Mrs. Brown’s Boys star Rory Cowan has admitted he doesn’t think straight men should play camp gay characters.
The Irish actor who plays camp Rory in the BBC comedy series, said he doesn’t think straight men can pull of gay characters the right way.
“It really bothers me when I see straight people playing camp men because they don’t get it right,” he explained.
“They try their best but they just don’t get it right. It’d be like me trying to play a boxer or something really butch,” he said.
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Speaking to TV Now magazine Rory, 55, said some actors can pull it off, only if they are playing themselves.
“Playing the boy next door gay character they can do, you see it in the soaps and stuff.
“If they’ve to be camp, however, they can’t do it unless they’re actually camp or gay in real life.”
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Meanwhile Rory is set to make his panto debut in Cinderella, playing Cinderella’s ugly stepsister.
The actor said the only thing he’s worried about his putting on a pair of heels.
“I’ve never worn heels and I’m going to be about seven foot tall in this because those things are high.
“I don’t know how women wear them,” he said.
The Cheerios Panto of Cinderella runs from December 10th at The Tivoli Theatre in Dublin
