Sentences with phrase «casting cisgender»

The entertainment industry's habit of casting cisgender actors in transgender roles — some of them, like Transparent's Jeffrey Tambor, giving performances that are exceptionally fine — has gone hand in glove with its near - monolithic focus on stories of transition.

Much might be made of Dhont's decision to cast a cisgender male in the lead role (films with Eddie Redmayne and Matt Bomer playing trans have been met with some backlash) but this might be a unique case.

Not exact matches

In the last few years there has been an increasing backlash against the continued and nearly universal casting of cisgender actors in transgender roles, as well as the stereotypical characterizations of trans and non-binary people as portrayed on the big screen.

We've already seen some backlash towards Hollywood's practice of casting straight cisgender actors in LGBT roles.

He went on to say that transgender actors shouldn't be considered incapable of interpreting cisgender roles, and dubbed his casting decision «an act of freedom.»

I spoke with Hooper (Les Misérables, The King's Speech) about his aesthetic choices for the film and how he felt about the pushback he received from some members in the LGBTQ community for casting Redmayne, a cisgender male actor, in the role of Lili.