Just look at Neil Patrick Harris in How I Met Your Mother - he was playing the straightest man ever, chasing after every girl. It’s all about the brilliancy of the actor.

@ROYAL_REBEL

Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY It's called acting. Straight actors can play as gay, gay actors can play straight parts Sir Ian McKellen plays straight parts ALL THE TIME

@joewilliams9285

11 ай бұрын

or Doogie Howser

@user-pe1uf6iz9w

9 ай бұрын

I think not enough importance is given the writers and directors. For me, Neil Patrick Harris played the roll written for him well, as did most of the cast. “Straightest man ever”? I think ignorant confidence was his character’s comedic strength. A feature shared universally.

@Damaged7

8 ай бұрын

Um you do know that being gay doesn't mean you are incapable of interacting with women right? Yes, he is an actor, he took on a role, thats his job.

@NatrollJM

7 ай бұрын

did you actually red the video title?@@Damaged7

When Piers asked '' What is an actor?'', we all knew the debate was over

Benjamin is an endless mine of stupidity and comedy :D

@mursuhillo242

10 ай бұрын

Benjamin Butter(worthless). Almost like butter that goes on from being tasty delicacy into a rancid pile of rotting milk and stays there.

I’m bisexual, and I think they absolutely can. If only gay actors can play gay characters, the only straight actors can play straight characters. As a bisexual who loved acting in high school I would be furious if someone said I couldn’t play a straight person.

You don't have to murder someone to actually play a murderer on screen

@twilightparanormalresearch186

8 ай бұрын

Well with dumbass woke people you might

So by this dude's logic, people like Ian McKellen, who is very much gay, shouldn't play straight characters, because he doesn't know what it's like to be straight. Ye gods...

@jughead18sp

Жыл бұрын

lol.. only wizards can play Gandalf

@alucardnolifeking789

11 ай бұрын

@@jughead18sp and only real orcs can act in lord of the rings !

@eddiethinhvuong1607

26 күн бұрын

No, no. Apparently, accordingly to him, gay people has been acting gay half of their life so they know what it likes to be straight, thus they have all the right to play straight of course. /s

This dude was born to get offended

This is like saying “only murderers can play movie villains”

Acting is acting! I'm autistic and I loved Dustin Hoffmann in Rain Man. He portrayed Kim Peek in a great movie.

@liklyhoys2491

8 ай бұрын

Agree autistic aswell rain man was amazing

It is as if Piers is making the most of this opportunity to parent Benjamin for the betterment of society because Benjamin lacks the basic mental faculties to string a coherent argument.

If you ever feel useless, remember Bejamin exists...

why did they have Earthlings play aliens in movies? BIGOTS!

I have a fully gay friend who plays straight roles all the time and his co-workers are straight get all the gay roles

@asgardsiteworks

Жыл бұрын

Same, we (my friend group) have concluded that by observing the mannerisms and characteristics of the other party, they are able to play the roles, arguably better, than those who the role is "about"

There are over 500 gay actors. If he actually read something he would know that. Just because you're a gay actor doesn't mean you're a good one. Gay or straight.

The movie Birdcage. Robin Williams, Nathan Lane and Hank Azaria. Straight men playing gay roles and they were absolutely amazing!!!

@JoleCannon

7 ай бұрын

Umm. Nathan Lane is gay.

@SearsA07

7 ай бұрын

@@JoleCannon That I don’t know, thanks. I read he didn’t publicly come out until 1999, the movie came out 1996.

Courtney Cox, a Catholic woman -- played a Jewish character - Monica Geller - for a decade and nobody batted an eyelid.

Criteria should be who is the best actor. It is hard to beat Tom Hanks.

If anyone has seen John Hurt in A Naked Civil Servant, it blows out of the water the argument that a straight man cannot effectively inhabit a gay character. I agree that it is all down to skill. Gay actors like Ian Mckellen, Luke Evans, Rupert Everett and Victor Garber have founded excellent careers with hugely diverse roles.

Acting is an art so whoever does it best should get the part

ngl maybe all those gay stars are not good enough for the act. the xmen actor was good and he get casted for movies, celebrate him! he plays straight character and all that. it's just about how good they are in the art performance not their sexuality. enough of all these underrepresented bs to use to define actors or actress. you get casted because you earn the role with your talent. that's it.

WTF, why is this a thing, a good actor is a good actor and can fit any role. This is getting insane and actually disturbs me. it should be the best person for the job, surely?

Sean Penn played Harvey Milk in the movie Milk. I don't believe Sean Penn is gay.

