Olivia Colman has claimed that 'people are too nervous' about gender and sexuality - after she raised eyebrows when she revealed she has always described herself as the 'gay man' in her marriage.
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The actress, 52, recently starred as lead character Hannah in Sophie Hyde's new queer drama Jimpa, released in US theatres on February 6.
The movie explores ideas of queerness and parenthood between members of the LGBTQ+ community across generations - and Olivia hopes the film will make the topic more 'mainstream' and accepted.
She told Variety: 'There’s an awful lot of mistrust and hatred about things that there is no need to be hateful about.
'I love the fact that this film is about learning how to listen to each other without throwing the toys out the crib.
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'I don’t understand how you can get so upset about it when someone is different… It would be great if films about queer stories were mainstream.
Olivia Colman has claimed that 'people are too nervous' about gender and sexuality - after she raised eyebrows when she revealed she has always described herself as the 'gay man' in her marriage (pictured 2023)
The actress, 52, recently starred as lead character Hannah in Sophie Hyde's new queer drama Jimpa, released in US theatres on February 6 (pictured with John Lithgow in the movie)
She added: 'It would be wonderful. I don’t know why it’s not, but I think people are too nervous.'
Meanwhile, co-producer and director Sophie pointed to the success of shows like Heated Rivalry as proof that the public is 'craving' queer stories.
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She added: 'We lost so many queer characters from the TV screens. We didn’t see many queer stories told publicly. We certainly saw fewer queer directors working.
'And then up pops Heated Rivalry out of nowhere, a tiny Canadian gay streaming romance, and everyone just loves it. Clearly, we are craving these stories.'
Jimpa stars John Lithgow as Jim, who calls himself Jimpa rather than grandpa, and left his family 'to pursue a free, gay life in Amsterdam'.
His daughter Hannah (Olivia), her non-binary teen Frances (Aud Mason-Hyde) and her husband (played by Daniel Henshall) visit Jimpa, where he encourages the teenager to explore the city's queer culture.
There, she meets characters played by the likes of Zoe Love Smith, Hans Kesting and Romana Vrede.
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Earlier this month, Olivia admitted she feels like she is non-binary, and has never been comfortable with traditional gender roles, while she describes herself as a 'gay man' to her husband of 25 years, Ed Sinclair.
The movie explores ideas of queerness and parenthood between members of the LGBTQ+ community across generations - and Olivia hopes the film will make the topic more 'mainstream' and accepted
She told Variety: 'I don’t understand how you can get so upset about it when someone is different… It would be great if films about queer stories were mainstream. It would be wonderful. I don’t know why it’s not, but I think people are too nervous' (pictured last month)
Earlier this month, Olivia admitted she feels like she is non-binary, and has never been comfortable with traditional gender roles, while she describes herself as a 'gay man' to her husband of 25 years, Ed Sinclair (both pictured last year)
She told Them: 'Throughout my whole life, I've had arguments with people where I've always sort of felt non-binary.
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'I've never felt massively feminine in my being female. I've always described myself to my husband as a gay man.
'And he goes, "Yeah, I get that". And I do feel so at home and at ease.'
In the interview, the star also said that she doesn't spend a whole lot of time with people who are staunchly heterosexual.
However, she added that the men she knows and loves are very in touch 'with all sides of themselves'.
Nonbinary is a term used to describe a person's gender identity that falls outside the traditional male and female binary.
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