So, the two separate conversations have to happen simultaneously.
But the other is about empathic imagination, and if we only allow people to be cast as exactly who they are, it’ll be the death of it. Because we should want a world in which no matter your sexual orientation, your color, or your heritage, everyone gets a fair whack. “One is about equality of opportunity, and I’m completely in on that.
“I think it’s two different conversations getting conflated,” Garfield explained. In a recent interview with The Telegraph, Garfield was asked about this performance and whether he thinks straight actors should be allowed to play gay characters. The actor received praise for his performance, even though Garfield himself is straight. 'Forbidding straight actors from playing gay characters would mean 'the death of empathic imagination … '' - The Week March 21, 2022īack in 2018, Garfield played a gay man with AIDS in the play Angels in America.
