Ben Whishaw Calls Out Jam Bond Gay Character Reveal: 'Unsatisfied' - Variety

Contents:

• JAM BOND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER REVEAL NO TIME TO DIE MA ME TEAR UP
• BEN WHISHAW SAYS HE FOUND HIS 'JAM BOND' GAY CHARACTER REVEAL 'UNSATISFYG'
• ACTN ROUNDUP: GAY JAM BOND CHARACTER; VENOM’S ‘COMG OUT PARTY;’ ‘QUEER FAY’ OF ‘MARVEL’S ETERNALS’
• DANIEL CRAIG: GAY JAM BOND NEVER GOG TO HAPPEN
• JAM BOND’S GAY HT WAS ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL, SAYS PRODUCER
• 'NO TIME TO DIE' HTS Q IS GAY LANDMARK LGBTQ+ SCENE
• WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS A GAY JAM BOND
• HOW JAM BOND'S DROPPED GAY AGENT WOULD'VE CHANGED THE FRANCHISE
• BEN WHISHAW UNSATISFIED BY HIS BOND CHARACTER’S GAY REVEAL: I THOUGHT ABOUT QUTNG IT
• BEN WHISHAW ON HIS GAY ‘BOND’ CHARACTER REVEAL: ‘MAYBE SOME THGS WERE NOT GREAT ABOUT THAT DECISN’
• THIS CLASSIC BOND CHARACTER MAY BE GAY 'NO TIME TO DIE'
• ACTN ROUNDUP: GAY JAM BOND CHARACTER; VENOM’S ‘COMG OUT PARTY;’ ‘QUEER FAY’ OF ‘MARVEL’S ETERNALS’
• JAM BOND’S GAY HT WAS ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL, SAYS PRODUCER

JAM BOND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER REVEAL NO TIME TO DIE MA ME TEAR UP

In the 1950s, homosexual acts, or at least on volvg mal, were agast the law the Uned Kgdom. In the post-war perd, a number of real-life Brish spi, such as the Cambridge Four fected to the Soviets, and some of them, such as Guy Burgs and Antony Blunt were attracted to men, which helped create a negative image of gay spi. Lren Spungen cricized the portrayal argug that the "battle between heterosexualy and homosexualy" is a metaphor for the battle of "good and evil".

He forms part of the gay gentleman's outfter trope, which n be found Brish culture om ss such as Are you beg Served? It is subtly hted that he may be a relatnship wh Q, if so that would make this film's Q the first gay one until Ben Whishaw.

BEN WHISHAW SAYS HE FOUND HIS 'JAM BOND' GAY CHARACTER REVEAL 'UNSATISFYG'

Fordyce is a Bond ally, but also reprents a mcg stereotype of a gay man.

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Wt and Kidd who never refer to each other by first name the film of Diamond Are Forever are a gay male uple. In the novel Kidd is nicknamed varly "Dolly" or "Boofy" (the latter nickname also ed the film), and Felix Leer says he spects Kidd “probably shacks up wh Wt”, and says "some of the homos mak the worst killers".

Actor Javier Barm who plays Silva, when asked if the character was gay or bisexual said, “You uld read that way. Ben Whishaw's Q is shown to be a gay man No Time to Die, and is wag for a male date the film.

DANIEL CRAIG: GAY JAM BOND NEVER GOG TO HAPPEN

Ben Whishaw himself is a gay man real life. This is the first time one of Bond's "support team" has been shown to be openly gay, but was not ma obv earlier appearanc of Ben Whishaw's prev portrayals of the character. The 1967 Caso Royale film has s own mp Q, but is not clear if he is gay (he do have a spat wh Fordyce), although Geofey Bayldon himself was.

Assistant Commissner Ronnie Vallance appears the novel of Moonraker, and is not gay.

While wag for his ntact, Assistant Commissner Ronnie Vallance, he be creasgly ncerned that he might be mistaken for eher a crimal or one of the fluential people “sperately hopg to persu Vallance that their sons were not really homosexuals”.

JAM BOND’S GAY HT WAS ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL, SAYS PRODUCER

It’s a remr that 1955, when Moonraker was published, homosexual acts were still crimal offenc.

'NO TIME TO DIE' HTS Q IS GAY LANDMARK LGBTQ+ SCENE

In the novel of The Man wh the Goln Gun, M mentns a "popular theory that a man who nnot whistle has homosexual tennci" and is noted that Sramanga nnot do so.

GLQ: A Journal of Lbian and Gay Studi 7 (3): 417–423. "When Can Homophobia Live and Let Die?

↑ 'Skyfall' Bisexual Scene: Jam Bond Screenwrer Reveals Impet Behd Homoerotic Interrogatn, Huffgton Post.

WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS A GAY JAM BOND

is no doubt one of the most macho movie anchis of all time, but om the moment I saw Golneye as a ltle gay kid at a iend's hoe, I was hooked. But Bond movi also feature badass and fabulo women, tons of drama and some ser emotnal moments -- exactly what a ltle gay kid Craig's turn as Bond has shaken thgs up, serly mornizg the anchise terms of both style and story.

HOW JAM BOND'S DROPPED GAY AGENT WOULD'VE CHANGED THE FRANCHISE

No Time to Die is the 25th official Bond movie and Craig's last -- and troduc the anchise's first out gay character a moment that got me One light spoiler ahead. It's the first time ever a Jam Bond movie that a character has been explicly gay, and 's actually acknowledged out loud, no ls.

Nila Dove/MGMThis isn't to say there haven't been implied queer characters or super gay moments before. In Skyfall, Bond and villa Silva (Javier Barm) have a homoerotic terrogatn scene -- and don't even get me started on the naked torture sequence Caso Royale.

Havg a ma supportg character be openly gay a anchise like Bond is a big al, ma better by the fact that Whishaw is gay himself. And bee Q appears every Bond movie and is sometim played by the same actor even when Bond is rest, Whishaw's gay Q uld appear future Bond movi.

BEN WHISHAW UNSATISFIED BY HIS BOND CHARACTER’S GAY REVEAL: I THOUGHT ABOUT QUTNG IT

13:19Pl, No Time to Die is jt one of the mpit and gayt Jam Bond movi ever. Ana Armas' cktail-chuggg character Paloma is stantly inic, exactly what gays want om a Bond girl: betiful, funny and jt pla badass. While I doubt we'll see a gay Jam Bond anytime soon, the hope of more progrsive stori and character reprentatn has me exced for what Time To Die was released Sept.

BEN WHISHAW ON HIS GAY ‘BOND’ CHARACTER REVEAL: ‘MAYBE SOME THGS WERE NOT GREAT ABOUT THAT DECISN’

Durg a recent terview wh The Guardian, Whishaw — who is gay — said that he had been disappoted by how brief the scene was when he first read the film's script. However, Whishaw fend MGM — who produced the film — om accatns om crics who said the stud was strong-armed to wrg Q as a gay character.

Jam Bond Gets a Good Gay.

The existence of gay Jam Bond characters throughout the super spy's film and book seri has been ght wh queerbag and homophobic trop, but Daniel Craig's fal sp as 007 looks to break that trend. The latt Bond film “No Time to Die” clus a scene that appears to signal that Bond's gadget and gizmo veloper Q, portrayed by out gay actor Ben Whishaw, is gay, markg a first for the seri. Makg Q gay reprents a huge first for the anchise, but the scene self, like other blockbter films that have bragged about LGBTQ cln, is drawg cricism for playg y wh addrsg Q's inty.

THIS CLASSIC BOND CHARACTER MAY BE GAY 'NO TIME TO DIE'

The scene, A dner date terpted by Bond and Moneypenny's world-savg qut, only pots to Q's gayns by havg Wshaw refer to a “he” who he expectg for the romantic eveng.

Wshaw himself has advoted for a gay Jam Bond as Craig exs the anchise, tellg Attu, “I really believe that we should be workg towards a world where anyone n play anythg and would be really thrillg if didn't matter about someone's sexualy to take on a role like this. Gay Jam Bond: Prevly on Towleroad.

The somewhat homoerotic moment climax wh Bond teasg, "What mak you thk this is my first time? "Well, Bond is not gay. "No, " Craig said when I asked if he uld ever image a "gay Jam Bond.

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"Bee he's not gay, " he said.

JAM BOND’S GAY HT WAS ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL, SAYS PRODUCER

"Back 1999, out gay actor Rupert Everett created a firtorm of headl when he announced that he was wrg and planng to star a movie about a gay Jam Bond. Jam Bond’s ht Skyfall that he may have had a gay experience his past was a missn too far for stud executiv, acrdg to the film’s producer, who said she had to fight attempts to cut the scene. ”The signifince of the scene was wily bated at the time – screenwrer John Logan said was “playg the sort of homoerotic rd that is sort of always there [ Bond films]” – but acrdg to Brocli almost didn’t make the fal versn, a global smash that ma $1.

“I thk there’s a huge homoerotic unrtow a lot of Bond movi, ” he former 007 claimed Brocli would never allow a gay Bond her lifetime. Speakg 2015, Pierce Brosnan said he was open to the ia of a gay 007 but the anchise’s gatekeeper might have different ias. ” said Brosnan, when asked whether he uld picture a gay Bond.