After Scarlett Johansson's withdrawal from 'Rub and Tug,' these transgender actors should be given a shot at Dante “Tex” Gill
In the latest news of 'Rub and Tug' casting controversy, Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson dropped out of a role in which she was going to play a transgender man, after a massive backlash from the LGBT community.
Last week, it was announced that the 'Lucy' star would play the role of Dante “Tex” Gill, the Pittsburgh crime boss who ran a network of massage parlors covering a front for prostitution in the 1970s. The news spread like wildfire on social media and the actress and the cast were slammed for casting a straight white actress for the role when there were so many aspiring and talented transgender actors in the mix to choose from.
This year has been a year of phenomenal breakthrough for the LGBTQ+ community in Hollywood, especially after the success of Ryan Murphy's 'Pose' that boasts over 140 transgender cast and crew. The show set in the drag ballroom culture of 1980s New York is directed, written and acted by transgenders, and has been doing amazingly well in the critical and ratings department that it was even renewed for a second season
Inthis context and knowledge that Gill lived his life as a trans man, many questioned why a trans actor was not tapped for the role.