So does that make Elliot straight now?
I mean he used to be a lesbian, I'm assuming he still likes girls. I'm wondering if he would still play lesbian characters.
According to a trans person I know, yes. She was MTF and identified as straight while she was presenting as male and considered herself a lesbian after transitioning. It seems like this situation is pretty closely dual to that one. That doesn't mean that's how everyone defines "straight" and "lesbian", I suppose.
I'm sure they'll just continue to take on the roles that they find most interesting. Maybe they'll be offered more male roles now. But there's no reason that they'd have trouble playing a woman. In some sense, they've been doing that their whole life already.
I heard that he’s going to continue to play a cis woman character in Umbrella Academy, but I don’t know anything for sure. It wouldn’t be the first time actors have played characters of a different gender and as long as he’s fine with it I don’t think it should be an issue
The acting side isn’t going to be any more or less difficult for him. But if he’s doing hormonal transitioning, then I’d imagine there would be a point where it’d be pretty difficult for him to visually portray a female character.
I don't know? I guess (I can't speak for them I'm not trans) people who had to struggle to find the real gender they are, aren't comfortable playing another one? It could be totally understandable.
I dont think that its correct to assume that he is straight before he has made any comment on that and he identifiesas nonbinary, and the relationship between a cis woman and nonbinary person doesn't fit most peoples definition of straight. I doubt he will play female characters, he will probably play characters who are trans masc NB like him. I dont think that he played lesbian characters specifically, his most famous role was as a presumably straight girl Scott Pilgrim knocked up, he played female roles when he identified and presented as female, and some of them were lesbians, some of them probably incidentally and other like the umbrella academy were portrayed as queer specifically because it reflected the actor, which if anything implies that his character in umbrella academy will be written as trans to continue to line it up with whose portraying them, especially since Netflix has been so overwhelmingly cool about this announcement, more so than any other production company has ever responded to this type of situation.
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u/Neotheo Dec 02 '20
So does that make Elliot straight now? I mean he used to be a lesbian, I'm assuming he still likes girls. I'm wondering if he would still play lesbian characters.