{"id":9711,"date":"2021-05-03T16:49:25","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T16:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/halston-ewan-mcgregor-defends-casting-as-gay-fashion-designer-in-netflix-series\/"},"modified":"2021-05-03T16:49:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T16:49:25","slug":"halston-ewan-mcgregor-defends-casting-as-gay-fashion-designer-in-netflix-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/entertainment\/halston-ewan-mcgregor-defends-casting-as-gay-fashion-designer-in-netflix-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Halston: Ewan McGregor defends casting as gay fashion designer in Netflix series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>McGregor (centre) in Netflix\u2019s Halston (ATSUSHI NISHIJIMA\/NETFLIX)Ewan McGregor has defended his casting as gay fashion designer Halston in a new Netflix series.The Trainspotting star will star in Halston as the titular influential designer best known for designing the pillbox hat worn by Jackie Kennedy at her husband\u2019s inauguration. He died in 1990 of Aids-related cancer.Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor addressed comments made by Pose star Billy Porter in 2019 that it was \u201cenraging\u201d seeing straight men praised for playing LGBTQ+ characters when gay men were rarely cast in the other direction.Admitting&#8230; Click below to read the full story from Yahoo Movies UK<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.movies.yahoo.com\/halston-ewan-mcgregor-defends-casting-083312716.html?src=rss\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McGregor (centre) in Netflix\u2019s Halston (ATSUSHI NISHIJIMA\/NETFLIX)Ewan McGregor has defended his casting as gay fashion designer Halston in a new Netflix series.The Trainspotting star will star in Halston as the titular influential designer best known for designing the pillbox hat worn by Jackie Kennedy at her husband\u2019s inauguration. 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