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    BBC News (UK)‏Verified account @BBCNews Oct 20

    Cate Blanchett defends straight actors playing LGBT roleshttps://bbc.in/2EAXRby 

    6:56 AM - 20 Oct 2018
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      2. steve‏ @stevew_pfc Oct 20
        Replying to @BBCNews

        It’s called acting for a reason ffs !!

        2 replies 0 retweets 27 likes
      3. laura‏ @Tesfxye_ Oct 20
        Replying to @stevew_pfc @BBCNews

        Actors can play diverse roles but the reason why this is such a current debate is because it's about giving LGBT+ actors the chance to represent themselves. Heterosexual actors are the majority especially in Hollywood, so why not give LGBT actors more of a platform?

        8 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. Chantal de Paus  🇳🇱 🇪🇺 ❤️ 🇬🇧‏ @cdepaus Oct 20
        Replying to @Tesfxye_ @stevew_pfc @BBCNews

        So, LGBT actors aren’t going to play straight characters anymore either?

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      5. Joshua Smith‏ @shilo1123 Oct 20
        Replying to @cdepaus @Tesfxye_ and

        Acting is pretending to be something you’re not ....

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      1. trevor james‏ @tjer222 Oct 20
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Yes. It’s called Acting. The clue is in the name!

        0 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
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      2. Michael Black‏ @_MisterBlack_ Oct 20
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Imagine my disbelief when I heard Chris Hemsworth wasn't actually the god of thunder.

        2 replies 1 retweet 21 likes
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      1. Richard Archer‏ @Dicky61ARW Oct 20
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Actors, act.... it’s make believe, not the real world.

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      1. Ja Ne Nicholas‏ @islandjenx Oct 20
        Replying to @BBCNews

        They'll say next that gays can't play straight people - that will put a lot of actors out of work! By definition acting means playing a part as opposed to being yourself.

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      2. Derek Crosby‏ @DerekCrosby3 Oct 20
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Apparently the zombies in the Walking Dead aren’t actually dead. I read that they were paid actors wearing make up. Frankly I am appalled and embarrassed by the lack of inclusion by Fox. I can only assume that it has been some terrible mistake.

        2 replies 0 retweets 19 likes
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      1. Darayas Rustom Irani‏ @IraniDarayas Oct 20
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        Those idiots that believe otherwise.....what have they to say of Shakespeare's times! Acting(pretending) a character....is the issue! And that's what is appreciated by the audience & rewarded by jurists! Why didn't these nuts complain when rich guys act out a beggar or pauper?

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      1. Alexei Romanov‏ @dvarets Oct 20
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Actors should be able to play any role regardless even men have played women and vice versa.

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      2. Colin Beveridge‏ @CbeveridColin Oct 20
        Replying to @BBCNews

        You will have to be French to play Napoleon next.

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. Alexei Romanov‏ @dvarets Oct 20
        Replying to @CbeveridColin @BBCNews

        Corsican, he wasn't even French.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. scott robson‏ @sc0tty8 Oct 20
        Replying to @dvarets @CbeveridColin @BBCNews

        Corsica is now and was then part of France, so yeah he was French born on the island of Corsica, he was of Italian descent.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Eric Patris‏ @eric_patris Oct 20
        Replying to @sc0tty8 @dvarets and

        Nope: Corsica was independant when Fr. invaded it. His father fought with the Corsican national army. And Italy did not exist then.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. scott robson‏ @sc0tty8 Oct 20
        Replying to @eric_patris @dvarets and

        Had to look this up but Corsica was ceded to Louis XV in 1768, Napoleon was born in 1769. Italy wasn't the same as now, it was partly part of the Holy Roman Empire as well as independent kingdoms, but the name Italy existed in relation to the peninsula. Napoleon was King of Italy

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      7. Eric Patris‏ @eric_patris Oct 20
        Replying to @sc0tty8 @dvarets and

        I repeat: Corsica was independent from Genoa since 1755. Genoa had no right to temporarily cede its rights of suzerainty* over a land it didn't own anymore. Louis XV was all too happy to conquer the island after his "problems" in Canada. *not the land itself.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      8. scott robson‏ @sc0tty8 Oct 20
        Replying to @eric_patris @dvarets and

        Was Corsica ceded to the French in 1768? Yes or No? It's official whether it was right or not, it was part if France from that date, it was French, Napoleon was French, he served France, he was Emperor of France. End of story.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Eric Patris‏ @eric_patris Oct 20
        Replying to @sc0tty8 @dvarets and

        You wrong on many accounts, but feel free to think you won that one if your well-being depends on it.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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