Halle Berry Steps Away From Opportunity To Play Transgender Man After Backlash
During an interview with hairstylist Christin Brown on Instagram Live, Halle Berry talked about a lot of things including her hair journey throughout her career and her upcoming directorial debut with Bruised.
Then she spoke about a role that was pitched to her: a transgender man.
She then said, “I want to experience that world, I want to understand that world.”This wasn’t exactly a good idea.Berry is an LGBTQ advocate, but her decision to consider taking the role of a transgender man during an era when authenticity and representation on screen are paramount was subject to concern and some backlash on Twitter.Sam Feder, director of the recently released Netflix documentary Disclosure, which chronicles the portrayal of trans people in media, tweeted at the actress: “Often people don’t know what they don’t know.
And that’s ok! @halleberry please consider watching @Disclosure_Doc before performing transness.
