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Ben Whishaw Explains LGBTQ Actors “Have To Conform” To Be Successful: “Still A Lot Of Homophobia”

Ben Whishaw at the Deadline 2025 Sundance Film Festival Studio presented by Casamigos held at the Deadline Studio on January 26, 2025 in Park City, Utah. Deadline Having worked as an openly LGBTQ actor for more than a decade, Ben Whishaw is no stranger to the heteronormative pressure that comes with Hollywood. The Golden Globe winner recently explained why there are “not very many” out gay actors at his level, noting that he understands the need to separate his private from his professional life, given many in the industry’s outdated standards.

Ben Whishaw at the  2025 Sundance Film Festival Studio presented by Casamigos held at the  Studio on January 26, 2025 in Park City, Utah

Ben Whishaw at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Studio presented by Casamigos held at the Studio on January 26, 2025 in Park City, Utah

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Key Highlights

  • “It’s complicated and probably different for every individual, but I think it’s still something to do with the fact that if you want to be really successful, you have to conform to what is deemed to be heterosexual taste, or something,” he told The Guardian.
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  • I’m always amazed by how much sex is underneath everything, actually.
  • Or desire.
  • There’s still a lot of homophobia and hatred.
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