Members may be interested in viewing the trailer of It’s a Sin, the forthcoming UK Channel 4 drama set during the 1980s AIDS epidemic. Also included below is a preview of an article to be published in the RadioTimes about the TV show, its writer Russell T Davies (he also wrote Queer as Folk – see clip below) and casting gay actors as gay characters.
Source: RadioTimes
Russell T Davies speaks out on the importance of casting gay actors as gay characters in It’s a Sin
"You wouldn’t cast someone able-bodied and put them in a wheelchair."
By Flora Carr
Monday, 11th January 2021 at 9:00 pm
It’s A Sin creator Russell T Davies has stressed the importance of casting gay actors in the roles of the gay male characters.
The Channel 4 series, starring the likes of Olly Alexander, Neil Patrick Harris, and Stephen Fry, is set during the 1980s AIDS epidemic and follows a group of young gay men who move to London.
Speaking exclusively to Radio Times, Davies said he thinks “authenticity” is a critical component when it comes to casting a TV show like It’s A Sin . . .
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