Roles should be given to LGBT actors, advocates demand after Nathalie Hart admitted difficulty playing a queer character.
Hart immediately responded and apologized on Thursday, February 24 via Instagram. She noted that her remarks were “taken out of context.”
“I regret my actions and I truly apologize to the people I have offended. I’m truly sorry,” she added.Juan Miguel Severo, an actor and screenwriter, had a message for the MMK production team in a series of tweets on the same day. “Please, please, please, prods! Kung hindi ninyo kayang mag-cast ng mga miyembro ng LGBTQIA community, observe due diligence man lang to make sure that these actors are aligned with the politics and the message of your story,” he“Bakit kamo importante? Exactly because of how stupidly insensitive she was in that interview! Especially, MMK! She portrayed an actual person! Her lack of empathy in that statement only furthers the notion that our identity is merely a performance!” he said.