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Terrence Howard isn’t open to enjoying homosexual roles in movies.
Howard is an achieved actor, however he won’t ever dwell down fumbling the Marvel Studios bag, and he might need fumbled one other one because of what many individuals on social media are describing as homophobia.
Terrence Howard revealed he nearly took a job within the forthcoming biopic in regards to the late legendary singer Marvin Gaye whereas talking with Invoice Maher on the comic and Actual Time host’s podcast, Membership Random.
Howard informed Maher that he believes he made the “largest mistake” of his profession, apart from fumbling the function of James Rhodes to Don Cheadle within the MCU, was passing up the starring function within the Smokey Robinson biopic.
However as a substitute of taking up the function, he determined to entertain his longtime Empire collaborator Lee Daniels, revealing that he had a dialog with Daniels about enjoying Marvin Gaye in a special biopic.
Maher responded, saying that he believed that Howard made the precise determination as a result of Gaye’s life story was “far more fascinating,” including that he “would’ve been good as Marvin Gaye, and that could be a story that must be informed.”
Terrence Howard Handed On Marvin Gaye Function After Listening to Story About His Alleged Sexuality
Howard determined to go full Lucious Lyon and cross on the function due to a narrative he heard from the late Quincy Jones relating to Gaye’s alleged sexuality, and that he couldn’t kiss a person, saying he would minimize his lips off.
“I used to be over at Quincy Jones’ home and I’m asking Quincy, ‘I’m listening to rumors that Marvin was homosexual’ and I’m like, ‘Was he homosexual?’” Howard defined. “And Quincy’s like, ‘Sure.’”
After that revelation, Howard determined he “couldn’t” star within the film.
“They might’ve needed to do this, and I wouldn’t have been in a position to do this,” he stated of portraying a homosexual man in a film.
Maher went on to ask, “You imply you couldn’t kiss a man on display screen in a film?” Howard responded, “No. As a result of I don’t pretend it.”
“That may fuck me,” Howard added. “I’d minimize my lips off. If I kissed some man, I’d minimize my lips off.”
Maher responded by saying he wouldn’t go that far, however understands why Howard felt the way in which he did in regards to the function. Howard additional defined, “It doesn’t make me homophobic to not wish to kiss a person.”
The actor says it was extra of a matter of him committing to the function.
“I can’t play that character 100%,” Howard informed Maher. “I can’t give up myself to a spot that I don’t perceive.”
Social Media Isn’t Shopping for What Howard Is Promoting
Maher would possibly perceive the place Howard is coming from, however social media, however, isn’t feeling what the Greatest Man star stated about passing the function.
“Studying that Terrance Howard is a lady abuser, is homophobic & helps trump all in the identical sitting… oh my…. Hustle & circulation was NO ACT!,” one consumer on X, previously Twitter, wrote.
One other consumer added, “Terrence Howard is a person with a felony file and historical past of beating ladies. You misplaced your “man card” a very long time in the past.”
Nicely rattling.
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