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‘Will & Grace’ Celestial body Eric McCormack Says Straight Actors Playing Gay Characters Is “Part of the Gig”
Eric McCormack doesn’t believe an actor’s sexuality should obtain in the way of the characters they play onscreen. The Will & Grace star said this week he feels “the foremost person for the role” should be cast in all projects, regardless of the actor’s personal identity.
McCormack, who is direct, played protagonist Will, who is lgbtq+, on NBC’s beloved Will & Grace. The actor said during a Monday appearance on ITV’s Good Morning Britain reported by Out magazine that “I didn’t become an actor so that I could engage an actor.”
“There’s no part I’ve ever played where I wasn’t playing something I’m not,” McCormack continued. “It’s part of the gig. And I’ve always said, if gay actors weren’t allowed to play straight actors, Broadway would be over.”
He added, “So this is what we do. I’d appreciate to think that I represent it well. I came from the theater, and one of my best friends was a homosexual man. So I th
‘Will & Grace’ Star Eric McCormack On Straight Actors Playing Homosexual Roles: “I Didn’t Become An Actor So That I Could Play An Actor”
Eric McCormack identifies as heterosexual and played the role of a gay male on Will & Grace across 11 seasons, eight in its original run and three in its revival.
The actor recently was interviewed on the UK’s ITV, where he was asked about the debate of a straight actor taking on a gay role.
“That’s a tough one for me because I didn’t become an actor so that I could play an actor,” McCormack said on Good Morning Britain. “There’s no part I’ve ever played where I wasn’t playing something I’m not. It’s part of the gig.”
He continued: “If gay actors weren’t allowed to play unbent actors, Broadway would be over. So this is what we do.”
McCormack noted that he wants to think that he represented the LGBTQ+ group well, noting: “I came from the theater, and every one of my best friends was a gay man. So I think I took their liveliness and their message in what was otherwise just a sitcom and represented, I
'Will and Grace' star Sean Hayes opens up about coming out
Jack McFarland has kicked the door expose and dramatically slid right back into our hearts with the Will and Grace revival. Now in a recent interview with People, the man behind "Just Jack", Sean Hayes, has opened up about his past and struggles coming out.
While the character he plays is louder-than-life and the embodiment of living a proud life, Hayes struggled with coming to terms with his sexuality, even down to his first interests in theatre.
"I kept it hidden, the reality that I was in high school plays, from my brothers and my family," Hayes explained. "This is 1986, I associated, like society taught me, that theatre was for gays and sissies, things you were taught to be ashamed of."
Hayes came out to his family when he was 18-years-old at Thanksgiving. "My mum said I needed to leave see a therapist," the 47-year-old revealed before saying she also wrote him a 10-page letter saying his sexuality was "not what God intended".
Still, Hayes' managed to get back from his family in subtle ways. When one of his brothers discovered he
Will and Grace Celebrity Confirms He’s Gay
Yup, he's gay in real life, too.
Sean Hayes, who played flamboyant Jack McFarland on NBC's Will and Grace for eight years, has publicly confirmed his sexuality for the first time.
The resolutely private actor recently gave his first interview to lgbtq+ newsmagazine The Advocate after many denied requests.
The Advocate and other media had long criticized Hayes, 39, for not confirming what many have called the "open secret" of his sexual orientation.
"Really? You're gonna fire the gay guy down? I never have had a problem saying who I am," Hayes says in the new cover story.
"I am who I am. I was never in, as they say. Never," he states.
The thespian, about to actor in the Broadway musical Promises, Promises with Kristen Chenowith, still bristles at the idea that he was somehow obligated to arrive out earlier. "Nobody owes anything to anybody," he says. "You are your authentic self to whom and when you choose to be, and if you don't comprehend somebody, then why would you describe to them how you live your life?"
The star of the popular, Emmy-winning gay sitcom adds, "I feel enjoy I've contributed monumentally to the victory