I had not even the slightest inclination towards Heath Ledger before BBM. Then I saw the film, was blown away by his performance, and now he gives interviews like the following where he seals the deal. He's awesome.
Ledger said he felt it was high time that such a story made it to the big screen.“I thought it was an opportunity to represent this form of love, and to portray homosexual love as not being a disease or a plague or something that can be cured or a lifestyle choice,” he said.“The levels of intimacy and emotion experienced within these relationships are exactly what happens within heterosexual love. And I just thought it was good to try and open some people’s minds.”
International gay rights activists have said Brokeback Mountain is the film they’ve been waiting for – a film that could help change people’s minds.While the movie wasn’t made with any political intentions, the 26-year-old Perth-born actor said he was quite comfortable being seen as a poster boy for gay rights.
“I don’t mind being a part of that,” he said. “It’s not really my job now to be representing a whole community, but I don’t mind it because even though it doesn’t directly affect me, it does disappoint me that there are still people in this world who go out of their way to protest and express disgust over the way in which two people choose to love one another. “If it does improve the way in which people perceive or look upon gay relationships, then that’s a wonderful thing. I hope it does help.”
While a backlash from religious groups was expected in the US, Ledger said the response had been much smaller than anticipated. “The banning in Utah, that’s one cinema in Utah. Salt Lake City actually sold out and all those so-called ‘red states’ in America are selling out and it’s quite the phenomenon. I think it’s exceeding expectations, the level of acceptance.”
Ledger said he felt it was high time that such a story made it to the big screen.“I thought it was an opportunity to represent this form of love, and to portray homosexual love as not being a disease or a plague or something that can be cured or a lifestyle choice,” he said.“The levels of intimacy and emotion experienced within these relationships are exactly what happens within heterosexual love. And I just thought it was good to try and open some people’s minds.”
International gay rights activists have said Brokeback Mountain is the film they’ve been waiting for – a film that could help change people’s minds.While the movie wasn’t made with any political intentions, the 26-year-old Perth-born actor said he was quite comfortable being seen as a poster boy for gay rights.
“I don’t mind being a part of that,” he said. “It’s not really my job now to be representing a whole community, but I don’t mind it because even though it doesn’t directly affect me, it does disappoint me that there are still people in this world who go out of their way to protest and express disgust over the way in which two people choose to love one another. “If it does improve the way in which people perceive or look upon gay relationships, then that’s a wonderful thing. I hope it does help.”
While a backlash from religious groups was expected in the US, Ledger said the response had been much smaller than anticipated. “The banning in Utah, that’s one cinema in Utah. Salt Lake City actually sold out and all those so-called ‘red states’ in America are selling out and it’s quite the phenomenon. I think it’s exceeding expectations, the level of acceptance.”
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