Should gay roles be reserved for gay actors?

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On the straight and narrow ... Darren Criss said playing Andrew Cunanan would be his last gay role after winning the Golden Globe for The Assassination of Gianni Versace (Photograph: Rachel Murray/Getty Images for Hulu)

It is 1992. A young actor named Will Smith, already a famous rapper and sitcom star, is nervous about his first big film role, as a gay con artist in Six Degrees of Separation. It’s a part that requires him to…