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’s inauguration.
The issue of whether straight actors should play gay roles on screen has been hotly debated in recent years, with Russell T Davies casting many gay men in his Channel 4 series It’s A Sin.
Halston runs for five episodes on Netflix and has been executive produced by Ryan Murphy.