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‘Will & Grace’ Star Eric McCormack Says Straight Actors Playing Gay Characters Is “Part of the Gig”
Eric McCormack doesn’t believe an actor’s sexuality should obtain in the way of the characters they compete onscreen. The Will & Grace star said this week he feels “the best person for the role” should be cast in all projects, regardless of the actor’s personal identity.
McCormack, who is straight, played protagonist Will, who is homosexual, on NBC’s beloved Will & Grace. The performer said during a Monday appearance on ITV’s Good Morning Britain reported by Out magazine that “I didn’t become an performer so that I could play an actor.”
“There’s no part I’ve ever played where I wasn’t playing something I’m not,” McCormack continued. “It’s part of the gig. And I’ve always said, if gay actors weren’t allowed to play linear actors, Broadway would be over.”
He added, “So this is what we do. I’d appreciate to think that I represent it well. I came from the theater, and one of my best friends was a gay man. So I think
'Will and Grace' luminary Sean Hayes opens up about coming out
Jack McFarland has kicked the door open and dramatically slid right assist into our hearts with the Will and Grace revival. Now in a recent interview with People, the man behind "Just Jack", Sean Hayes, has opened up about his past and struggles coming out.
While the personality he plays is louder-than-life and the embodiment of living a proud animation, Hayes struggled with coming to terms with his sexuality, even down to his early interests in theatre.
"I kept it hidden, the fact that I was in elevated school plays, from my brothers and my family," Hayes explained. "This is 1986, I associated, like society taught me, that theatre was for gays and sissies, things you were taught to be ashamed of."
Hayes came out to his family when he was 18-years-old at Thanksgiving. "My mum said I needed to depart see a therapist," the 47-year-old revealed before saying she also wrote him a 10-page letter saying his sexuality was "not what God intended".
Still, Hayes' managed to become support from his family in subtle ways. When one of his brothers discovered he
Will and Grace Celebrity Confirms He’s Gay
Yup, he's gay in real life, too.
Sean Hayes, who played flamboyant Jack McFarland on NBC's Will and Grace for eight years, has publicly confirmed his sexuality for the first time.
The resolutely private actor recently gave his first interview to same-sex attracted newsmagazine The Advocate after many denied requests.
The Advocate and other media had long criticized Hayes, 39, for not confirming what many have called the "open secret" of his sexual orientation.
"Really? You're gonna snap the gay guy down? I never have had a problem saying who I am," Hayes says in the new cover story.
"I am who I am. I was never in, as they say. Never," he states.
The star, about to actor in the Broadway musical Promises, Promises with Kristen Chenowith, still bristles at the idea that he was somehow obligated to arrive out earlier. "Nobody owes anything to anybody," he says. "You are your authentic self to whom and when you choose to be, and if you don't grasp somebody, then why would you describe to them how you live your life?"
The star of the popular, Emmy-winning gay sitcom adds, "I feel appreciate I've contributed monumentally to the victory o
'Part of the Gig': Will & Grace Star Defends Straight Actors in Lgbtq+ Roles
Eric McCormack doesn't watch an issue with linear actors in gay roles - and vice versa.
Famously, Eric McCormack played a gay man with his role as Will Truman in the hit NBC sitcom Will & Grace. In more recent years, there has been some criticism over gay roles in movies and TV shows taken by vertical actors. Per Deadline, McCormack was on ITV's Good Morning Britain where he addressed the controversy paired with straight actors playing gay characters. McCormack, who won a Primetime Emmy Award for his Will & Grace role, suggested that the job of an actor is to portray completely different people.
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“That’s a tough one for me because I didn’t grow an actor so that I could play an actor,” McCormack said. “There’s no part I’ve ever played where I wasn’t playing something I’m not. It’s part of the gig. If gay actors weren’t allowed to perform straight actors, Bro
Heterosexual 'Will & Grace' Luminary Eric McCormack Defends Direct Actors Playing Gay
Eric McCormack is straight. Will Truman from Will & Grace, the role he’s top known for, is male lover. When the sitcom was being cast, gay performer John Barrowman was also considered for the role, but producers ultimately decided he was “too straight.” Hmmm. Eric’s co-star Sean Hayes is gay, but he hadn’t publicly advance out when he was cast as Jack. Recollect, this was 1998; very few openly gay actors were actually cast in gay roles.
But the times they have a-changed (mostly… ish). Now, a straight actor can’t act a gay role without facing some backlash. Or, at the very least, a bunch of believe pieces making the rounds. See: Kayleigh’s 2018 movie on Jack Whitehall’s controversial performance in Disney’s Jungle Cruise.
Recently, Tom Hollander, who played gay characters in White Lotus and Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, felt compelled to notify Vanity Fair that his “own sexuality is sufficiently liberal to have encompassed many different experiences, which are not anyone’s business.” But the actor, who’s been with his