Yes they can.Its acting. Its like you don't have to be a rapist to play a rapist in a movie. Don't be an angry and mean tooth ferry.

5:06 "sesUality" had me dying 🤣

The woman simply feels sorry for the journalist and tries to help him with his lie because she is in pain for him

@quixotiq

Ай бұрын

Ben Butterworth is no journalist, surely ta fark. not a real one anyway

I think we need to give an applause to Ben for always loosing all his debates and still agrees to come and debate. Man keeps getting trashed all the time and still shows up all the time. He ideas are always sh*t too

The simple fact to have to ask the question is very worrying!!

I'm sorry but every time I see this nerdy dude, he makes me laugh 😂

@rodwellzanga6712

9 ай бұрын

He doesn’t even have to say anything 😅

I love how Piers zeroes in on Benjamin before he even opens his mouth. He outed the guy as a hypocrite in under a minute.

I hate it when someone call themselves an activist these days. They're just a bunch of angry people who would get offended and angry at everything, who'd argue at anything just for the sake of arguing. FFS, there have been many gay actors playing straight parts as well. Was he just woken up, saw news about James Corden plays a gay part and decided to be mad at it because being mad at something is what an activist would do?

It's called acting..

Oh great. Now we can't have another Iron Man sequel 'til they can recruit an actual Iron man...sorry...person...iron person.

This dude gets offended as a profession

Ben needs to practice his acting role as an activist

Dude that played Tony on 13 Reasons why is straight too🤷🏾‍♂️😂

"Acting gay" is what actual gay people do. No two of them are the same in mannerisms, dress, tone, etc. It's all just a personality. It'd be the same as saying an actor can't portray a lawyer, a teacher, or the President because that isn't what they are in real life. -ugh-

Harry Shum Jr. and Matthew Daddario were so authentic as a gay couple for example and both are straight.

By that logic, Neil Patrick Harris should not have casted as Barney :D

What about Priscilla Queen of the Desert? Butterworth is nuts!

Its ACTING, you shouldn’t be who you are. Your liturally playing another character. This is so obvious!!! 😩😩

I love the blatant double standard.

I generally agree with Piers but what i dont like is that he never lets the other guy finish what he was saying. Thats really annoyi9ng to always fall in the word

BENJAMIN WHAT? Is he real?

Good luck David Walliams

he shares the Creepy in my opinion face twitch as Jonathan King.

wow Christopher Biggins, I've not seen him for donkey's years

This Benjamin bloke needs urgent help😂😂😂😂😂

many many actors who a known to be gay play straight roles

A little late to the party here but I felt I needed to chip in. Applying Benjamin's logic, Victims of crime should only be played by victims of crime, bricklayers by bricklayers, space explorers by space explorers etc in order to bring "authenticity". So can we look forward to seeing Gary Glitter in the Rolf Harris story?

There have always been roles for quality gay actors - Rock Hudson, anyone?

So what about an actor playing a serial killer or rapist....can only REAL serial killers or rapists play those roles?

Benjamin doesn't make sense to me... And I am Gay myself. Sometimes, Benjamin offends me... But I can forgive him, if he keeps calm.

What is the age of Benjamin Butterworth? That is the Question... Benji would be a perfect actor for the Ed Sheeren role in the future. see? I agree with him.

I thought acting was called acting for a reason.

All hell would break loose if anyone were to tell Denzel Washington he shouldn't have played Macbeth because there were no black men in 11th Century Scotland....

Biggins is a legend, who doesn't like CB, one of the funniest men on TV, and nicest as well, you can tell Piers and Suzanne had respect for him when they addressed him, long live biggins......

cam- modern family

I'm an on-again, off-again actor who has never been married. But I've played married men. I'm an American who's never lived under dictatorship (not yet, anyway) but I've played a Soviet apparatchik. I'm not saying that there must be a "quota" system or that a director shouldn't be entitled to prefer a gay actor for a gay part (especially when the character's sexuality has an outsized place in the script as opposed to other characteristics), And I almost never agree with Piers Morgan about anything.

what a good first two question s

ACTING, ANYONE CAN ACT, DONT DISCRIMINATE.

Ok, so this kills me but i do actually agree with Benjamin button about in THAT SPECIFIC ROLE a real gay person could add a dimension a str8 person couldnt however, this whole discussion is ridiculous

If those gay actors are better at playing those gay parts with more "authenticity and dimension"... why didn't they get the role? And isn't having renowned actors with larger audiences and great acting ability represent a gay character -- doing a greater act of representation for the gay community? Or unless they have "misrepresented" gay in anyway?

