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| | It's true - the general public doesn't see, or have the opportunity to see, many short films. However, they're a good way to get your name out there in the film industry, because the good ones are seen by people in that industry. You also put them on your reel. They can be a way to get your name and work out there, and you can get additional jobs from it. In the US, the Independant Film Channel on cable shows short films quite often. They put them in between their own series and feature films. And the art cinemas in the major cities do show shorts, often either as part of a short film festival or else as a supplement to a longer film. But these things tend to be reserved for the best known, most awarded shorts. Still, in general, if it's a short, you're not going to see it.
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| | It must be really hard on the actors and actresses to play a homosexual role considering that there is much stigma attached still even in this day and age. It must be quite hard to maintain an accent that you don't normally speak which must be pretty demanding on the role being played. My hat goes off to actors/actresses who can do that so well.
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| Q of the Continuum (3/4/2006)
It must be really hard on the actors and actresses to play a homosexual role considering that there is much stigma attached still even in this day and age.I'm not sure I agree with that. I dare say there will always be some misguided souls who think it's worse to be homosexual than to be a serial killer or rapist, but that doesn't mean the part would be any harder to play. I've heard it said (in relation to Brokeback Mountain) that it must be difficult for a straight actor to play a homosexual character - but one very rarely hears the same type of comment on the difficulty of a, presumably non-murderous, actor playing a murderer, or an honest actor playing a thief. And, after all, that's why they call it acting.  |
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| And it's not as if it's the first gay role Dominic's played, either!
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| Sal (3/5/2006)
And it's not as if it's the first gay role Dominic's played, either!
Did he play the other roles as camp? Cause if so, I think people will be impressed by his performance in The Attackmen. He plays the role with a lot of bravery and that's why there could be possible awards for him (fingers crossed). |
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Q of the Continuum (3/4/2006)
It must be really hard on the actors and actresses to play a homosexual role considering that there is much stigma attached still even in this day and age.I'm not sure I agree with that. I dare say there will always be some misguided souls who think it's worse to be homosexual than to be a serial killer or rapist, but that doesn't mean the part would be any harder to play. I've heard it said (in relation to Brokeback Mountain) that it must be difficult for a straight actor to play a homosexual character - but one very rarely hears the same type of comment on the difficulty of a, presumably non-murderous, actor playing a murderer, or an honest actor playing a thief. And, after all, that's why they call it acting. Oh yeah - I know what you mean. What I was meaning was it could be more demanding than usual! People may think that Dominic is gay in real life for playing that role - so I find it brave of actors and actresses to do what they do. I respect Dominic for playing such a role. I had a similar topic on Connor Trinneers forum not so long ago with his part in 'Far East'.
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| | I think there's less of that than there used to be. Some years ago - not that long, actually -there was a stigma. It was a career risk to play a gay character. I remember Aidan Quinn, when he played the character in "A Touch of Frost" - the character was gay and had AIDS. There was press at the time about the risk he took playing such a character. Not so today, and thank God for that. There will always be ignorant people who assume that, if an actor plays a gay character, the actor must also be gay. But most people are smarter than that. After all, we've had gay actors playing straight people for decades, with no one the wiser. It's acting :shrugs:
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| I agree. I can understand that it could be considered a very brave move to take on that type of role... ten years ago. Not now though. I for one am not going around thinking Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal are gay. (Some poeple like rps but that's a different matter altogether and no one needs the actors in a gay role to do rps!)
And yes, roaringmice brings up a good point. Consider Rock Hudson for one. The ultimate leading man of the 50s and he was homosexual so it really means nothing in the end. The only thing is the gossip mill and rumours and celeb mags etc who make a big deal of these things sometimes for no reason. Much like the idea that women must all be stick thin to look good in Hollywood.
Which brings me to say that I think a man playing a homosexual role in Hollywood is LESS daring than a woman being overweight for a role. But that's how times have changed.
Acting is acting. And if you do it convincingly then you've done your job. I could care less what type of character it is so long as the actor does what he's paid to do and does it well.
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