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Contents:
- WAR EPTS OVER NEW MARVEL BLOCKBTER’S GAY SUPERHERO
- ACTOR JEREMY IRVE NSIRED FOR GAY SUPERHERO ROLE
- MARVEL LOOKG FOR OPENLY GAY ACTORS TO STAR SUPERHERO MOVIE, 'THE ETERNALS’
- HOW ‘ETERNALS’ ESTABLISH THE MCU’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO AND SAME-SEX COUPLE A MOVIE: ‘IT’S LIFE-SAVG’
- MARVEL'S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO & KISS ACCINTALLY CONFIRMED BY ETERNALS ACTOR
- 15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU
- MARVEL'S ETERNALS REPORTEDLY CASTG STUD'S FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE LEAD
- K HARGTON: WHY HASN’T A GAY ACTOR STARRED A MARVEL MOVIE?
WAR EPTS OVER NEW MARVEL BLOCKBTER’S GAY SUPERHERO
Wrers Chris Man and Henry Gayn nfirmed the existg character's sexualy a recent terview. * superhero movie gay actor *
So the characters rema largely visible to appeal to moviegoers around the world, even if those moviegoers aren’t homophobic.
” Claremont has sce said that "gay people uld look at and fd ronance terms of who they were and what they were standg for. We’ve seen anti-mutant discrimatn across the board wh the X-Men films, the nsequenc of hidg who you are out of fear of retaliatn, and the story of the mutant “cure, ” which draws parallels to gay nversatn therapy and a “pray the gay away” mentaly. To quote McKnon, “Aga, jt ‘e the whole thg seems super gay.
ACTOR JEREMY IRVE NSIRED FOR GAY SUPERHERO ROLE
More than ten years after the Marvel Cematic Universe me to beg, thgs are lookg forward to a more genr-ntral stg. A ray of h light for the LGBT muny, Out Magaze reports that The Hashtag Show has revealed a stg ll for a role the upg 2020 Eternals film, sayg “While the stud is open to actors of all ethnicy, they would prefer the role to go to an openly gay actor.†* superhero movie gay actor *
Actor Haaz Sleiman, who me out as gay 2017, plays character Ben “Eternals” who is the hband of superhero Phastos.
MARVEL LOOKG FOR OPENLY GAY ACTORS TO STAR SUPERHERO MOVIE, 'THE ETERNALS’
The Lebane-Amerin actor portrays the hband of gay superhero Phastos, played by Brian Tyree Henry, the MCU’s first openly gay uple and queer fay * superhero movie gay actor *
“Eternals” also hosts the most diverse lp of any Marvel movie, cludg not only a first openly gay fay, but actors of many different ethnic backgrounds and the first af superhero. This also isn’t Marvel’s first attempt at diversifyg s films; an openly gay character was clud “Avengers: Endgame, ” and the star character of “Loki, ” a seri on Disney Pl, is bisexual.
Even Mago thks 2018, a gay character will lead one of the most anticipated blockbters the form of Alb Dumbledore Fantastic Beasts: The Crim of Grlwald. Jt this past year, Amerin Gods featured a gay romance between a mortal and a transcenntal Jn. Even Mortal Kombat troduced a gay character wh Kung J.
HOW ‘ETERNALS’ ESTABLISH THE MCU’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO AND SAME-SEX COUPLE A MOVIE: ‘IT’S LIFE-SAVG’
Marvel's first gay superhero is Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry), who will have the MCU's first gay kiss, nfirmed by Eternals movie actor Haaz Sleiman. * superhero movie gay actor *
For example, Karola Dean (openly gay the ics) is leadg a team of mutant misfs Marvel's Runaways on Hulu; Karma (also openly gay) is part of the New Mutants, and though she won't be showg up the upg film, director Josh Boone has stated that she will show up the sequels; and Obsidian and Pied Piper have appeared CW's Legends of Tomorrow and The Flash, rpectively.
MARVEL'S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO & KISS ACCINTALLY CONFIRMED BY ETERNALS ACTOR
From Iceman to Hulklg and Moondragon, Marvel boasts a whole array of openly gay characters who would be smash-hs the MCU. * superhero movie gay actor *
The origal Green Lantern was adorned wh some morn touch 2012, where was revealed that the character is gay.
Not only is the character gay, his abily to produce psnic bricks as weapons is meant to symbolize the bricks ed prott durg the Stonewall Rts 1969.
Alongsi fellow teammat like Miss Ameri and Marvel Boy are Wicn and Hulklg, two chips off the ol' block who jt so happen to be gay. In a mastream superhero movie targeted at a younger dience, puttg this kd of relatnship on display has the potential to fight the stigma of homosexualy havg negative effects on buddg children. In this versn, Wolvere go by his birth name, Jam Howlett, and he's a secret gay relatnship wh Hercul (though the two are eventually outed).
15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU
The Eternals is reportedly lookg to st an openly gay actor one of the lead rol Marvel's upg movie, markg a first for the stud. * superhero movie gay actor *
Roundg out some hopefuls are Northstar, the very first openly gay superhero, Apollo and Midnighter, an openly gay uple who have lerally tdged through the ept ps of Hell for each other, and Lord Fanny, a transgenr member of the Invisibl. We’ve put together this list to troduce some of the most fluential gay superhero, rangg om groundbreakg figur like Marvel’s Northstar to characters like Harley Qun who only me out the past few years.The 12 most inic gay superhero1) Wonr WomanDiana of Themyscira has a long and storied history as a queer in.
MARVEL'S ETERNALS REPORTEDLY CASTG STUD'S FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE LEAD
(CC-BY-SA)2) MidnighterPossibly the bt-known gay superhero ic book circl, Midnighter was created as a parody of Batman, startg off the adult-rated Wildstorm ic Stormwatch. As one of the origal X-Men, he was portrayed as straight for s beg outed as gay 2015. Thanks to the X-Men ics’ love of time travel hijks, there are actually two versns of this character at the moment: A teenage Iceman who realized he was gay after Jean Grey read his md, and an adult versn who stayed the closet and dated women for years, but me out after beg nonted by his younger self.
K HARGTON: WHY HASN’T A GAY ACTOR STARRED A MARVEL MOVIE?
The recent Iceman solo seri foced on his life after this revelatn, earng a mixed rponse bee while ’s great to see a gay character gettg their own ic, his emotnal arc is a rather old-fashned g-out story.