Viggo Mortensen gives bizarre defence of straight actors playing gay roles

[hewontgo]

Lord of the Rings star Viggo Mortensen gives bizarre defence of straight actors playing gay roles ahead of new queer film https://t.co/n0y0YsNtUr
- PinkNews (@PinkNews) November 10, 2020

Mortensen makes his directorial debut with 'Falling', which he also wrote.
It sees him playing a gay man called John who finds himself caring for his racist and

Comments

[crystalzelda]

Viggo, stop talking so I can just focus on Aragorn in PEACE and QUIET

Don’t blow this for me!!

[ruby_chalice]

Afuckingmen!!!!

[crystalzelda]

me @ him since 2000fucking3

[ruby_chalice]

I used to stan him hard until his 2016 comments about lack of diversity in movies.

From then he's gone from bad to omg, so much worse.

[ruby_chalice]

[envyisbaggage]

He’s really trying to kill any buzz I may have once felt for him.

[emptyobsidian]

So the straight white dude is writing about racism and homophobia as experienced by a gay man and a gay POC? I'm sure it will be great!

[aaronnyc89]

[yousaidlog]

omg stop talking and let me enjoy Aragorn pushing open those doors, you fucking dumbass.