[ SECRET POST #6847 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6847 ⌋

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[Reading Rainbow (the reboot) with Mychal Threets]



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[(Anonymous)]

I was immediately turned off The Roses when I saw Kate McKinnon acting horny for Cumberbatch in the trailer. Sorry but I just can’t accept her as being attracted to a man.

If they’d shown her going after Olivia, I’d already have my ticket.

[(Anonymous)]

I can see why this is a secret. People like you are exactly the reason a lot of actors stay in the closet.

[iff_and_xor]

Viewers seem a lot happier to accept straight people playing gay than the other way around. And I'm not convinced it has much to do with acting ability. It really seems connected more to knowledge of the actor's life than what's happening on screen.

On the one hand, I get it. Some people have a hard time not letting knowledge about an actor affect their perception of a role. Maybe we all do that a little and just vary in how much. On the other hand, it really sucks for gay actors.

[(Anonymous)]

IDK, I'm the opposite. I find het romance much more palatable and less uncomfortable to watch when I know one or the other of the actors is gay IRL.

Case in point: Jonathan Bailey is the only Fiyero I've ever been able to stomach.

[iff_and_xor]

That's interesting. I wonder how that changes things for you to make it more palatable.

While the end result for your enjoyment is the opposite, it sounds like there's still something about knowing an actor is gay that has you experiencing their acting out a hetero romance differently.

[(Anonymous)]

I do not for a second believe that all actors feel attraction to their on-screen love interests, though (non-tinhat) speculating about it sure can be fun. What matters is their ability to make me believe that their characters are attracted.

Over the years, I've watched and heard a lot about behind-the-scenes stuff, so I can tell you that while some of my favorite on-screen couples ended up with the actors getting together in real life, others really didn't like each other or are good friends who don't seem to have been attracted to each other (maybe even saw each other as siblings) or were pretty neutral about each other.

Anyway, if she doesn't convince you because she's not good at the role, that's one thing, but if knowing her sexual orientation means you don't think she can be a good actor, you maybe need to examine that.

[greghousesgf]

If I were an actor it would really mess with my head if I had to play a love/sex scene with somebody I really did not find attractive.

[(Anonymous)]

It's literally part of the job.

Would it mess with your head if you had to play a deep meaningful friendship scene with someone you only just met yesterday? Or a vicious fight scene with someone you consider a close friend?

Acting is about performing a character and embodying complex feelings of all kinds that you almost certainly don't feel IRL.

It's honestly kind of creepy, IMHO, to be like "I could play an axe murderer or a victim of domestic violence or whatever other role without any personal connection to those experiences... but to pretend to make out with someone I don't find hot is just WEIRD."

[greghousesgf]

I'm sure you won't understand this, but I feel like I can fake most emotions but not sexual ones. I'd make a lousy sex worker.

[(Anonymous)]

Then it's a really good thing you're not planning on becoming an actor, because that's literally Acting 101.

[greghousesgf]

yeah, I knew you wouldn't understand it

[(Anonymous)]

DA
What's not to understand? You are not suited for the job of an actor. Or a sex worker as you said. But we are talking about actors. It's their job to play pretend

[(Anonymous)]

Understand what? That you are, by your own admission, fundamentally unable to do the one thing every single actor is called on to do, countless times, throughout their career?

Name one currently working actor or actress who has never once had to make out with a co-star. Name one movie or TV show that didn't include at least one romantic or sexual subplot.

Your personal issues and hang-ups are irrelevant. If you cannot act, and specifically, if you cannot act in the one department every actor inevitably needs to, you are unequivocally incapable of being an actor.

[greghousesgf]

I can think of a bunch of them but they're not currently working, they're dead.

[(Anonymous)]

Which is the opposite of what I said. So completely and utterly irrelevant to this conversation.

"Name one thing that's blue."
"I can think of a bunch, but they're not blue, they're red."

[(Anonymous)]

Neal McDonough

I have absolutely no horse in this race whatsoever and do not care, but it was fascinating to me to watch an interview with him where he was like 'yeah, I play a soldier or a villain almost exclusively because I refuse to kiss anyone on screen'. Made me really think about how prevalent kissing is in media and how hard it is as an actor to avoid it. Though I have to admit, Caity Lotz immediately shooting back with 'I loooove kissing people on TV' was making the whole thing even more funny to me. :D

[(Anonymous)]

I would certainly go for Olivia Colman over Benedict Cumberbatch...

[(Anonymous)]

I wonder if this is true for every actor - that you can only believe them if they play true to their own attraction and personality? Or do you just not find McKinnon a very good actor?

[(Anonymous)]

Good question. She seems like more of a comedian-in-a-sketch actor than a "disappear into the role" actor.

[(Anonymous)]

DA Yeah, this is it for me - I can happily watch most actors playing anything because they're acting. But there are some..."cameo actors"? (I guess?) where they've been cast as their public selves and it's really hard to see them as the character. A lot of actors who come from sketch comedy, in particular, maybe because the persona is so strong. And people who've had a lot of plastic surgery playing a character who wouldn't have, that can be an issue for me, too.

[(Anonymous)]

This reminds me of how I found out one of the gay husbands from Modern Family recently got married and I was like "he wasn't gay IRL???" because he played the bit so well.

[(Anonymous)]

Unless you think she's not the right actress for the role, this secret confuses me. It's not Kate McKinnon herself being into Benedict Cumberbatch, they're actors playing as characters.

[(Anonymous)]

She is an actress, man. It's her job.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, no.
There's this thing called acting, you might be new, but you can actually live outside your physical stereotypes, not to mention your own likes or dislikes, because the character you happen to be playing isn't actually you. Crazy news, I know.
Just a heads up. People shouldn't be fit into a reel just because it's their job to play in one. They have more talent and prospects beyond that.