Julianna Margulies Defends Playing an LGBTQ Character on The Morning Show : 'I Am an Actress'
Julianna Margulies Defends Playing an LGBTQ Character on The Morning Show : 'I Am an Actress'
"I mean, you have to be careful where you're drawing the line there," Julianna Margulies said, defending her decision to play an LGBTQ role on The Morning Show
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Julianna Margulies Defends Playing an LGBTQ Character on The Morning Show : 'I Am an Actress'
"I mean, you have to be careful where you're drawing the line there," Julianna Margulies said, defending her decision to play an LGBTQ role on The Morning Show
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Julianna Margulies is defending her decision to portray an LGBTQ character in The Morning Show.
During an appearance on CBS Mornings Monday, the three-time Emmy Award winner, 55, discussed her character — who shares an onscreen romance with Reese Witherspoon — and chimed in on the argument that cisgender, heterosexual actors should not play roles on the LGBTQ spectrum.
"I can understand that. My response also would be: We're all making assumptions as to who I am and what my past is, and what all of our pasts are," she said. "I understand 100 percent that I can't play a different race, but I am an actress, and I am supposed to embody another character. Whatever their sexuality is doesn't matter to me, the same way watching a gay person play a straight person.
"Are you telling me, because I'm a mother, I can never play a woman who's never had a child? Or, if you've never been married, that you can't play a married woman? I mean, you have to be careful where you're drawing the line there. We're actors, we're supposed to embody a character regardless of their sexuality. When it comes to race and gender, that's a whole different story, and I 100 percent agree with that. So, that's my stance on it," the actress added.
Margulies joined the cast of The Morning Show during season 2, playing Laura Peterson, a seasoned news anchor who was once fired after her sexuality became public. Her character returns to UBA, where she quickly sparks a romance with The Morning Show co-anchor Bradley Jackson (Witherspoon).