Billy Porter បានជ្រើសរើសភាពយន្តរបស់ Trans Screenwriter នេះសម្រាប់ការដឹកនាំដំបូងរបស់គាត់។

ក្រៅឆាក kicked off its 40th anniversary film festival Thursday in Los Angeles by presenting Grammy-, Emmy- and Tony Award-winning actor, performer and activist ប៊ីលីផតទ័រ with its 2022 Achievement Award, and then hosted the premiere of his directorial debut film.

As Kemberlie Spivey reported in Forbes in November 2020, the original title was ចុះបើ? ឥឡូវនេះវាជា Anything’s Possible, a transgender coming of age drama, starring an out trans actress, Eva Reign. Here’s a look at the trailer for the film, which debuts on Amazon Prime on July 22:

Reign and Porter are making all the headlines, but the unsung star of this project for MGM’s Orion Pictures is Mexican-born out trans screenwriter Ximena Garcia Lecuona. She is walking the red carpet at the premiere at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown L.A.

Before their big night, the screenwriter and Porter answered my questions for Forbes:

Dawn Ennis៖ តើអ្នកមានអារម្មណ៍យ៉ាងណាចំពោះការបង្ហាញខ្សែភាពយន្តរបស់អ្នកនៅឯ Outfest ហើយតើវាមានន័យយ៉ាងណាសម្រាប់សហគមន៍ LGBTQIA និងការតំណាង និងការមើលឃើញជាទូទៅ?

Billy Porter៖ វាមានអារម្មណ៍ដូចជាមកផ្ទះ។ ខ្សែភាពយន្តទីមួយដែលខ្ញុំធ្លាប់សម្តែងគឺរឿងរបស់ Greg Berlanti ក្លឹបបេះដូងខូច តាំងពីឆ្នាំ 2000 មកម្ល៉េះ។ ខ្ញុំ​រំភើប​ចិត្ត។ តំណាងគឺសំខាន់ណាស់ ហើយខ្ញុំពិតជាមានពរណាស់ដែលបានរស់នៅបានយូរល្មមនឹងឃើញថ្ងៃដែលខ្ញុំជាបុរសស្បែកខ្មៅ ទទួលបានជីវិតពេញលេញនៃភាពត្រឹមត្រូវ និងរីកចម្រើន។

អេននីសៈ តើយីហោដូចជា Outfest ជួយគាំទ្រចក្ខុវិស័យរបស់អ្នកយ៉ាងដូចម្តេច?

អ្នកដឹកជញ្ជូន៖ Outfest តែងតែជាខ្សែជីវិតសម្រាប់អ្នកដែលចូលចិត្តមនុស្សទូទៅដែលមិនមានកន្លែងទៅ។ ដើម្បី​មាន​មហោស្រព​ភាពយន្ត​ដែល​មាន​អាយុ 40 ឆ្នាំ​គឺជា​សក្ខីភាព​មួយ​ចំពោះ​ភាព​កាច​សាហាវ​នៃ​សហគមន៍​របស់​យើង។ សាងសង់វា - ហើយពួកគេនឹងមក។

អេននីសៈ តើ​ការ​ទទួល​បាន​កិត្តិយស និង​ការ​ទទួល​ស្គាល់​ពី Outfest មាន​ន័យ​យ៉ាង​ណា​ចំពោះ​អ្នក?

អ្នកដឹកជញ្ជូន៖ ខ្ញុំ​ពិត​ជា​មិន​អាច​បំបែក​ទំហំ​នៃ​ពេល​នេះ​បាន​ទេ។ ខ្ញុំកំពុងធ្វើការលើវា។ ប៉ុន្តែខ្ញុំនឹងនិយាយរឿងនេះ — វាមានរយៈពេលជាង 20 ឆ្នាំមុន នៅពេលដែលខ្ញុំបានសម្រេចចិត្តជ្រើសរើសខ្លួនឯង ហើយសង្ឃឹមថានឹងផ្លាស់ប្តូរគន្លងនៃជីវិតរបស់ខ្ញុំ។ ខ្ញុំបានធ្វើវា។ ហើយ​ខ្ញុំ​មាន​ការ​បន្ទាប​ខ្លួន និង​ហួសចិត្ត​ដែល Outfest ឃើញ​ខ្ញុំ។

អេននីសៈ What was your reaction when you learned the story you wrote was finally going to be made into a movie?

Ximena García Lecuona: I think like the first reaction was not excitement. It was like anxiety. I was like, ‘Oh, no. Oh, shit! Like, what? What have I done?’ Because I really wrote the movie not thinking of the consequences, you know? It was just a fun thing to write. I wanted to be a writer. I needed to have some samples. And then when it actually started to happen, it was like, ‘Oh, no. People are going to see what I wrote? Get to know me on a very large scale?’ That kind of exposure was very, very scary for me. But that went away, eventually. Eventually, it just faded into happiness and feeling I was telling an important story.

អេននីសៈ And then to have Billy Porter, of all people, select this as his directorial debut.

García Lecuona: Yeah, that was great. I think I was excited when they told me that, because I just really wanted to meet Billy Porter.

អេននីសៈ Having met him and interviewed him, I can tell you it’s a treat. Yeah. I heard from Outfest executive director Damien Navarro that he was very inclusive on the set as well.

García Lecuona: Yeah, he was great on set. He’s very sensitive, very fun, great with the younger members of the cast. He’s an angel.

អេននីសៈ I think one of the things I worry about, as an aspiring screenwriter, is I write it and then somebody changes it and it’s unrecognizable from what I had as a vision. Has that happened to you in any way?

García Lecuona: Things definitely change, but I like it. Like in អ្វីក៏ដោយដែលអាចទៅរួច, Billy came in, and not a lot of the script changed, like the script itself, but Billy is very intuitive, in the moment. What the movie needed was changes on the spot and I like every change that I saw. I was like, ‘Oh, no, that was correct, like, I overlooked that in the script, or it just went to a very surprising place that I like. I think the movie benefited from having so many voices. At some points, I think I would kind of forget about the delivery and the joy involved in the script and go to serious places. Billy came in and said, ‘No, we can have that, but also make it fun, and have them dance here.’ I love how it how it evolved and changed.

ស្វែងយល់បន្ថែមអំពី Outfest និងព្រឹត្តិការណ៍ជាច្រើនរបស់វាដោយចុចនៅទីនេះ.