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.
We just want to be able to ‘love’ who we want. It’s not like we’ll be in your face or running for President or anything.
Thanks a helluva lot Anthony Kennedy.
The next phase of Marvel movies will underperform, not just because of the moral rot, but also audience fatigue. I hope the brand tanks.
Haaz Sleiman is a fag
Somebody had the crew by the balls.
A decade ago Marvel’ “Capt. America” comic attacked the TEA Party movement.
https://comicsalliance.com/captain-america-tea-party-controversy/
ue to what’s been deemed both a lettering error and an editorial oversight, a sign that read “Tea Bag the Liberals Before They Tea Bag You” appeared at an anti-tax rally within the story, and a controversy erupted when a conservative blogger supportive of the Tea Party caught wind of it several weeks later and accused Marvel of “making patriotic Americans into your newest super villains.”
Im done
Sick degenerates.
WHY I NEVER GO TO COMIC BOOK MOVIES!!!! Though some are OK to take children to, though not this gay propagandizing one.
Thats so gay
The whole crew was probably gay. No one else would cry with joy.
Right? I look at ads. If you were a Martian who landed here, you would think, based on ads & TV programming, that 75% of the American population is black or Hispanic; that there are no same-race marriages; that virtually NO handsome white male manly men exist, and that those who do are either violent thugs or stupid.
You’re not kiddin’
For about 5 years, my main source of media has been Sirius satellite radio: I get news, politics, music, sports & everything. It’s more convenient for me than TV and allowed me to cut the cable. I just love it & wouldn’t trade it for a million bucks.
But the times I’ve visited others in that time span and seen tv, I’ve been gobsmacked at the ads - all of which I’d missed seeing with my own eyeballs. There are no white families, more often a minority family, but now more often than not...a mixed race family or couple. And lately, same sex couples with children.
This is flat-out propaganda being foisted on the public. I now understand what my Dad meant in his later years when he calmly said “I’m so glad I’m at the age that I am.”
Just guarantees this is a Marvel movie I won’t see - or will wait for streaming and maybe watch it when I can skip ahead.
Personally, I don’t want to see “love” in my super hero movies.
#GoWokeGoBroke
There was no anal sex in the show Jessica Jones. None.
Very high if you are referring to Chinese theaters. Basically, objectionable content is either edited out or the movie won’t be approved for viewing in the PRC.
In addition, Chinese audiences are reportedly pretty conservative and have rejected certain types Western movies in the past even if they got past official Chinese government censorship. So the prospect of poor ticket sales also drives the impulse to reject movies with this type of content.
The challenge for movie companies to isolate such scenes/content sufficiently during the composition of the film so they can be seamlessly removed without doing too much damage to the overall story narrative or continuity of action.
China is simply too big a potential market to not try to accommodate their viewing tastes.
Agree. Outside of Darkseid the rest of the New gods are lame. The X Men are lame too. Kirby came up with the ultimate black box. No need for a back story or origin. Just make somebody born with a bunch of powers.
The height of laziness. Wolverine is the only interesting character because he has a back story and artificial enhancements.
Vomiting brings tears to my eyes.
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