Kate Winslet: "Some actors are terrified that their sexual orientation will be revealed"
GAYLES.TV.- «I can't tell you how many young actors I know, some well known and some just starting out, who are terrified that their sexuality will be revealed and that gets in the way of landing straight roles." has declared Kate Winslet in an interview The Sunday Times. The actress is promoting the film «Ammonite»In which she plays the paleontologist Mary Anning, a film marked by the lesbian romance between her character and the one played by Saoirse Ronan.
The winner of Oscar by "The Reader»Has confessed in the interview that he knows quite a few actors with fear that their sexual orientation will be made public for fear of how that could affect their careers. winslet He did not give any name but gave a very specific example of a colleague of his, to whom they have recommended not to reveal anything: «Yes, I am going to tell you that there is a well-known actor who has just found a new representative in the United States and that the first thing he has advised him is never to make his bisexuality public. I also know of at least four other actors who keep their sexuality totally hidden. And I find it very painful«, Has pointed.
Discrimination and homophobia
«Hollywood he has to give up the nonsense of wondering if a homosexual actor or actress can play a heterosexual character. It should even be illegal to have this type of doubt worthy of another era. You can't get an idea of how widespread this belief is in the industry«. winslet has harshly criticized certain attitudes that are present today in the film industry. «There is an environment of discrimination and homophobia. We need a movement similar to MeToo«, Has commented.
«It is also very important that we have a conversation about heterosexual actors playing homosexual characters. For example, we could talk about how I feel about giving life to a lesbian woman in «Ammonite » and the possibility that by accepting it he has taken away the character of a homosexual actress", has added.
The actress has admitted that she is tired of hiding her true opinion: «I'm tired of not being honest about my true opinions. I know this role was never offered to anyone else. So for me this movie was an opportunity to bring a history LGTBIQ to more places«. «But change will only really come when people start talking like me«, Has pointed winslet, encouraging more people to support the complaint movement it has undertaken.
«My intention is not to intimidate or confront Hollywood. We are only talking about young actors who might be considering joining this profession and how we can find a way for them to do so without encountering prejudice, discrimination and homophobia.", it is finished.
Sources: Public, The Sunday Times, Espinoff
Photographer: Jason BellAmmoniteInstagram
