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Rebel Wilson Says the Idea That Only Gay Actors Can Portray Gay Characters Is ‘Total Nonsense’: ‘You Should Be Able to Play Any Role You Want’
Rebel Wilson thinks the idea that only gay actors should play gay characters is "total nonsense."
In a new interview on BBC Radio 4’s “ Desert Island Discs ” (via The Guardian), the “Pitch Perfect” star brought up the topic when host Lauren Laverne asked if she felt there was a different standard with the kinds of jokes women comedians can make compared to men. “Even though I come from a very conservative background, it went very, very well … My grandparents, who are in their 90s, are just so chilled and cool with it,” she said, adding that her fiancée’s family did not share the same support. Wilson also addressed the controversy over her memoir, “Rebel Rising,” which included allegations of inappropriate behavior against Sacha Baron Cohen during the filming of 2016’s “The Brothers Grimsby.” After Baron Cohen denied Wilson’s claims, calling them “demonstrably false,” the passages containing the allegations were redacted from the U.K. version of the book “for legal reasons.”
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