However, according to people within progressive Left-wing circles, people should not be allowed to act in roles if they don’t have the real-life characteristics of the person they are playing – unless it’s a diversity and inclusion hire. Tom Hanks in Philadelphia (1993) Courtesy Of Tristar Pictures
This is why actors have won awards since the beginning of the business, for playing roles that allowed them to submerge themselves into the characters. The art of acting is pretending to be a person that you aren’t in real life.