I know Maggie/Kate was a thing in the comics, so it’d make sense to bring a canon lover of Kate, who has already been cast and is a character known in this universe, onto the show.Įspecially because her treatment on Supergirl really pissed me off. Now that I did see the crossover that introduced Kate Kane, I know exactly what two characters I’d love to move to Batwoman - because honestly, I think moving characters to the new show will serve as a nice tie into the universe and both of those characters make sense to be on this show. Rainbow Stuff LGBT+ Representation Lesbian Stuff wlw Stuff This, I do think, is more a general casting problem where they should, if they already know that two people will play lovers, have them kiss beforehand and test if that works. But sometimes even two straight actors playing straight characters kiss like two dead fish because they lack any chemistry and are clearly not intimately comfortable with each other. Yes, some straight actors playing queer characters look incredibly uncomfortable kissing and should definitely not be cast to play queer characters. But no one owes you a forced outing just to be allowed to play a part.Īdditionally, I think that the way a kiss goes and looks isn’t necessarily dependant on the actors’ sexuality. Yes, it’s important to see openly queer actors get work. And while things might be a bit better these days than 20 years ago, it’s still not a piece of cake to be out and proud in Hollywood. What is asked here isn’t to get queer actors, but to get openly queer actors, have them wave their queer card around to prove they get to play the part. But she wasn’t out yet when she was cast. While the reblog before mine is excellent, I’d like to add on about the “get queer actors to play queer roles”, because… Chyler Leigh (the redhead from the Supergirl kiss) is queer. So while I agree that in 2019 we should be aspiring to cast queer actors to play queer roles, please recognize that the fact we can aspire to that now is partly because of what two straight actors did fifteen years ago, when they decided they weren’t going to be afraid to risk breaking each other’s faces in a show of passion and longing. They literally were basically not allowed to say “queer people are people, and you don’t have to be queer to see that queer people can love and cherish each other emotionally and physically.” They did their best to do that, working against a mass media that was going “look, it’s a story about TWO MEN!! And they HAVE SEX!!! HOW FREAKY!!!” I think it was Jake who made the most confused face ever at the camera and kind of went “….no….? A kiss is a kiss?” The speculation on their sexualities ran RAMPANT-at the same time that Heath started dating Michelle Williams (who played his wife, in the most positive-but-ironic turn of events ever). They both went in with the attitude of “we’ve been hired to portray a relationship, and we’re going to do that.” I lost count of the number of times they were asked if it was weird/different to kiss another man. Having been in high school when Brokeback Mountain came out, I can tell you Heath and Jake took A LOT of heat for many of the scenes in it (including this one), because they WEREN’T all awkward and afraid to touch each other.
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