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

Contents:

• 'NO TIME TO DIE' HTS Q IS GAY LANDMARK LGBTQ+ SCENE
• ‘I KNEW WAS A URAGEO THG TO DO’: THE CUR STORY OF BOND’S FIRST GAY VILLAS
• BEN WHISHAW ADMS THE REVEAL THAT HIS JAM BOND CHARACTER IS GAY FELT 'UNSATISFYG'
• 'NO TIME TO DIE' ACTOR BEN WHISHAW WANTS A GAY JAM BOND: 'THAT WOULD BE REAL PROGRS'
• BEN WHISHAW FOUND MOMENT JAM BOND CHARACTER Q REVEALED AS GAY NO TIME TO DIE 'UNSATISFYG'
• LBIAN MECHANIC, DRAG QUEEN AND 'GAY JAM BOND' ARE MISF SPY TEAM 'Q-FORCE'
• BEN WHISHAW UNSATISFIED BY HIS BOND CHARACTER’S GAY REVEAL: I THOUGHT ABOUT QUTNG IT
• Q ACTOR BEN WHISHAW WOULD LOVE TO SEE A GAY JAM BOND, AND HE HAS ANOTHER BRIDGERTON STAR IN MD
• JAM BOND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER REVEAL NO TIME TO DIE MA ME TEAR UP
• 'Q-FORCE': SEAN HAY ON BRGG 'GAY JAM BOND' TO NETFLIX WH ANIMATED SPY EDY
• BEN WHISHAW EXPLAED WHY HE FOUND THE REVEAL THAT HIS "JAM BOND" CHARACTER WAS GAY "UNSATISFYG"
• 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’
• JAM BOND’S GAY HT WAS ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL, SAYS PRODUCER
• BEN WHISHAW UNSATISFIED BY HIS BOND CHARACTER’S GAY REVEAL: I THOUGHT ABOUT QUTNG IT

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

No Time to Die featur a scene that seems to nfirm Ben Whishaw's Q is gay, makg his character the first ally of Jam Bond (played by Daniel Craig) to be out as a member of the LGBTQ+ the 007 anchise has prevly had characters that were d gay or were LGBTQ+ the Ian Flemg books, the were nearly all the new Bond movie (**spoilers ahead**), Bond and Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) make a surprise vis to Q's apartment to lnch a vert missn whout the knowledge of M (Ralph Fienn).

Avengers: Endgame h the headl for a scene which a man mourns the loss of his male partner durg "The Blip, " for example, while the more recent Jungle Cise featur a scene which Jack Whehall's character some have praised the scen, others have cricised them for beg mor moments that are tratgly y, that avoid speakg plaly about characters' gay liv. Meanwhile, some viewers have poted out that the films should seek to tegrate their characters' sexuali throughout the film, rather than talk about them short clips that seem to be signed so they n easily be cut out untri wh anti-gay laws and sentiments. As No Time to Die has only been released a few untri so far, however, remas to be seen whether the film will ed this scene ls tolerant this Q scene may only be a mor moment, is a landmark a anchise that has prevly had gay villas, wh their homosexualy d as part of what mak them so example, the novel Diamonds are Forever, Felix Leer spects that sadistic killers Mr.

Kidd are gay – somethg the movie leans to by havg them hold hands and say that one character is attractive "for a lady. The latt Bond movie "No Time to Die" hts that the character is gay.

‘I KNEW WAS A URAGEO THG TO DO’: THE CUR STORY OF BOND’S FIRST GAY VILLAS

The novel Goldfger featur the homophobic trope that Psy Galore only beme a lbian after beg sexually abed by a man. In the movie, meanwhile, she is d lbian, but is implied that Bond is able to turn her straight wh his male this Q scene No Time to Die suffers om the same problems as other morn blockbters that overpromise and unrliver on LGBTQ+ ntent, do speak for the efforts the anchise has ma to be more makers of Skyfall, for example, have spoken about havg to fight to keep a scene which Bond flirts wh Silva (Javier Barm) and hts at a prev gay experience.

Whishaw, who me out himself 2013, has prevly played gay characters like Norman Stt A Very English Sndal and Danny Holt London Spy.

In 2019, The Sun reported that Whishaw was lobbyg the Bond team to clu a gay character – though this should be treated wh some scepticism, as filmg had already begun on the film when the report me recently, he has h headl for advotg for a gay actor to play Bond. This isn’t to give eher of those away, but to divulge a third: that Bond’s handy gadget man, Q, is gay.

