Posted on 02/13/2020 7:21:21 PM PST by EdnaMode
Marvel Studios has made no secret that its upcoming fall tentpole The Eternals will feature its first openly gay superhero. In a new interview with Logo, Eternals actor Haaz Sleiman reveals his character is one half of the gay couple that appears in the movie. Sleiman says his character is married to the gay superhero Phastos, played by Atlantas Brian Tyree Henry, and we represent a gay family and have a child. Marvels parent company Disney has promised significant gay moments in past tentpoles only for them to not be too explicit (who can forget the live-action Beauty and the Beast remake?), but Sleiman promises significant gay representation in The Eternals. The actor says the Chloe Zhao-directed superhero film will show Marvels first gay kiss.
Its a beautiful, very moving kiss, Sleiman says. Everyone cried on set. For me its very important to show how loving and beautiful a queer family can be. Brian Tyree Henry is such a tremendous actor and brought so much beauty into this part, and at one point I saw a child in his eyes, and I think its important for the world to be reminded that we in the queer community were all children at one point. We forget that because were always depicted as sexual or rebellious. We forget to connect on that human part.
The last Marvel release, Avengers: Endgame, faced backlash after the Russo brothers announced the movie would feature the MCUs first openly gay character. That character ended up being played by Joe Russo and appeared in less than one minute of the movie. Fans criticized the directors for touting representation in the MCU when in reality the character was nameless and insignificant to the films plot. A similar backlash met Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker for its extremely brief same-sex kiss near the end of the film, after J.J. Abrams had touted LGBT representation in the film. It appears such criticisms wont be lobbied at The Eternals as Brian Tyree Henrys openly gay character Pastos is one of the main roles. The cast also includes Gemma Chan, Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, and Salma Hayek.
The MCUs gay future might also include Tessa Thompsons Valkyrie. The character made her franchise debut in Thor: Ragnarok, and the actress revealed after the film opened that her character is bisexual. When asked this week by Variety if Valkyrie will be explicitly queer in the next Thor movie (Thor: Love and Thunder), writer-director Taika Waititi said hes open to the idea.
I think so, Waititi responded. The IP is not mine. But with the actors, I feel whatever makes them comfortable whether they feel like theres a natural choice, or a natural way for that character to go then Im pretty supportive. If Tessa wanted to do that, Im in.
Disney is releasing The Eternals in theaters nationwide November 6.
Theyre gonna cry when their series doesnt get renewed
And with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. For this reason, God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie, in order that judgment will come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.
All 250 lbs of ma'am, ready to wreck a store if you don't address him by its preferred pronoun.
As Michael Savage once said, “GAY, GAY, GAY, GAY, GAY!!!”
Why do these degenerates figure that there is a huge heterosexual damand to see 2 faggots kiss? Buttigieg is disgusting enough!
I blame the coastal city millennials. They live for this crap.
Isn’t stage four, of almost every disease, terminal?
Look! There in the bathhouse! It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s ... Super Homo! Faster than a premature ejaculation. More powerful than the queer lobby. Able to leap on a bare crack in a single bound. Fighting a never-ending battle for deviancy, random sex, and the pervert’s way ...
Pretty soon theyll all be gay, with the token straight couple of course.
I believe we are at that point. Maranatha Lord. Claim Your Church.
TV is almost already there. Started with removing white people. Now, it’s all mixed or something else. Obvious brainwashing.
In light of Rush, I wish not, but it seems to have a high mortality rate.
No money for pervwood.
Abnormal IS NOT NORMAL
Lets Make a Deal is having Valentines Week. When he said they were only having couples make deals, I knew. And sure enough, here came the diesel dykes.
I agree with your first three statements, not so much the fourth. Still, considering that woman they have working on the New Gods movie, I hope it never makes it to film. (I have all 3 times 11 issues of T.N.G., M.M., and T.F.P.). I doubt that I'll go see The Eternals, although I'm sure I'll end up buying the disk when it comes out. Sadly, part of being a collector is buying stuff you really don't want (you buy Daredevil; you buy Electra, you buy Conan; you buy Red Sonja).
And I think Tom King is working on New Gods. That cant be good.
And this is why we can’t have nice things.
A full corruption and forced deep perversion of a wholesome society.
For most of my long life I didn’t care what alternative lifestyles did as long as they kept it to themselves. Now they have to force it down our throats every chance they get.
It’s not their perverse lifestyle that bothers me; it’s their forcing it on everyone including small children. I hope these bastards burn in a the hottest “eternal” hell for this.
LMAO!! Well done!
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