Straight actors who played gay characters

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In recent months, a flurry of new productions have been announced in which straight actors — or least, actors who are not publicly gay — will play gay characters. Nicholas Galiztine, meanwhile, is emerging as the potential new king of gay for pay, with roles in Mary and George as a gay duke , Red, White and Royal Blue a gay prince and Handsome Devil a gay rugby player. While gay actors do play straight roles, there are still significant barriers within the industry. Landing a role as a straight character is particularly difficult for gay actors who are younger or less established.

Clive is a gay man who tries to suppress his homosexuality in Edwardian-era England. Grant's performance has been labeled as insightful and "intelligent," and in , The New York Times critic Janet Maslin called Grant "so good. Maslin said that Grant's Clive "embodies all the conservatism and complacency, not to mention all the hidden desire, that Forster saw as most repressive in the English society of his day. In another Oscar winning performance, Theron plays serial killer Aileen Wuornos, who was bisexual.