You know what, I’m kind of won over to that point in the case of trans people. I don’t think orientation is a problem at all in the film industry these days and I don’t think it needs to be considered for a role. But I think trans could potentially be similar to race. The exception would be in the case of a low budget movie where perhaps the director can’t find a trans actor, but in Hollywood and big-budget things I think I get it now.
Exactly! Always happy to see people open to changing their views when presented with new information or a different perspective.
Like I said, I take everything personally so when I heard that, I immediately thought of Boys Don’t Cry and that is a very, very important movie to me for a multitude of reasons. The lead, a transgender guy, is played by Hilary Swank, a woman. And I just imagined people disregarding that role and movie as “transface” and it pissed me off.
It’s a different time. If that movie were made today and cast the same way, it might be problematic. But at the time it was very progressive, and remains an important film regardless of how it may be cast today.