - being used to interviewers himself he must know how difficult it is to respond to many of the sillier questions (and the neverending BBM kissing questions range right up there with those) - and anyway Jake might have been misquoted or the "frightened" quote taken completely out of context. What if he was frightened he'd not manage to make the passion so believable it blazes from the screen - what if he was anxious his acting wouldn't be sufficient? The fright might have nothing at all to do with kissing a *man* and everything to do with wanting to do the role and the character of Jack justice. But I digress. ::)
moremojo:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 04, 2006, 04:16:34 pm ---I doubt there are many people who went home and had sexual fantasies about Gandalf--though I suppose there could always be a few. ::)
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Gandalf, no--now Mr. McKellan himself (sir, if you please ;))...now he I could work with!
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