Clint Eastwood Doesn't 'Give a Crap' About His Character's Sexualities

By Larry Yepez jr

In a recent interview with GQ Magazine, Leonardo Di Caprio and Clint Eastwood dismissed and tried to play down the fact that their new film subject, the late head of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, was indeed a gay man.

Eastwood commented when asked about Hoover's sex life,

"It's a movie about how this guy manipulated everybody around him and managed to stay on through nine presidents. I mean, I don't give a crap if he was gay or not.  He was a shamed man who hunted down others to compensate for his self-loathing. At least, that's how we see it. And that would make a hell of a drama!"

I think this is a very closed minded way for a filmmaker to confront the lives of his film subjects and lacks respect to the authenticity of the real life characters in his films. He should give a crap, at least for the sake of being true to the stories he wants to share with the world.

How Mr. Eastwood will handle Hoover's relationship with his longtime lover Clyde Tolson, played by Armie Hammer?  Leo DiCaprio, who has a passionate kissing scene with Hammer, said:

"What we're saying is that he definitely had a relationship with Tolson that lasted for nearly 50 years. Neither of them married. They lived close to one another. They worked together every day. They vacationed together. And there was rumored to be more. There are definite insinuations of—well, I'm not going to get into where it goes, but..."

Let's hope it's not going to be another Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, a movie that Clint directed based on the best-selling nonfiction book about a gay man, tied to a dramatic murder trial of a gay hustler. Although a great book, the movie was a total flop, probably because it was directed by a guy who "doesn't give a crap" about his gay subjects' sexualities.

I'm not implying that Eastwood is homophobic, he just puts it plain and simple... he doesn't give a crap!

When asked about gay marriage, Clint responded:

"These people who are making a big deal about gay marriage? I don't give a f*** about who wants to get married to anybody else! Why not?! We're making a big deal out of things we shouldn't be making a deal out of … Just give everybody the chance to have the life they want."

What do you think about Clint Eastwood's way to view the gay characters of his films?

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