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What Do We Think Of Viggo Mortensen's Defense About Playing A Gay Character?
Viggo Mortensen is coming under fire for playing a gay man in his directorial debut Falling. However, his response to this criticism calls on audiences to question their possess assumptions. Does he have a point? Is this self-serving spin? Can it be both?
Let&#;s excavate in.
Written and directed by Mortensen, Falling centers on a homophobic father (Lance Henriksen) moving in with his gay son (Mortensen), who lives in Los Angeles. Cultures clash.
In her review out of TIFF, Kayleigh expressed concern that the celestial body of Green Book could write/direct a movie that wouldn&#;t be &#;a condescending co-opting of the lives and struggles of the marginalized, mostly to use as a series of cheap punchlines for the token bigot character.&#; However, she assured us Falling dodges that pitfall (but it manages to be underwhelming all the same.)
As Falling begins its European rollout, Mortensen has been asked about his decision as a straight actor to participate a gay character. Here&#;s what he told The Times (via IndieWi
Viggo Mortensen responds to criticism over gay role: &#;You’re assuming I’m completely straight&#;
Viggo Mortensen has responded to criticism over his conclusion to cast himself as a gay man in his upcoming film Falling.
The Lord of the Rings and Green Book star is making his debut as writer and director with the film, about a married gay man who takes care of his conservative and homophobic father after he starts to exhibit symptoms of dementia.
Mortensen stars as lead ethics John, with Lance Henricksen as his father, Terry Chen as his husband, and Laura Linney as his sister.
But Mortensen&#;s verdict to cast himself as a gay man has led to criticism, given ongoing backlash in Hollywood over straight, cisgender actors taking LGBTQ roles.
Speaking with Britain&#;s The Times, Mortensen clapped back at such criticism, noting that while it&#;s &#;healthy&#; to discuss LGBTQ representation, his decision to play a gay guy wasn&#;t a &#;gimmick.&#;
&#;Look, these are the times we&#;re living in, and I think it&#;s healthy that those issues are brought up,&#; Mortensen
If sitting across from Viggo Mortensen sounds like a terrifying prospect, then it sort of is.
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Viggo Mortensen is grilling me. I&#x;ve just told him I loved his new clip, The Dead Don&#x;t Hurt, a gorgeous, female-focused Western that he wrote, directed, produced, scored and starred in. Usually, it&#x;s the nice of gentle conversation starter that elicits something along the lines of: Thanks.
Not so with Mortensen.
When did you see it?
he asks first. About two days ago. On a big screen?
No, on my laptop. Oh,
he says, crestfallen. Were you able to survey the whole thing, with the conclude credits and all of it?
Yes. That&#x;s good.
Oh god, is he about to examine me? And you had decent sound?
I consider lying, but those piercing blue eyes are making me notice like he would find out the truth somehow. He shakes his brain. Too bad.
Is it? Yeah. It&#x;s really&#x; there&#x;s a lot of details that you missed.
If sitting
Viggo Mortensen has been on my sh-t list since He was promoting Captain Fantastic at the hour, which meant he was giving a lot of interviews, and he was asked about the American election. Viggo spoke about his ideological purity (he’s one of those guys), said Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were equally bad, and that pure people of integrity needed to vote for Jill Stein. Cancelled. My despise for him grew with Green Book, one of the worst f&#;king movies and completely undeserving of its Oscars. Anyway, Viggo has a new production called Falling. He plays a gay man with a husband. Viggo was asked about whether he thinks a cisgendered direct man like himself should play LGBTQ charcters and once again, Viggo said words.
Viggo Mortensen is defending his decision to portray a gay man in his upcoming film Falling. The year-old actor spoke to The Times about the role of John, a gay man who invites his conservative father Willis to live with him and his husband, Eric (Terry Chen), when Willis experiences symptoms of dementia.
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