'Avengers' Fans Are Mockg Marvel for Sayg an Existg Character Is Gay

Contents:

• ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ FEATUR THE MCU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MOMENT, STARRG DIRECTOR JOE RSO
• 'AVENGERS: ENDGAME' NTAS MCU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER, RSO BROTHERS EXPLA WHY
• THE RSO BROTHERS SAY A CURRENT MARVEL CHARACTER IS SECRETLY GAY
• RSO BROTHERS CONFIRM ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER UPG MARVEL STUDS FILM
• THE GAY AVENGERS: ENDGAME CHARACTER IS A HALF-BAKED ATTEMPT AT DIVERSY
• THE RSO BROTHERS SAY THAT ONE OF THE CURRENT MARVEL CHARACTERS IS SECRETLY GAY
• RSO BROTHERS TALK INTRODUCG FIRST OPENLY GAY MCU CHARACTER AVENGERS: ENDGAME
• RSO BROTHERS CONFIRM 'ENDGAME' IS THEIR LAST MARVEL FILM & DISCS FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER
• THE RSOS SAY A CURRENT MCU CHARACTER IS CANONILLY GAY, BUT WHAT DO THAT REALLY MEAN?
• AVENGERS: ENDGAME FEATUR FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER A MARVEL FILM
• ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ DIRECTORS JOE & ANTHONY RSO ADDRS INCLN OF FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN MARVEL SUPERHERO FILM
• 'AVENGERS: ENDGAME' DIRECTORS REVEALED THAT ONE OF MARVEL'S EXISTG CHARACTERS IS GAY, BUT FANS ARE MOCKG THE LACKLTER ANNOUNCEMENT
• ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ DIRECTORS SAY MARVEL WILL REVEAL A GAY CHARACTER AN UPG FILM (VIO)
• RSO BROTHERS CONFIRM ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER’S ENTRY THE MCU
• RSO BROTHERS CONFIRM AVENGERS: ENDGAME FEATUR FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER MARVEL CEMATIC UNIVERSE

‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ FEATUR THE MCU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MOMENT, STARRG DIRECTOR JOE RSO

The moment is quick, but ’s a tone nohels as reprents the first openly gay moment the MCU. “It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them.

While nothg has been nfirmed by Disney or Marvel Studs, the mor has that Chloe Zhoe’s upg MCU entry “The Eternals” will feature an openly gay superhero.

'AVENGERS: ENDGAME' NTAS MCU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER, RSO BROTHERS EXPLA WHY

“We wanted to be sual, wh the fact that the character is gay tied to the fabric of the storytellg and reprentg what everyday life is, ” Joe Rso said. “We’ve seen now even untri where homosexualy isn’t as ee as is here, ” Anthony Rso add. But one of the more subtle elements excg fans is the fact the film ntas the MCU’s first openly gay character.

THE RSO BROTHERS SAY A CURRENT MARVEL CHARACTER IS SECRETLY GAY

“We’ve seen now even untri where people untri where homosexualy isn’t as ee as is here, ” Anthony Rso said.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME has the seri' first openly gay character, say the headl! — Kaila Sarah Hier (@cleverrgirrl) April 25, 2019Sure, the film uld do more, but hopefully this is the first step to more reprentatn the future, wh Kev Feige sayg characters ‘we’ve seen and characters we haven’t seen’ will be wh Hercul of The Eternals moured to be the MCU’s first openly gay superhero, looks like reprentatn is here to stay. Kev Feige wh Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Srlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo (Cred: Willy Sanjuan/Invisn/AP)Avengers: Endgame directors the Rso brothers have revealed that Marvel Studs will soon reveal that one of the current MCU characters is secretly gay.

RSO BROTHERS CONFIRM ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER UPG MARVEL STUDS FILM

Dpe some sexual tensn between Mark Ruffalo's Bce Banner and Srlett Johansson's Natasha Romanoff (and Steve Rogers pg over Peggy Carter) the Avengers films are largely sexls 's perhaps no great surprise that if one of them is gay, 's not really figured the overall story more: Eight new Marvel movi datedHowever, that's soon to change. Speakg to Entertament Weekly's EW Morng Live, director Joe Rso was discsg his meo Avengers: appears the scene which Steve Rogers is – for reasons entirely unexplaed – sudnly employed a group therapist to a bunch of 's the guy who speaks about losg his partner, but has sce been on a date, though 's one that volved cryg a he's gay is – pleasgly – not picked up on the slightt, and the terview wh EW, Rso explas that this guy is the first 'openly gay' character the seri (though that's pretty shabby self, nsirg the st of thoands over 22 movi).

(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Nohels, he says: “Y, openly gay. There’ve been suatns about other characters’ sexualy, but this is the first openly gay character. ”Asked 'who else is gay?

Read more: What Endgame’s endg means for the MCU’s future“There is a gay character g up one of their films, and I thk Kev [Feige, MCU boss] will make that announcement, I’m sure pretty soon.

THE GAY AVENGERS: ENDGAME CHARACTER IS A HALF-BAKED ATTEMPT AT DIVERSY

”Ined, Feige has said there will be openly gay characters bluntly by The Playlist if some LGBT characters were on the way, he said bluntly 'Y', and then when asked if was someone we've already seen, he add 'both'. In addn to brg an end to some character arcs and settg up new opportuni for other hero, Endgame also troduced the first openly gay character the MCU and while the character may have been mor, more LGBTQ characters are g, acrdg to the Rso an terview wh Siri XM, Endgame directors Anthony and Joe Rso opened up about a lot of burng qutns about blockbter film, cludg s troductn of an openly gay character. He refers to his date as a man, a mentn that reveals that the character is gay.

"There is a gay character g up one of their films, " Rso said.

