Al PacinoGay roles by straight actors we could've lived without
When Will Smith signed on to do the role, director Fred Schepisi begged Smith to do a kissing scene with another man. Smith adamantly refused saying a male kiss would "gross out" his fans. Over ten years later, Sir Ian McKellen, who played the role of Geoffrey Miller in the 1993 film, blasted Smith, saying his remarks were homophobic: "He thought he was saying something very individual but what he was actually confirming was that he's got the disease so many people have - homophobia." There were also rumors that Denzel Washington urged Smith to not do the kissing scene. For me, the refusal to kiss another man completely ruined Smith's already shakey performance and it's definitely a gay role I could've done without. Will Smith later said he regretted not doing the kiss. Submitted by on Mon, 2007-07-09 13:35. |
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