He also explained the point of view posted in his offensive tweet, noting that he believes restricting certain actors to certain roles “annihilates our imagination. “
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Guy Pearce speaks at the 2022 AACTA Awards via Foxtel Group in Hordern on December 7, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images for AFI))
The L. A. Confidential star posted her questionable tweet Monday, which read: “A query: If the only other people allowed to play trans characters are other trans people, then we also recommend that only other trans people be allowed to play trans characters. Isn’t it an actor’s purpose to be able to [play] someone outdoors in their own world? »
After the post, Pearce debated with several users the point he was raising, the actor eventually regretted his comments and then deleted the post.
The next day, he wrote a lengthy letter of apology, expressing for tweeting his opinion on the “complex and sensitive” issue.
He opened the apology by saying, “I see that raising the gender identity factor in the casting procedure on a platform like Twitter is not a smart idea. For that, I apologize very much. I recognize that this has only fueled and inflamed attitudes. “It caused us all to collapse. I take on duty for that and again, I apologize for starting a fire.
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Women’s shoes under a trans flag at a rally of the Trans Platform Federation, at the PSOE headquarters on Ferraz Street, on October 28, 2022 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Alejandro Martínez Vélez/Europa Press via Getty Images)
Pearce noted, “I perceive how my question . . . It’s insensitive,” he tried to make the point he was trying to make.
“The point I sought to raise about protecting the definition of action and nothing else. There is no need to pitch the issue to a specific minority organization, especially a guy like me, with a ‘House Full’ of privilege. I’m not in a position to complain about fairness, at least not in my own name,” he said.
The actor also claimed that he raised the factor because in the past he played a drag queen in his lead role, “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. “
Pearce said, “I raised the factor because for 30 years, a lot of other people have been asking me since Priscilla. “”And now there are a lot of similar discussions about trans actors and trans roles. “
He admitted his confidence that “a lot of minority communities are underrepresented on screen and so are actors from those communities,” but said restricting who can interpret what in their identity inhibits acting and actors in general.
A protester holds the trans flag and applauds in solidarity with other speakers, a protest at the Ohio Capitol in Columbus, Ohio, June 25, 2021. (Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
He added: “To suggest that ‘play’ can only come from our own lived experience annihilates our imagination. I wouldn’t need this restriction to be imposed on a minority actor or any actor, including myself. “
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The actor signed with an apology and wrote, “And again, an honest apology for [focusing] grossly on an already harassed single minority in my original tweet. “
Gabriel Hays is deputy editor of Fox News Digital.