However, Nathan seemed to think it was worth trailing the fact that the crime-fighter was gay past Dillon. And he was, apparently, correct; Dillon jumped on the idea.themacnut wrote:It isn't about whether the actor is gay or not, it's whether said actor would be willing to do Nathan, like wiseguy said. Which is why Nathan offered the role to Dillon.
I think that you accidentally skipped a word in the second sentence there. But strictly speaking, you could be correct; it could be the crime that's gay, not the crime fighter. And I'm now taking an unkind and illiberal pleasure in the mental image of Dillon finding himself cast as a macho heterosexual vigilante, coming down hard on gay criminals...JoybuzzerX wrote:Dillion would likely want the role whether it was a gay crime fighter or not. The fact that the crime is gay may just make Dillion want the role more (or at least think he deserves the role more).
One gathers that this stuff does still happen, though things are supposed to be getting better, slowly. But should a gay actor like Dillon be encouraging that mind-set by jumping so enthusiastically onto gay parts, when he's proved that he can play a hetero romantic lead?JoybuzzerX wrote:As for the implications...I'd say that's standard Hollywood and possibly even fandom thinking. Matt Bohmer wasn't cast as Mr Grey in 50 Shades because he's gay. They (those in charge of casting) didn't think audiences would buy that Matt was Mr Grey because of this fact. I thought this was terrible thinking until I happened across a Robot Chicken skit where they have Sulu implying he's gay because George is gay and then started to wonder if it was things like this why they didn't cast Matt.
What with this and all the drag parts he gets, I suspect that Dillon is a lot more attached to his own comfort zone than he'd want to admit.