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Tom Hanks: "Could a straight man do what I did in 'Philadelphia'?
No, and that's right."
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Hollywood star Tom Hanks would no longer play the role of a homosexual lawyer in the film drama »Philadelphia« today.
“Could a straight guy do what I did in 'Philadelphia' today?
No, and that's right," the 65-year-old told the New York Times Magazine.
Hanks won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1994 for his role in the film about a gay lawyer who is diagnosed with AIDS.
"I don't think people would accept the lack of authenticity of a straight guy playing a gay guy," Hanks said.
»It is not a crime, not a boo, if someone says that in the modern world of authenticity we demand more from a film.«
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