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ladyofleithianSeriously, say what you will about Fifty Shades of Gray, but this is all kinds of horrible.
Basically, they're doing a film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Gray (yes, really), and apparently, the (former, I believe) screenwriter for Fifty Shades was thinking of not casting Matt Bomer for Christian Gray in the future film adaptation, because the actor is openly gay. *Sighs* No, seriously:
Author Bret Easton Ellis went on another Twitter rampage today, criticizing the possible casting of Matt Bomer as the male lead in the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey as "absolutely ludicrous" because the actor is openly gay.
Earlier this year Universal purchased the rights to E.L. James's best seller for $5 million and, via his Twitter account, Ellis quickly made clear his interest in writing the screenplay, as well as his thoughts on casting the film.
On August 5, Ellis, who last month noted that he sometimes tweets after taking Ambien, commented on fan hopes that Bomer would be cast as protagonist Christian Grey. "Casting Matt Bomer is the equivalent as casting Jesse Tyler Ferguson..."he wrote.
In the erotic trilogy Grey is described as "young, handsome, intelligent, business-savvy, and charming," a "control freak with a dark side." Bomer has not been officially cast, but has been near the top of short lists of possibilities for the coveted role, along with Ryan Gosling and Ian Somerhalder.
Today Ellis further expounded on reasons he thinks the gifted White Collar star is unsuitable for the character. "I don't care how good an actor you are but being married to another man complicates things for playing CG," he tweeted early this morning in reference to Bomer and his partner, publicist Simon Halls.
"Okay I'll say it," Ellis added. "Matt Bomer isn't right for Christian Grey because he is openly gay. He's great for other roles but this is too big a game." ... Perhaps sensing the archaic tone of his comments and obviously responding to real or imagined criticism, Ellis sent a series of tweets to clarify his position on Bomer. "I am NOT discriminating Matt Bomer because of his sexuality," he wrote. "Fifty Shades of Grey demands an actor that is genuinely into women. Get it?!?"
Let's say that he made the statement on August 5, was taken off the project on August 7 (I wonder why. /sarcasm), and further expounded on his closed-minded views just yesterday, when the article was posted.
*Sighs*
Seriously, I'm not even a fan of Fifty Shades of Gray and I don't like this. Some would argue that Bomer dodged a bullet in regards to being in the film adaptation, but in all honesty, it's not about that. If anything, it's about the fact that Hollywood still discriminates against others due to their sexual orientation, their skin color, what-have-you. Even after all this time, Hollywood doesn't seem to get it, really. Honestly, it just...well, it pisses me off majorly, to say the least. Sexual orientation, skin color, what-have-you should not be a barrier to acting, nor to anything else. Unfortunately, we're going to have to have a long way to go before anyone realizes that. In the words of Futurama:
Yeah, that pretty much covers it. :/
Basically, they're doing a film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Gray (yes, really), and apparently, the (former, I believe) screenwriter for Fifty Shades was thinking of not casting Matt Bomer for Christian Gray in the future film adaptation, because the actor is openly gay. *Sighs* No, seriously:
Author Bret Easton Ellis went on another Twitter rampage today, criticizing the possible casting of Matt Bomer as the male lead in the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey as "absolutely ludicrous" because the actor is openly gay.
Earlier this year Universal purchased the rights to E.L. James's best seller for $5 million and, via his Twitter account, Ellis quickly made clear his interest in writing the screenplay, as well as his thoughts on casting the film.
On August 5, Ellis, who last month noted that he sometimes tweets after taking Ambien, commented on fan hopes that Bomer would be cast as protagonist Christian Grey. "Casting Matt Bomer is the equivalent as casting Jesse Tyler Ferguson..."he wrote.
In the erotic trilogy Grey is described as "young, handsome, intelligent, business-savvy, and charming," a "control freak with a dark side." Bomer has not been officially cast, but has been near the top of short lists of possibilities for the coveted role, along with Ryan Gosling and Ian Somerhalder.
Today Ellis further expounded on reasons he thinks the gifted White Collar star is unsuitable for the character. "I don't care how good an actor you are but being married to another man complicates things for playing CG," he tweeted early this morning in reference to Bomer and his partner, publicist Simon Halls.
"Okay I'll say it," Ellis added. "Matt Bomer isn't right for Christian Grey because he is openly gay. He's great for other roles but this is too big a game." ... Perhaps sensing the archaic tone of his comments and obviously responding to real or imagined criticism, Ellis sent a series of tweets to clarify his position on Bomer. "I am NOT discriminating Matt Bomer because of his sexuality," he wrote. "Fifty Shades of Grey demands an actor that is genuinely into women. Get it?!?"
Let's say that he made the statement on August 5, was taken off the project on August 7 (I wonder why. /sarcasm), and further expounded on his closed-minded views just yesterday, when the article was posted.
*Sighs*
Seriously, I'm not even a fan of Fifty Shades of Gray and I don't like this. Some would argue that Bomer dodged a bullet in regards to being in the film adaptation, but in all honesty, it's not about that. If anything, it's about the fact that Hollywood still discriminates against others due to their sexual orientation, their skin color, what-have-you. Even after all this time, Hollywood doesn't seem to get it, really. Honestly, it just...well, it pisses me off majorly, to say the least. Sexual orientation, skin color, what-have-you should not be a barrier to acting, nor to anything else. Unfortunately, we're going to have to have a long way to go before anyone realizes that. In the words of Futurama:
Yeah, that pretty much covers it. :/
