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I'm not gay and I'm honestly intrigued to hear thoughts behind this gay disappointment.
Is it about the actor faking a thing? Is it about not wanting/being able/feeling stupid to fantasize about the character because the actor isn't gay?
Probably the latter. It's not like this isn't common; you see the manufactured pop stars get told to keep their relationships quiet because it'll drop their sales money/upset the fans.
Hopefully the latter. Thinking someone is attractive, I get, and being sad about it isn't the kind of thing people can control.
Unfortunate that I even have to question the meaning, because there absolutely are people on other platforms who are quite loud about their belief that only a real actor who is X in real life should play a role about X. Which is...not entirely how acting works.
I didn't want to think an idea so far left it became discriminatory would make its way to the fediverse so quickly, but I wish that chance was zero.
I personally don't mind these kinds of aspects being or missing in an actor's personality/characteristics.
If I don't know what something looks like authentically, acting whatever while acting to be "it" seems good enough for me 😁 And if someone not being something acts authentically anyway, that's good too!
Exterior resemblance has a bigger impact on me.
An example: It feels a bit weird how Disney's new mermaid movie has a different-colored main actress compared to the animation. I know it's important to bring all kinds of people to the mix but...I kinda got used to what Ariel originally looks like.
I just have to assume that these people never watch any fantasy or sci-fi, since it's gotta be a real birch finding elves and aliens and centaurs and death robots and orcs and lizard people.
Like... it's literally called acting. In a sense, their entire job is to lie (convincingly) about who they are.
Interesting!
Prob. About feeling represented.
Like black face for actors of color.
Even thought the chances of you ending up in bed with a famous actor are virtually null, they are not zero. But when you find out they are totally not gay, your dreams are shattered. That's how horny minds work.
For me, I dont care, except when the character is an over exaggerated gay person.