BEN WHISHAW ADMS THE REVEAL THAT HIS JAM BOND CHARACTER IS GAY FELT 'UNSATISFYG'

)All of which mak gay henchmen Mr Wt and Mr Kidd back 1971’s Diamonds Are Forever, all the more remarkable.

'NO TIME TO DIE' ACTOR BEN WHISHAW WANTS A GAY JAM BOND: 'THAT WOULD BE REAL PROGRS'

To give some ntext, 1970, the year the film was shot, 70 per cent of Amerins thought homosexual relatns were wrong, while the UK was only three years to Wt and Mr Kidd were played by Bce Glover and Putter Smh, two straight men, but even then they reportedly riled Connery.

Glover, who is now 89, remembers the star beg unfortable wh homoerotic jok durg the shoot. “He didn’t know me, so he thought I was gay.

Villas throughout cema history have tend to reflect current “fears” and attus, and homosexuals have a long history of beg vilified. It’s a topic wrer Vo Rso explor his semal 1981 book The Celluloid Closet, which ns through onscreen queer stereotypg om the Sixti to the Eighti, om Dr Frank-N-Furter The Rocky Horror Picture Show to Sharon Stone’s bisexual Cathere Tramell Basic and director Guy Haton were rponsible for nceivg the characters for the screen and feels as if they med edy orr to create gay characters sued to themselv and mastream dienc of the time. “I didn’t want to be that kd of clichéd gay guy, ” Glover rells, thkg perhaps of the mpns of Richard Burton and Rex Harrison’s gay barbershop uple 1969’s Stairse.

BEN WHISHAW FOUND MOMENT JAM BOND CHARACTER Q REVEALED AS GAY NO TIME TO DIE 'UNSATISFYG'

”Lowbridge-Ellis go so far as to pots out that much about the characters is, actually, “unniably homophobic”.

LBIAN MECHANIC, DRAG QUEEN AND 'GAY JAM BOND' ARE MISF SPY TEAM 'Q-FORCE'

From the way Mr Wt was dispatched wh a bomb up his backsi to the obv fact that here were two straight men makg margalised gay men the butt of their jok, ’s easy to argue how Wt and Kidd were explog the LGBT+ muny rather than supportg by simply beg onscreen, the duo had reprented the gay muny – and ma a whole crowd cludg myself feel seen – whether their creators had tend to or not. Durg one scene No Time to Die, 's hted that Q is gay when he mentns he has a date wh a man — though Whishaw, 41, admted to The Guardian that he thought the moment was too unrplayed. Whishaw, an openly gay actor, also told the outlet his thoughts on straight actors playg gay rol: "I'm cril if I don't thk the performance is, om my subjective experience, accurate.

In September, Whishaw told Attu magaze his thoughts on a gay actor takg over the role of Jam Bond post-Craig. Slight no time to die spoilers/////hontly the bt b of the film was fdg out Q is gay <3. Q IS GAY LADS OMG FUCK SAKE I LOVE HIM EVEN MORE LGBTQ+ REP IN BOND IM GONNA SOB IM SO HAPPY evie‼️??

Q is non gay i cheered — luna? 1) Q nfirmed as a gay character. THEY BASICALLY CONFIRMED GAY Q I'M SO ALIVE— mac macdonald died for this???

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

I tly feel like ben whishaw said “I thk that Q should be gay” and the producers looked to his big betiful doe ey and were like “whatever you want”— roo (fetal posn) (@stereoroo) October 4, 2021. My 007 nttd review: Q IS CANONICALLY GAY!!!!?? Q IS CANONICALLY GAY!!!!??

Whishaw himself recently went on rerd that he wanted to see more LGBT+ reprentatn the anchise, addg he would love to see a gay actor take on the role of Jam Bond.

The gay star told 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. He add that there “aren’t many out gay Brish actors” but said Bety and the Beast’s Le Evans and Brigerton’s Jonathan Baily would be “ial stg”. But Q actor Ben Whishaw thks would "be real progrs" if an openly gay actor were to play Bond.

Q ACTOR BEN WHISHAW WOULD LOVE TO SEE A GAY JAM BOND, AND HE HAS ANOTHER BRIDGERTON STAR IN MD

But current "No Time to Die" actor Ben Whishaw, who plays Q the 25th Bond movie, has other asked if he would like to see a gay actor play an openly gay Bond an terview wh Attu Magaze, Whishaw said: "God, n you image?

