Lenny Kravitz is getting ready for his latest film role to come to theaters, and he’s opening up about his character in Hunger Games. The already edgy artist plays an interesting role of the character “Cinna” who he openly reflects on after hearing some of the fan’s interpretations of the character– especially his s*xuality.

    “I’ll be quite frank with you — I didn’t know about Hunger Games — so when I’m telling kids and they say, ‘Who are you playing?’ and I say Cinna, they go, ‘Oh you’re playing the gay guy.’ That was an actual answer. I’ve never brought that up yet. That’s how they perceived it. So I thought about it, and I read the book and I don’t see that he is or isn’t [gay]. He’s a designer, he’s a stylist, he has gold eyeliner—that doesn’t mean anything either way.”

Kravitz also adds that he had some personal inspiration to getting into character from a close friend of his; who happens to be bis*xual.”I actually have a friend who is a dancer who is bis*xual, and he was a lot of inspiration for my speech pattern and my rhythm, and kind of the way I sauntered in and out a little bit.”

The highly anticipated book to film adaptation has fans salivating for this weekend’s Friday March 23rd release, and it’s sure to see number one at the box office.

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