Tom Hanks: Audiences no longer accept straight actors in gay roles - The Telegraph

Hollywood star, who won an Academy Award for his performance in Philadelphia, says ‘inauthenticity’ makes such casting impossible today

Hanks made the comments in an interview with New York Times Magazine to promote Baz Luhrmanns biopic Elvis, in which he plays Presleys shadowy talent manager, Colonel Tom Parker. But Hanks comments … [+729 chars]

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