'Avengers: Endgame' ntas MCU’s first openly gay character

Contents:

• ‘AVENGERS’ DIRECTORS HT THAT MARVEL WILL UNVEIL A GAY CHARACTER
• "AVENGERS: ENDGAME" FEATUR MARVEL STUDS' FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN A SMALL ROLE
• MARVEL COMICS REVEALS EARTH'S FIRST GAY SUPER-COUPLE
• 'AVENGERS: ENDGAME' DIRECTORS REVEALED THAT ONE OF MARVEL'S EXISTG CHARACTERS IS GAY, BUT FANS ARE MOCKG THE LACKLTER ANNOUNCEMENT
• JOE RSO DISCS THE IMPORTANCE OF HIS GAY CAMEO IN ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’
• AVENGERS: ENDGAME'S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER WAS "JT MEANT TO BE A MATTER OF FACT"
• AVENGERS: ENDGAME HAS THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY-GAY CHARACTER (BUT DID IT WORK?)
• AVENGERS: ENDGAME: WHO IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN THE MCU?
• 'AVENGERS: ENDGAME' NTAS MCU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER, RSO BROTHERS EXPLA WHY

‘AVENGERS’ DIRECTORS HT THAT MARVEL WILL UNVEIL A GAY CHARACTER

“Avengers: Endgame” directors Joe and Anthony Rso hted that a gay Marvel character will be intified  a future stallment  the movie duo was discsg Joe Rso’s on-screen role the film durg an appearance on “EW Morng Live, ” which the director nfirmed as “the first openly gay character, ” Entertament Weekly reported Wednday. ”But as far as who he was talkg about, Joe remaed fairly HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP“We’re gonna fd out, ” he said, whout namg anyone particular when asked by a host “who else is gay?

”“There is a gay character g up one of their films, ” Joe said, addg that he expects Marvel will make an announcement on the subject, acrdg to Entertament Studs Print Kev Feige shed light on the topic last year, the outlet noted.

"AVENGERS: ENDGAME" FEATUR MARVEL STUDS' FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN A SMALL ROLE

Two rol, “both on you’ve seen and on you haven’t seen, ” would be intified as gay, he said at the time.

“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 told Deadle.

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MARVEL COMICS REVEALS EARTH'S FIRST GAY SUPER-COUPLE

Marvel also troduced the first gay superhero wh an onscreen love tert their library of tl. "The mixed-race Kellyman has never hidn the fact she is gay. In one post, the pair n be seen celebratg at a Pri June, O'Coy posted a pic of the two sually seated together outdoor, sayg her "gay ass self" was the happit she'd ever been bee of Eternals is due for release November.

The "Avengers: Endgame" directors Anthony and Joe Rso revealed on SiriXM this week that an existg character the Marvel Cematic Universe is gay.

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

"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.

JOE RSO DISCS THE IMPORTANCE OF HIS GAY CAMEO IN ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’

—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.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME'S OPENLY GAY CHARACTER WAS "JT MEANT TO BE A MATTER OF FACT"

—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. Well, blk and you’ll miss , but there is a gay character ‘Avengers: Endgame’, but ’s not a superhero.

In the extend versn of that scene, one of the other people attendg the meetg is a gay man, mourng the “Snappeng” ath of his partner, and then gog on his first date afterward. It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them. ”His brother, Anthony add:“The fact that the character is gay will get attentn but isn’t where the scene started.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME HAS THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY-GAY CHARACTER (BUT DID IT WORK?)

”While ’s nice that the Rsos clud a gay character, ’s a really small role, and the character isn’t part of the ma story. Reportedly, another same-sex romantic subplot was also cut om ‘Black Panther’ there is talk that a gay male hero will be troduced ‘The Eternals’, wh Ikas and Hercul’ nam the mix. Kev Feige has fend the unrwhelmg but of the MCU's first openly gay character Avengers: rerd-breakg movie ffled feathers when fans disvered the much-moured gay character featured was not a superhero but fact a grievg man who featur briefly a post-Snap support group attend by Steve Rogers (Chris Evans).

Portrayed by the film's -director Joe Rso, some fans were baffled by the cisn to make Marvel's first onscreen gay character nothg more than a glorified ImagRelated: 7 real people who – bizarrely – exist the MCUBut Marvel boss Feige has sce fend the cisn, argug that s cln was "jt meant to be a matter of fact".

”Marvel StudsWe earn a missn for products purchased through some lks this Rso himself has nfirmed another gay character will feature a forthg Marvel, acrdg to Feige, looks like we n expect them to be a more signifint role this time add: "We haven’t been shy about sayg that that’s g and that there’s much more proment LGBT hero the future. Avengers: Endgame featur Marvel's first openly gay character, but may not be the equal reprentatn that LGBTQ fans were hopg for.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME: WHO IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN THE MCU?

Avengers: Endgame clus the Marvel Cematic Universe's first openly gay character, but unfortunately, the film stops short of proper LGBTQ reprentatn.

Marvel and Disney have, over the years, e unr fire for the favor seemgly shown to the straight whe male characters, but Marvel and directors Anthony and Joe Rso have hted that all that would change wh the troductn of Marvel's first openly gay character Avengers: Endgame. If fans thought they were gettg a gay character wh the MCU who would have any kd of signifint impact, though, they were for a disappotment. The openly gay character Avengers: Endgame is merely billed as "grievg man, " and he's played by Joe Rso.

Ined, feels very much like a token gture, as though they thought they better clu a gay person somewhere, and that was as good a moment as any.

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

Y, 's good to see a survivor of the snap talkg about how they're tryg to move on, and they jt happen to be gay, but let's be real; grievg man is unlikely to be a character of any signifince movg forward.

What LGBTQ fans mean when they argue for fair reprentatn, and what Marvel should be strivg for, is an openly gay character who is foremost the MCU, wh a promence up alongsi Thor, Doctor Strange, and Spir-Man, for example; a superhero who happens to be gay, jt as Steve Rogers is a superhero who happens to be straight.

This might happen The Eternals movie, as Marvel is reportedly stg for an openly gay lead, but that has yet to be nfirmed. Capta Marvel actrs Gemma Chan will also play a new character the MCU as of the new hero will end up as an LGBT character is unclear, but there were mors that Marvel Studs was seekg an openly gay actor for the role. In addn to wrappg up 22 films worth of stori, Endgame manag to quietly slip the first nonilly gay character of the Marvel films.