'Will & Grace' star Eric McCormack says roles should go to the best actor regardless of their sexuality: 'There’s no part I’ve ever played where I wasn’t playing something I’m not.'
"I would like to think in general that the best person for the role, the one that comes in and knocks it out of the park, is the one that gets the part.”Jessica is a staff writer at Entertainment Weekly, where she covers TV, movies, and pop culture. Her work has appeared in Bustle, NYLON, Cosmopolitan, InStyle, and more. She lives in California with her dog.
The actor, who is straight but best known for his role as gay lawyer Will Truman on the groundbreaking NBC sitcom“That’s a tough one for me, because I didn’t become an actor so that I could play an actor,” McCormack said when asked about his thoughts on the subject. “There’s no part I’ve ever played where I wasn’t playing something I’m not. It’s part of the gig. And I’ve always said, if gay actors weren’t allowed to play straight actors, Broadway would be over.
“So this is what we do," the actor continued. "I’d like to think that I represent it well. I came from the theater, and one of my best friends was a gay man. So I think I took their spirit and their message in what was otherwise just a sitcom and, represented it, I hope.
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