Ian McKellen shows film industry 'disregards' gay people too

Ian McKellen has release his foreground on the continuous question about difference in Hollywood, arguing that festive people are usually "ignored" by the movie industry too.

Answer widespread criticism of Academy of Movies Crafts and Technologies (AMPAS), the organisation powering the Oscars, on this failed to be able to nominate a single non-white actor this year, McKellen advertised Sky News: "As a director of the business they are in, it is receiving complaints that I fully sympathise to.

"It is not just darker people who've remained disregarded by the movie industry, this used to women, it is certainly gay persons to this day," he carried on. "And here are all of legitimate problems and the Oscars are the nurturing of anybody problems of course."

McKellen and described with the condition for the Guardian, statement: "No freely festive man offers ever won both the Oscar [for behaving]; I think that is prejudice and opportunity."

Referring to the double he has been selected for a good Oscar, however failed to be able to win, McKellen added: "My personal speech has remained in both coats… 'I'm happy to be the first freely gay guy to be able to win both the Oscar'. [However] I've had to be able to put it side in my pocket double."

In the past, both the Oscars make rewarded straight actors including Sean Penn, Tom Hanks and also the late Philip Seymour Hoffman for actively playing gay actors. "Just how clever, just how clever," McKellen said on this. "How about providing me someone with regard to playing one straight man?"

McKellen remained nominated with regard to Greatest Actor in 1998 with regard to his performance in Gods And also Monsters, then with regard to Best Assisting Actor beneath 2001 for Lord Of Rings: The Fellowship Among the Ring.
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