Whishaw, who's makg his third appearance as Q "No Time to Die, " sgled out a uple of openly gay actors particular that he thks would be great the role of 007 — namely, "Bety and the Beast" actor Le Evans and "Bridgerton" star Jonathan Bailey. Ben Whishaw found the scene which his Jam Bond character Q was revealed to be gay latt 007 film No Time To Die 'unsatisfyg' actor, 41, nsired challengg the moment wh movie boss as he thought more uld be done to highlight the stant but he cid agast , sayg he 'accepted' , addg: 'It is what is. Speakg out: Ben Whishaw, 41, found the scene which his Jam Bond character Q was revealed to be gay film No Time To Die 'unsatisfyg'However, Q is irrated as he is preparg a dner table for a romantic date, wh the character tellg Bond: 'He'll be here 20 mut.

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

' Settg the scene: Jam Bond (Daniel Craig) shows up at Q's apartment where he's settg the table for a dner date, before sayg: 'He'll be here 20 mut'However, he did say he felt stud Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Eon Productns were not forced to wrg a gay character to the script, sistg ' me om a good place' as Regé-Jean Page, 32, was been named as the favoure to replace Daniel Craig as Jam Bond after he left the 007 role 2021 Bond film No Time To star Regé-Jean was backed wh odds of 2/1 by William Hill wh the leadg bookmaker seeg good support for him recent days. More than two and a half years ago, edy veteran Sean Hay and his producg partner, Todd Miller, approached longtime televisn wrer Gabe Liedman about workg together on a new scripted seri that would star Hay as a “gay Jam Bond. “‘Q-Force’ is kd of like an unrdog versn of gay Jam Bond, ” Liedman told NBC News a vio terview this week.

'Q-FORCE': SEAN HAY ON BRGG 'GAY JAM BOND' TO NETFLIX WH ANIMATED SPY EDY

”Executive produced by Liedman, Hay, Miller, David Mer and Michael Schur (“The Good Place, ” “Brooklyn Ne-Ne”), “Q-Force” follows Steve "Mary" Maryweather (Hay), a former goln boy of the Amerin Intelligence Agency (AIA) who, after g out as gay, is sent to Wt Hollywood to disappear to obscury. “I have a lot of people my life who I love, who are very femme, cis, gay guys, who are brilliantly energetic and self-assured the ways that I really admire and really wanted to put that onscreen and jt say, ‘Yeah, even if you’re ma fun of for beg like this, you’re actually awome. Ben Whishaw admted an terview wh The Guardian that he was left unsatisfied by the revelatn “No Time to Die” that his recurrg Jam Bond character Q is a gay man.

BEN WHISHAW EXPLAED WHY HE FOUND THE REVEAL THAT HIS "JAM BOND" CHARACTER WAS GAY "UNSATISFYG"

’ I remember, perhaps, feelg that was unsatisfyg, ” Whishaw said about revealg Q is gay but keepg his sexualy relatively unexplored. Dpe not beg satisfied wh the reveal, Whishaw noted the film’s screenwrers were g “om a good place” when they cid to make Q a gay man. In a September 2021 terview wh Attu ahead of the “No Time to Die” theatril release, Whishaw pched makg Jam Bond an openly gay man the anchise’s future.

I mean, would be que an extraordary thg, ” Whishaw said about a gay Bond. Naturally, that leads to qutns about scenars, such as whether or not we’d see a gay Jam Bond.

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

Q actor Ben Whishaw is one such person who would love to see this sort of progrs ma the anchise, and one of his suggtns for such honors is yet another potential Bridgerton asked about whether or not he’d like to see a gay Jam Bond, Whishaw enthiastilly submted Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey as one of his two choic. It seems the 'Q' LGBTQ+ now stands for the latt Jam Bond movie, No Time to Die, which also happens to be Daniel Craig's last the role, a classic character fally reveals what we've spected for several movi: that he's gay.

ACTN ROUNDUP: GAY JAM BOND CHARACTER; VENOM’S ‘COMG OUT PARTY;’ ‘QUEER FAY’ OF ‘MARVEL’S ETERNALS’

"Whishaw, who is gay real life, recently told Attu that he'd love to see a gay Jam Bond. Q repli – wh some exasperatn, even for Q – that he’s got a dner date and "he" will be arrivg that don’t outright nfirm Q is gay – he uld be bisexual or pansexual, for example – he’s most fely not ’s a shift for the character but, bee of 007 terptg his dner plans, we never get to see Q’s partner. 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. 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.

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

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.

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

Early the first season of "Q-Force, " Netflix's rnchy and heartfelt new animated edy (now streamg), there's a poignant exchange between novice gay spi Steve (Sean Hay) and Deb (Wanda Syk). But the openly gay actor, who played the unapologetic Jack McFarland for 11 seasons of the s (cludg s recent revival), murely dismiss his "trailblazer" stat.

"I go, 'Gay Jam Bond.