Walton Goggins, who played Venus, recently shared the unconventional way that he landed the role — and revealed that other cast members, who he was friends with in real life, would only acknowledge him as Venus on set.
“Sons Of Anarchy’s” Creator, Kurt Sutter, Just Admitted That He Wouldn’t Cast A Cis Man To Play Transgender Character Venus Van Dam Today
“Someone sent this article to me, I read it, I forwarded it to Kurt Sutter, and I said: ‘Fuck you, man. I wouldn’t do your show anyway,’” he recalled. “True story. I said: ‘The only way I would do your show is if I played a transgender .’ Two years later, he sent me a text and he said: ‘Were you serious?’”
“Charlie, and Kim, and all the boys on the show only ever met me as Venus Van Dam,” he explained. “We had been friends for years before that, but they never talked to me as Walton. They only referred to me as Venus, and they treated me as the lady that I was.”Walton concluded that playing Venus “will remain one of the greatest experiences” of his life., Kurt reflected on the role of Venus, and admitted that he would not cast a cisgender man in the role if he were to make the show again.
“Yes, if I were doing that scene or if I was building that dynamic today, I would definitely use a real trans actor,” he added. “I would not have used a white straight man, but at all times, Walton was a goddess, you know? He was very, very concerned with respecting that community, and portraying it in a way that was not demeaning, that was not making fun of .”“Everything he did was truly authentic, which allowed me to write like this beautiful, gentle, vulnerable Southern Belle,” Kurt recalled.
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