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• ‘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.

“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.

THE RSO BROTHERS SAY A CURRENT MARVEL CHARACTER IS SECRETLY GAY

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. 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.

RSO BROTHERS CONFIRM ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER UPG MARVEL STUDS FILM

”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.

"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?

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

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. After the director and actor took on a gay role Avengers: Endgame, began a ntroversy regardg the role.

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

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.

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

After some light vtigatn, turns out that the first openly gay character is a glorified meo by director Joe Rso. 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.

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

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. 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.

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

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.

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. 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.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME FEATUR FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER A MARVEL FILM

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

“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.

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

When asked to clarify if this character was “the first out gay character” a Marvel film, Joe replied, “Y, openly gay. “There is a gay character g up one of their films, and I thk Kev [Feige, Marvel Studs print] will make that announcement, I’m sure pretty soon, ” Joe told EW. In 2018, he said at least two openly gay characters would be revealed future MCU films.

Assumg that Joe Rso’s character  Endgame was one of the characters, then who else will get to be nonilly gay?

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

Get our ee weekly email for all the latt cematic news om our film cric Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cematic email for eeAvengers: Endgame will feature the first openly gay character a Marvel film, a small part, the Rso brothers have Rso, who -directed the upg blockbter wh his brother Anthony, plays the role early on the film, Deadle reported on man played by Joe is not a superhero but rather a civilian, who appears at the begng of the movie as a member of a support group for those whose loved on have died when Thanos wiped out half of the galaxy Avengers: Infy n be heard talkg about his late male partner, and gog on his first date sce the man's isn't a major role, and the character only appears for a brief moment, but marks the first time a gay character has been openly featured the Marvel Cematic Universe. “It was important to as we did four of the [Avengers] films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them.

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

”The reveal amid growg speculatn that Marvel might add an openly gay superhero to s le-up the near future. Avengers: Endgame troduc the first openly gay character to appear a Disney/Marvel movie. There has been speculatn that Marvel will add an openly gay superhero at some pot, and onle mors have pegged The Eternals as a possibily.

Disney will her a gay character, Negasonic Teegage Warhead, om Fox’s Deadpool and Deadpool 2, the latter of which clud her girliend. “The fact that the character is gay will get attentn but isn’t where the scene started, ” he said. The "Avengers: Endgame" directors Anthony and Joe Rso revealed on SiriXM this week that an existg character the Marvel Cematic Universe is gay.

RSO BROTHERS CONFIRM ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER’S ENTRY THE MCU

"There is a gay character g up one of their films, and I thk Kev will make that announcement I'm sure pretty soon, " Joe said, referrg to Kev Feige, the Marvel Studs has been cricized for "straightwashg" Marvel characters the past, pecially sce many are queer the fans are mockg the Rso brothers for the unrwhelmg announcement after 22 blockbter films wh no LGBTQ INSIDER's homepage for more stori. The "Avengers: Endgame" directors Anthony and Joe Rso recently revealed that an existg character the Marvel Cematic Universe is gay — but fans LGBTQ muni, many of whom have been beggg for reprentatn the MCU for years, weren't imprsed wh the an terview on SiriXM rad this week, the Rso brothers were asked whether Joe's meo "Endgame" marked the first acknowledgment of queerns a Marvel film. "There's been suatns about other characters' sexualy, but this is the first openly gay" character, Joe more: Marvel's first openly gay character 'Endgame' fell short of our expectatns"There is a gay character g up one of their films, and I thk Kev will make that announcement I'm sure pretty soon, " Joe ntued, referrg to Kev Feige, the Marvel Studs print.

In 2018, Feige teased two openly gay characters the MCU — "both on you've seen and on you haven't seen.

—Michelle (@michelle_on_rye) May 9, 2019Many fans believe Marvel is prrizg makg money over meangful reprentatn onscreenGiven all this, after 22 blockbter films and no LGBTQ reprentatn, fans are disappoted that Marvel would retroactively announce that an existg character is gay — pecially whout givg that inty attentn believe Disney straightwash movi bee don't want to alienate certa dienc, particularly homophobic cultur and untri. "—Mary Ellen (@alissaliente) May 9, 2019Many fans mocked the unrwhelmg announcement, jokg that Marvel executiv see themselv as genero and radil by cludg one gay character the massive st of Marvel more: A five rankg of all the Avengers, om least to most powerful—✨Lerary Necromancer? (@RoAnnaSylver) May 9, 2019—Mary Ellen (@alissaliente) May 9, 2019—Kharlo (@KharloKong) May 8, 2019Some pared the Rso brothers' ment to J.

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

At least one Marvel Cematic Universe character that dienc are already faiar wh is gay, and Marvel will reveal that character’s inty, or a pletely new gay character, an upg film, acrdg to “Avengers: Endgame” directors Anthony and Joe Rso.

While talkg about Joe Rso’s meo “Endgame, ” which he played a gay man a Thanos-Snap-survivors support group, EW asked if that was Marvel’s first gay character.