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Ronald Dickson Woodroof (February 3, 1950 – September 12, 1992) was an American man who created what would become known as the Dallas Buyer's Club [9] in March 1988, one of several such AIDS buyers clubs that sprang up at the time. After learning he had contracted the human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV) in 1985 and being diagnosed with having ...
Nov 1, 2013 · The characters that have the most profound effect upon Ron in the movie are Rayon (Jared Leto), a transgender woman also living with AIDS who becomes his business partner in the Dallas Buyers...
Sep 30, 2021 · Another Hollywood addition to Woodroof’s story brought more strange twists: Rayon, Ron’s fictional business partner who would end up being played by Jared Leto, is described in the...
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Nov 8, 2013 · Rayon, especially, helps underscore Woodroof’s growth in his understanding of the LGBTQ community and AIDS. The movie suggests flirtation between Woodroof and Dr. Saks; Woodroof,...
Feb 12, 2014 · The film gives Woodroof a fictional trans woman sidekick, Rayon (Jared Leto), though it doesn't seem entirely sure what to do with her.
Leto's portrayal of Rayon, a drug-addicted trans woman with AIDS who befriends McConaughey's character Ron Woodroof, received critical acclaim. [40] The writers created Rayon, to show "Woodroof's gradual acceptance of a subculture he had dismissed." [40]
Oct 31, 2013 · Rayon becomes an unlikely friend to Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey), a rodeo cowboy who starts smuggling HIV drugs from Mexico in the 1980s after he's diagnosed as HIV-positive and given...