<p>Hollywood star Guy Pearce was forced to delete his post and defend &#8220;the definition of acting&#8221; after he posted a question about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transgender</a> actors.</p>
<p>The 55-year-old actor — best known for his work on movies like &#8220;L.A. Confidential&#8221; and &#8220;Memento&#8221; — tweeted to his tens of thousands of followers a question that read, &#8220;if the only people allowed to play trans characters are trans folk, then are we also suggesting the only people trans folk can play are trans characters?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Surely that will limit your career as an actor,&#8221; Pearce added. &#8220;Isn&#8217;t the point of an actor to be able play anyone outside your own world?&#8221;</p>
<p>He was then met with criticism for simply asking the question and responded in a second post that he was only &#8220;raising the question of gender identity within the casting process,&#8221; while noting doing so on a platform like Twitter was not the best idea and for that he apologized.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I posted a tweet yesterday that I shouldn’t have, which to prevent upsetting anyone else I have now deleted. A fuller apology and explanation of the point I was raising is attached xx Guy <a href="https://t.co/bu1vLQcPFm">pic.twitter.com/bu1vLQcPFm</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Guy Pearce (@TheGuyPearce) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheGuyPearce/status/1640825189054251008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>In the lengthy statement, the &#8220;Iron Man 3&#8221; star wrote that the subject is one that <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/exclusive-actor-trevor-donovan-plays-against-type-onscreen-on-social-media-and-especially-in-politics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">needs to be discussed</a> as he broke things down further. He explained, at one point, he doesn&#8217;t &#8220;believe artists should have to announce their personal identity, sexual preference, political stance, disability, religious beliefs, etc to attain work.&#8221;</p>
<p>In 1994, Pearce appeared in a movie about Drag Queens called &#8220;The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.&#8221; He shared in his statement that over the last 30 years he&#8217;s been asked numerous times whether he thought gay people should&#8217;ve played the roles instead.</p>
<p>He said that to &#8220;suggest &#8216;acting&#8217; can only come from our own lived experience annihilates our imagination. I wouldn&#8217;t want that restriction placed on a minority actor or any actor for that matter, myself included.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;What I will say though, if I am going to play miles outside myself, it better be good,&#8221; Pearce wrote. &#8220;And on that metric I have always been willing to be judged, as I would hope the actor with lived experience is.&#8221;</p>
<p>He concluded his statement by explaining he does believe the &#8220;artistic community must discuss and develop this within itself. Yes, even if that involves a little shouting.&#8221;</p>

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