Nicholas Galitzine Coyly Answers The Debate On Straight Actors Playing Queer Roles

Actor UK

2024-03-31
11:30

The prince has something to say!

‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ star Nicholas Galitzine weighs in on the discourse on straight actors taking on queer roles.

Speaking on SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show, the 29-year-old actor was asked to give his take on straight actors getting gay roles debate and Galitzine answered that he “gets the argument” but that “he feels lucky to be able to play his characters.”

Galitzine praised his roles for being “rich on the page” saying, “I mean, you know, you look at Conor Masters from Handsome Devil and Prince Henry from Red White & Royal Blue. I mean, these are two young men completely trapped by circumstance and feel a sense of deep claustrophobia on their lives.”

Galitzine was then asked if it was fun or weird for the actor as a straight man to be an icon for the gay community because of the gay roles he has taken on in the past such as Prince Henry in the hit Prime Video movie.

The actor replied that he feels “overwhelmingly proud of the resonance” and has been “touched by conversations I’ve had with people from the community.”

“First and foremost, I love interesting, textured characters and I’m so glad you mentioned those [roles], because I feel like I have a lot of care for my characters and I hope that is evident in the work that I do and I feel very powerful with their backing behind me, so yeah. Just very grateful,” he said.

We’re glad he’s gracious enough to acknowledge his privilege in playing these roles, so kudos to him!

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