"Fans have spected for some time that one of the upg characters The Eternals, one of Marvel Studs' next films, will brg the first gay lead character to the MCU and while Feige didn't specifilly nfirm that spicn, he has spoken about creasg diversy wh the MCU a recent terview wh 9. "It's the importance of reprentatn that prompted Rso to, when they opted to have a gay character appear Endgame, play the character himself.

THE RSO BROTHERS SAY THAT ONE OF THE CURRENT MARVEL CHARACTERS IS SECRETLY GAY

"We've done four of the films and was credibly important to to have a gay character reprented somewhere one of the four movi. "Avengers: Endgame is theaters you exced for the MCU to have more gay characters?

Controversy Due to Rso’s Gay Role In the AvengerApart om directg, the younger half of the Rso brothers, Joe, is also an actor who has played eight movi.

RSO BROTHERS TALK INTRODUCG FIRST OPENLY GAY MCU CHARACTER AVENGERS: ENDGAME

After the director and actor took on a gay role Avengers: Endgame, began a ntroversy regardg the role. The movie is nsired to have the first-ever openly displayed gay moment the MCU.

Talkg wh Deadle, Rso remarked on the importance of the role MCU by sayg: It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them... But as Avengers: Endgame reflectns ntue to e out, there is headle after headle about Marvel's first openly gay character. After some light vtigatn, turns out that the first openly gay character is a glorified meo by director Joe Rso.

RSO BROTHERS CONFIRM 'ENDGAME' IS THEIR LAST MARVEL FILM & DISCS FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER

The First Openly Gay Character qutn is a support group wh Capta Ameri after The Snap.

Then Capta Ameri tells him that 's brave to keep gog on dat ~wh other men~ and then the scene is be clear, I'm not tryg to say that Joe Rso's portrayal of a grievg gay man was rrect or offensive, though 's non that all gay men are fans of the Yanke, not the Mets. Wh that beg said, cludg a gay person a peripheral role isn't an acplishment as much as s payg attentn to every day life. Givg a sile character the moniker of "gay" isn't blazg a trail for LGBT cln as much as s hopg s dience is ignorant enough to nflate the monplace wh somethg fact that an average gay man a Marvel movie mak news as newsworthy shouldn't be surprisg.

THE RSOS SAY A CURRENT MCU CHARACTER IS CANONILLY GAY, BUT WHAT DO THAT REALLY MEAN?

It's the same approach Disney took by makg LeFou gay Bety and the Beast and sayg he was gog to have a "gay moment" when realy he jt very yly longed for Gaston. " But te reprentatn isn't a BINGO rd wh an empty slot that says "throw a gay here! " If anythg, stashg a gay man the narrative so that Capta Ameri n pat him on the head and tell him how brave he is only rerc the ia that LGBT people should feel lucky to be clud at ntent is imported om youTube.

I would have preferred that the Rso Brothers, Disney, and the Marvel Universe ntued on their journey of creatg a good universe wh a pellg superhero narrative and left the wanton attempt of cludg a gay character on the cuttg room floor. But when you make a pot to create a gay character, have him do the absolute least, and then have ld as a step forward for reprentatn, that's a b of a another world, I like to image that Thanos is alive and that he ed his Snap abili a more nstctive way.

If you're gog to go out of your way to make a character gay, give them a storyle worth payg attentn to.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME FEATUR FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER A MARVEL FILM

There was a lot of movie the three-hour money-gobbler that was Avengers: Endgame, so perhaps you missed this: Buried the early stretch was the MCU’s first openly gay character. Co-host Dalton Ross asked them to clarify that this credibly mor character was ed the mega-anchise’s first gay character. “Y, openly gay, ” Joe said, strsg the “openly” part.

“There’ve been suatns about other characters’ sexualy, but this is the first openly gay character.

‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ DIRECTORS JOE & ANTHONY RSO ADDRS INCLN OF FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN MARVEL SUPERHERO FILM

As recently as March, one exec was sayg they were lookg for an openly gay male actor to play one of their future superhero, implyg that said character would be a gay male, too. Rowlg’s much-bated hab of talkg about Alb Dumbledore’s secret homosexualy, which she’ll never pict any pth the Harry Potter-verse books or movi.

“There is a gay character g up one of their films, ” Joe said, “and I thk Kev will make that announcement, I’m sure pretty soon.

'AVENGERS: ENDGAME' DIRECTORS REVEALED THAT ONE OF MARVEL'S EXISTG CHARACTERS IS GAY, BUT FANS ARE MOCKG THE LACKLTER ANNOUNCEMENT

That chang this weekend wh the arrival of Avengers: Endgame, as directors Joe and Anthony Rso ma a pot to clu a gay character a small role early the film.

"It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them.

‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ DIRECTORS SAY MARVEL WILL REVEAL A GAY CHARACTER AN UPG FILM (VIO)

"The fact that the character is gay will get attentn but isn't where the scene started, " Joe ntued. "There has been talk of troducg a gay hero a future MCU film, likely the upg movie The Eternals.

And over another terview wh Deadle, the pair discsed Marvel’s first openly gay character. Portrayed by Joe himself, the brothers explaed why he was clud the 22nd film of the anchise and why the cln of this gay character is signifint.

RSO BROTHERS CONFIRM ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER’S ENTRY THE MCU

“It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them, ” he said.

Acrdg to a new terview wh Entertament Weekly published on Wednday, Anthony and Joe Rso claim that a character the dience already knows will be revealed as gay a future film. For example, an unnamed gay character played by Joe Rso appeared a brief scene  Avengers: Endgame.

RSO BROTHERS CONFIRM AVENGERS: ENDGAME FEATUR FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER MARVEL CEMATIC UNIVERSE

When asked to clarify if this character was “the first out gay character” a Marvel film, Joe replied, “Y, openly gay.