Is kate winslet gay
(LONDON) — Kate Winslet revealed in a novel interview that there are several well-known actors who are afraid to publicly reveal their sexuality. The Titanic star claims the unnamed actors are “terrified” of how coming out will impact their careers.
Speaking to The Sunday Times on Sunday, Winslet says a climate of “fear” still weighs heavily on some LGBT actors and said she knows “at least four actors” who are afraid of no longer being cast in lead roles should they publicly embrace their sexuality.
“I cannot tell you the number of young actors I know – some well known, some starting out – who are terrified their sexuality will be revealed and that it will stand in the way of their being cast in straight roles,” the Oscar winner explained.
“I can think of at least four actors absolutely hiding their sexuality,” Winslet announced. “It’s painful. Because they fear organism found out.'”
When explaining how to transform that negative society and make the acting industry “more open,” Winslet says that a way to help closeted actors is to speak
Kate Winslet Says She Knows ‘At Least Four’ Gay Actors Terrified of Coming Out in Hollywood
Kate Winslet said she personally knows several gay actors in Hollywood who are terrified of coming out publicly for fear that it will prevent them from being cast in straight roles. Winslet recently earned notices for playing a lesbian personality in the relationship “Ammonite” opposite Saoirse Ronan, even though neither actor identifies as LGBTQ.
“I cannot tell you the number of immature actors I understand — some adequately known, some starting out — who are terrified their sexuality will be revealed and that it will be upright in the way of their creature cast in unbent roles,” the Academy Award-winning actress told The Sunday Times. “Now that’s f***ed up.”
Winslet is assist in the spotlight for her upcoming HBO miniseries “Mare of Easttown,” playing an embattled detective in a petty Pennsylvania town. She also said she knows a “well-known” actor who just got a unused agent, and that agent told the client, “I grasp you are multi-attracted . I wouldn’t publicize that.”
Winslet added, “I can think of at lea
Kate Winslet Says She Knows ‘At Least Four’ Actors Afraid to Come Out of the Closet
Below is a link to the actual interview, here is an excerpt with the relevant part in bold:
[quote]Time for Ammonite, then. Winslet’s Anning has a companion, Charlotte, played by Saoirse Ronan. “A conversation about straight actors in gay roles is incredibly important,” Winslet says and, about 40 minutes later, we travel on to a different conversation. “I hope there will arrive a time when it is automatic that [gay] actors obtain those parts and you wouldn’t have to put punchy production stars in to get it made.”
[quote]So the idea is that by casting Winslet and Ronan — 11 Oscar nods between them — the film paves the way for more lgbtq+ stories, this time with homosexual actors? Winslet nods. “We could have had a conversation about how I feel about playing a lesbian and possibly taking that role from somebody,” she says, “but I’m done with not being honest about what my real opinions are, and I know the part was never offered to anybody else. In taking this part I had an opportunity to transport an LGBTQ story into living rooms.”
[quote]”But,” she continues, [bold]”I cannot tell you the number of young actors I k
While Hollywood is often presented as some sort of progressive paradise, the politics are often as restrictive as anyone else. In a new interview with The Sunday Times, Titanic actress Kate Winslet explained that many gay actors are afraid to publicly come out of the closer due to concerns over how it would affect their career. “I cannot tell you the number of young actors I know — some well known, some starting out — who are terrified their sexuality will be revealed and that it will stand in the way of their being cast in linear roles,” she explained. “Now that’s f—– up.”
“I’m telling you, a well-known thespian has just got an American agent and the agent said, ‘I know you are bisexual. I wouldn’t publicize that,’” Winslet revealed. “I can ponder of at least four actors absolutely hiding their sexuality. It’s painful. Because they fear being establish out. And that’s what they say. ‘I don’t want to be set up out.’”
Winslet explained that she thinks that this affects “men more than anything” due to preconceived notions of masculinity rooted in