actor Mark Ruffalo has responded to some
of the criticisms regarding a movie that
he's helping to produce it's a new movie
titled anything and it has to do with a
transgender person working in the sex
industry now a lot of the criticism has
to do with the fact that the person cast
to play that role is Matt Bomer who is a
cisgender male and who is openly gay now
the LGBT community is arguing that
bomber should not have been cast in this
role because there's a plethora of
successful talented transgender
actresses that could play the role
instead now anything will star bomber as
a trans sex worker who begins an intense
friendship with a suicidal man played by
actor John Carroll Lynch Mark Ruffalo
responded to the criticisms on Twitter
by saying to the trans community I hear
you
it's wrenching to see you in pain and he
also says I'm glad we're having this
conversation it's time in all honesty
though he says that he suggested Matt
for the role after a profound experience
he had with him while making the movie
the normal heart
okay I'm gonna declare everyone in this
story not guilty am I not magnificent
and benevolent okay
so here's why look they're acting acting
other roles as as john was saying in the
morning today john i'd always like you
know sometimes rich people play poor
people okay so it happens now on the
other hand is there a line yeah there's
a line if white guy wanted to play a
black guy in blackface yeah that's
crossing the line hey so and so that's
why I don't blame activists for speaking
out they want to stand up for their
rights and you know or not even their
rights because you don't have a right to
it to a movie role right but for their
community and say hey we can do this too
and you should think about us nothing
wrong with that Mark Ruffalo says hey I
love this guy's an actor I really want
to work with him that's why I put him in
the stroll but thank you for speaking
out and I hear you I don't think he
could have handled it any better than
that
he wasn't defensive about it he wasn't
angry about it
he didn't give a non-apology apology in
my opinion now look people will disagree
and they'll say no he should have
immediately
fired mad and put in another guy and I
don't know anything but it seems like
these are all reasonable decisions that
were made yeah look I don't know much
about Matt Bomer I don't know about his
talent or his you know acting abilities
but what I do know is look it's a very
interesting and sensitive time for the
trans community and they want to be
represented appropriately in mass media
right so they want to make sure that if
someone is portraying a member of their
community it's someone that actually has
been part of that community who has gone
through those struggles who might
actually play a role in you know making
sure that the movie movie moves in the
right direction so look I get it people
are concerned because they don't want to
be represented in a negative light or in
the wrong way so but at the same time
you kind of have to wait and see whether
or not they're gonna do right by the
trans community by coming out with a
good movie and it's it's just it's a
terrible situation I honestly would have
preferred for them to cast someone who's
transgender but it is what it is look
like I said sometimes by the way it's a
matter of finding a star that can get a
movie produced and yes that system sucks
but yes it's also real and if you don't
have a trans actor that has that kind of
star power it might be harder to get the
movie done on the other hand the
activists are right to say hey if you
never give us a shot in the first place
how are we gonna get that star power and
how many rules are there for trans
actresses and and so don't take the few
ones that are away from us and you know
look Mark Ruffalo is the rush limbaugh
is not directed into this movie I mean
he's not coming out of this from a bad
place he's a super Lib I would be
shocked if he wasn't very sensitive to
presenting the trans community in the
right way in the movie right and now
he's hurt you on this and maybe it's
this ship might have sailed but maybe
you win the next fight you know I just
think everybody's doing the right thing
here and and it's and it's not a
national emergency and and god bless
both sides of this issue