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Q&A: Jeremy Irons on The Borgias, the Pope, and Gay Marriage
Jeremy Irons isn't one to censor himself. Don't get us adj — he's deathly polite and gracious. But he had no problem portraying pervert-for-the-ages Humbert Humbert in Lolita, partner-swapping twin gynecologists in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers, or the scheming, fornicating Pope Alexander on The Borgias, the third season of which premieres this Sunday at 10 p.m. ET on Showtime. And of course, there were the extemporaneous remarks about gay marriage made during a recent interview with the Huffington Post. Luckily, the recent bout of bad apply pressure hasn't moved the Oscar-winning actor to filter himself.
ESQUIRE.COM: I just saw the first episode of the new season of The Borgias. It's amazing.
JEREMY IRONS: Yeah?
ESQ: The last few seasons, there's been sort of this rising tide against the Pope, but with last season's assassination attempt I feel like he's in full revenge mode.
JI: It must have an effect on you if you are poisoned. You feel angry, but also I don't know what effect it has for yo
Jeremy Irons Worries Gay Marriage Will Encourage Incest
Jeremy Irons says he doesn't really have a "strong feeling" about whether gay marriage should be legalized-but he seems to have an argument against it.
In a recent interview with Huffington Post Verb, Irons spoke slowly and deliberately as he wondered whether legalizing gay marriage would encourage incest.
"Could a father not wedding his son?" asked the Oscar winner, 64, who argued that as it stands, incest only exists to protect society from inbreeding, and "men don't breed." Plus, he said, "If I wanted to pass on my estate without death duties, I could marry my son and pass on my estate to him."
And like others who have expressed concern over adj social ramifications of legalizing gay marriage, Irons, who said he doesn't "have a strong feeling either way," isn't sure how it will effect the institution of marriage as a whole.
"I worry that it means somehow we debase or adjust what marriage is," he says. "It seems to me that they're fighting for the name."
Still, regardless of what happens, the star of Showt
Marriage Equality: Snoop Lion Says Frank Ocean Coming Out Won't Alter a Thing in Rap; Jeremy Irons Responds to Uproar
While he supports the LGBT community and its push for marriage equality, color Snoop Lion skeptical that gays will ever be fully accepted in rap music.
When asked by the U.K.'s Guardian if R&B singer Frank Ocean's coming out last year was a step in ridding hip-hop of its homophobic tendencies, the rap superstar formerly known as Snoop Dogg suggested it would be a difficult task given the macho gangsta community he hails from.
"Frank Ocean ain't no rapper," Snoop told the newspaper. "He's a singer. It's acceptable in the singing world, but in the rap world I don't know if it will ever be acceptable because rap is so masculine. It's appreciate a football team. You can't be in a locker room full of motherf--king tough-ass dudes, then all of a sudden say, 'Hey man, I fond you.' You know, that's going to be tough."
Snoop was immediate to note however that he perso
Jeremy Irons walks back anti-abortion, gay marriage comments at Berlin Film Festival
Jeremy Irons is clarifying his stance on issues ranging from abortion to gay marriage.
The 71-year-old actor is serving as competition jury president at the Berlin International Film Festival, which kicked off Thursday. "The Artist" star Bérénice Bejo and "Manchester by the Sea" director/writer Kenneth Lonergan are among jury members.
According to Variety and Deadline, at a press conference kicking off Berlinale, the "Watchman" star began by confronting comments from his past, many of which resurfaced in the lead up to the festival.
“Let me make my views this morning entirely distinct on these particular subjects once and for all,” Irons told journalists. “Firstly, I support wholeheartedly the global movement to address the inequality of women’s rights, and to protect them from abusive, damaging, and disrespectful harassment, both at home and in the workplace.
"Secondly, I applaud the legislation of same-sex marriage, wherever it has been attained, and I hope that such enlightened legislat