Yea so those are issues outside of casting Muslims in Muslim roles. This is what annoys me sometimes about proposals like these, they are PR solutions that don't tackle the real problem and only serve to create an image.
Which is why the whole explanation by Tom Hanks made sense.
Think you meant to post thisSorry Tom but this will always be for me the
ultimate male relationship on screen.
I think I'm just typing for the sake of itIt’s definitely been harder than it should be for out gay men (and women) to get roles playing straight characters. Thankfully that’s changing. An example being Andrew Scott getting such a great role in Fleabag. A change that, ironically, the notion gay characters must be played by gay actors would actually work against.
Because I’d say it’s incredibly draining. Not everyone has the stomach for that sort of battle over a long period of time. Becoming a pro footballer is a tough enough grind as it is, without dealing with that on top of everything else.
Bruv, I think I've been doing that for the last 2 hours!
It is, but getting to the top of anything is draining.
The general sentiment behind what he said (rather than the specifics of what he said) is pretty reasonable and well-intentioned, I think, even thought it sounds a tad divisive at face value. Obviously, actors should be able to understand and empathize with the mostly fictitious characters they play; and technically, portray any one they're asked to while believably becoming someone else. And, their sexuality is no one's business unless they themselves want to publicly share the information — that goes without saying. But if a certain character is part of a traditionally under-represented or mis-represented or caricaturized or tokenized group or sub-culture, maybe the casting directors should have the sensibility to first and foremost look for actors from specific backgrounds as...
You said it better.
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Think it's a good piece.
There was that one with harrison ford and anne something or other (think shes dating / married to ellen?). They crash land on an island. Ross from friends was in it too.
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John Wayne would love it.
Some Jodie Foster roles I guess? Though even then she was famously very guarded about her private life throughout her career, even while she was in a long term relationship with another woman, which maybe underlines the point.
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Sounds like he’s a complete prick. Although begs the question why/how she was reading his WhatsApp messages? I’ve never once inadvertently seen a stranger’s whatsapp message on their phone screen.
Depends on if he actually took her picture or not.
Both people are assholes. Looking into someone's phone, which isn't meant for you, then getting pissed because he called you fat and trying to shame him are pretty shitty things as well.
The thread is from 2015, to be fair
yeah, look how that’s ended up.
Hard to know. If what she says is accurate then calling him out seems fair. However, seems odd that (a) she’d be able to read his phone so easily; (b) that anyone would randomly describe someone in that way without some prior interaction to cause them to do so and (c) she was able to work out who he was. Feels we’d need to hear both sides.
If he did it, he's a prick. She's a clown for sharing his info and anyone who does anything with it is one as well.
Where is that thread? Sounds like a bold claim.
Probably offended her in some way and she is trying to get him to lose his job. Hate to be so cynical but that’s how I see it..
He looks like a complete prick in fairness, probably votes Tory as well.
Hard to say. A collision of toxic masculinity and toxic social media? My main question is how this is related to the issue of political correctness?
You’ll be surprised at how petty and vindictive people can be, sending emails to company managers trying to get people sacked over the most minuscule of things.
