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‘The Eternals’ Actor Says Crew Cried on Set While Filming MCU’s First Gay Kiss
IndieWire ^ | February 13, 2020 | Zack Sharf

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 ‘Atlanta’s’ Brian Tyree Henry, and we represent a gay family and have a child.” Marvel’s 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 Marvel’s first gay kiss.

“It’s a beautiful, very moving kiss,” Sleiman says. “Everyone cried on set. For me it’s 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 it’s important for the world to be reminded that we in the queer community we’re all children at one point. We forget that because we’re 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 MCU’s 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 film’s 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 won’t be lobbied at “The Eternals” as Brian Tyree Henry’s 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 MCU’s gay future might also include Tessa Thompson’s 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 he’s 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 there’s a natural choice, or a natural way for that character to go — then I’m pretty supportive. If Tessa wanted to do that, I’m in.”

Disney is releasing “The Eternals” in theaters nationwide November 6.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: corporateliberalism; disney; eternals; getwokegobroke; hollywood; homofascism; homosexualagenda; marvel; mcu; rapingmychildhood; theeternals
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What are the odds this scene will get cut in certain countries?
1 posted on 02/13/2020 7:21:21 PM PST by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode
Barf.😝
2 posted on 02/13/2020 7:22:58 PM PST by madison10
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To: EdnaMode

Cry — more like barf.


3 posted on 02/13/2020 7:24:06 PM PST by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: EdnaMode

Its got to be a evil possession. Mass possession by a spirit of evil that emotes when God creation is turned upside-down.


4 posted on 02/13/2020 7:25:55 PM PST by griffin
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To: EdnaMode

Just think of all the money we’ll save staying home from garbage movies like this!


5 posted on 02/13/2020 7:26:05 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: EdnaMode
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

WTF? Whatever. The Eternals is scraping the bottom of the barrel as it is, but I’m not as big a Jack Kirby fan as most. The New Gods are pretty lame, too.
6 posted on 02/13/2020 7:26:27 PM PST by Rastus
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To: EdnaMode
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7 posted on 02/13/2020 7:27:10 PM PST by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: EdnaMode

I hate fags


8 posted on 02/13/2020 7:28:00 PM PST by max americana (Fired ONE libtard at work at every election since 2008 because I enjoy them crying)
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To: EdnaMode

Kinda makes me want to cry too....

For the loss of decency in ‘entertainment’ and the world in general.


9 posted on 02/13/2020 7:28:39 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: EdnaMode

That wasn’t crying, it was regurgitation.


10 posted on 02/13/2020 7:28:56 PM PST by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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To: Rastus

I’ll stick with the Eternals of vintage Dr. Who.

Maybe one serial they showed in.


11 posted on 02/13/2020 7:29:07 PM PST by wally_bert (Your methods were a little incomplete, you too for that matter.)
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To: EdnaMode

I can predict the future - I will never see another Marvel film. Endgame was the end.


12 posted on 02/13/2020 7:32:36 PM PST by Sans-Culotte (With every passing day, I am a little bit gladder that Romney lost in 2012.)
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To: EdnaMode; Impy; BillyBoy; LS; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; Clemenza; ...

There’s nothing “Super” about Sodomy.


13 posted on 02/13/2020 7:35:22 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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Where are the transgender super heroes?


14 posted on 02/13/2020 7:41:39 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT (Committee to Re-Elect the President ( CREEP ))
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To: EdnaMode

I’m liberal when it comes to people doing what they want as long as it doesn’t harm me or mine... IN PRIVATE! But I don’t want to see this crap. I’ll pass. They don’t want equality or freedom, they want to shove their behavior in people’s faces.


15 posted on 02/13/2020 7:43:12 PM PST by StolarStorm
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To: EdnaMode

Depraved!


16 posted on 02/13/2020 7:44:07 PM PST by Eagles6
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To: Sans-Culotte

This isn’t Phase IV of the MCU. It’s Stage IV.


17 posted on 02/13/2020 7:44:22 PM PST by Rastus
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To: EdnaMode

I’ve seen most of the MCU movies and I can’t remember anyone kissing at all.

The rumor about Thor Love and Thunder is that, as ruler of New Asgard, Valkyrie will be seeking a queen.

Best way to stop it would be just not go see the movies If the box offices are below expectations for Eternals and Thor, maybe Marvel will reconsider. Right now, though, it sounds like they’re bending over backwards to show that they’re “inclusive.”


18 posted on 02/13/2020 7:44:54 PM PST by be-baw
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To: EdnaMode

Disgusting.


19 posted on 02/13/2020 7:46:45 PM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: EdnaMode

I am thankful that Marvel kept the SJW out of the first phases, until Infinity War. They are now free to throw whatever they want into the subsequent movies. I will not go see them, not even in the cheapies.


20 posted on 02/13/2020 7:47:36 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cultsther)
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