John Wayne asked Charlton Heston how he could play a gay guy. Heston said, “It’s called acting, John. You should try it.”
LOL!!!! I love Chuck! I wonder if he ever played a gay character in a movie. Can’t think of anything.
Before Chuck was spokesman for the NRA and a conservative Republican, he marched with Martin Luther King when it wasn’t “cool” to do so.
What a wonderful man!! I miss him.
In The Agony and the Ecstasy movie, Michelangelo is the only possibility that I can think of, and he certainly didn’t play him as a homosexual in the movie. Perhaps Wayne was referring to a stage character?
Possibly, the Duke wasn’t questioning Heston’s acting ability but his role model status for the fans. I recall Heston telling Johnny Carson he loved acting so much that he would do it without pay.