Good acting always comes along with the actor not letting the audience notice that they are not the person they are portraying. Achieving this is the main part of preparing for a role --> so you initially might have an advantage if you are a homosexual person playing a homosexual role, but that is a minor factor. According to woke arguments, since sexuality was not openely revealed for the most time in history, most people from past decades cannot be portrayed by anyone (you never know for sure ;P )

but dwarfs cant play dwarfs in the new snow white movie... XD

Sure. They did it in Priscilla Queen of the Desert. But then, that story was a farce.

At this point the topic tasteless and its only getting worse every moment they continue the discussion.

LIBERACE…MICHAEL DOUGLAS, MAT DAMON, ROB LOWE…made me sick. Very convincing.

This guy keeps embarassing himself, the hypocracy is just mind blowing

At the end of the day films have 2 purposes... entertainment and money... I get the point about the acting, but only the big names get the big bucks.

Is this even a discussion???

Planet of the apes(old one) is the best example to shut ben up 😅, its about if the actor is good and should be the investment.

Pongo Banks wasn’t gay but he did a great job acting

I'm straight, but I love Biggins!

Benjamin how about the movie called The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. I suggest you watch it and see how wrong you are.

So let me get this right, the debate is that straight people 'shouldn't' play a gay role? Or a gay person can't play a straight role? Isn't that discrimination? Unless I've missed something?

Someone give those two a knighthood.

Double standards Think of the dwarfs that cannot play dwarf rolls. Remind to also vote for the dwarfs

Benjamin Worthless

this benjamin guy is on the other video too complaining. does this guy got a job?

@exzile4166

Жыл бұрын

nope

@Jigz1991

Жыл бұрын

@@exzile4166 😂😂😂 damn... hahahaha

Well it is acting i wouldn't mind being a lesbian actor but actually straight lol

As long an an actor takes a role seriously and just portrays a character, it doesnt matter whatsoever what they do/like privately! no ones damn buisness, aslong as they do a good job! like Rami Malek playing freddy beautifully! or robi williams playing MsDoubtfire! was great back then & no one cared about anything otherm then him trying to be with his kids, no matter what he has to do or wear for it! otherwise, i could also demand that no caucasian should be allowed to wear *whiteface" & play a ginger! because thats more racist, then playing a "mindset"!

Yes. Thanks to all the straight actors who have played gays has helped us a lot

@JoleCannon

7 ай бұрын

I don't know if you're being sarcastic or real. I had a former-friend tell me and my partner we are more accepted because straight people took on the challenge of playing gay characters and showing us as real people. It always come around to "Let us do it, then you'll be accepted," and it shouldn't be that way. The issue I have is not that straight actors are playing gay parts, it's that for the longest time they were called 'brave' for doing so, and even now many gay actors are not even being considered for gay roles. We get so many big name straight actors getting awards for being 'brave' and playing gay.

Gay actors are not under-represented, most if not all big budget movies want the best actors for a particular role. And a lot of gay actors, with all due respect, just don't have what it takes to star in big budget movies.Of course there are exceptions. Rock Hudson being one of them. He was gay and he never did a gay movie role. In Hollywood, if you have talent, you will be given movie roles. And if you don't, you won't. Simple as that. But understand that I am generalizing here.

The world's gone bonkers..

Yes, it's called ACTING. what a stupid question to ask.

bet Butterball is all for the rainbow unicorn alphabet mafias adoration of the stunning & brave woman facer’s though ?

Tell me what authenticity a 20 something gay actor can bring to the topic of aids in the 80’s that someone who actually lived it cannot?

It is all B.S. Doogie Howser was not played by a juvenile doctor, should we cancel? Jack Nicholson is not a reincarnated psycho killer, cancel?

2:35

Yes, the can. And the other way around.

Benjamin clearly doesn't know what an actor is?

Benjamin Button 💀

How about the best actor get the part for that role?? Gay or straight who ever doe she beat gets the role!!!

It's only gay if you push back

Malik got the part coz he had the teeth..

Isnt that the point of acting? Can only someone with super powers play superman / spiderman etc? Gay people also play straight people and thats no issue apparently All actors should play the parts they want. I dont see the issue.

Crikey Ben must realise that there are a lot of big male movie stars out there that are still in the closet..

People rants about equality but end up becoming bigots and discriminating idiots. You become what you hate most!

The clue is the wkrd ay.

Can gay actors play straight? I wonder.