Marvel's 'Eternals': How Gay Superhero Phastos Came to Be - Variety

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

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 Haaz Sleiman, who me out as gay 2017, plays character Ben “Eternals” who is the hband of superhero Phastos. “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.

ACTOR JEREMY IRVE NSIRED FOR GAY SUPERHERO ROLE

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. 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. The origal Green Lantern was adorned wh some morn touch 2012, where was revealed that the character is gay.

MARVEL LOOKG FOR OPENLY GAY ACTORS TO STAR SUPERHERO MOVIE, 'THE ETERNALS’

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). 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.

(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.

HOW ‘ETERNALS’ ESTABLISH THE MCU’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO AND SAME-SEX COUPLE A MOVIE: ‘IT’S LIFE-SAVG’

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.

She first appeared as Batman’s love tert the 1950s, shortly after the publitn of Sctn of the Innocent, a book that acced Batman of homosexual propaganda. In recent years she was rewrten to be gay herself, a ntroversial cisn that led to some problems of s own.While her ic’s creators wanted her to marry her girliend, DC nixed the cisn by sayg hero “shouldn’t have happy personal liv,” a dub statement that sounds pretty ridiculo the ntext of, say, Superman.

MARVEL'S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO & KISS ACCINTALLY CONFIRMED BY ETERNALS ACTOR

After years of hts, he me out as gay 1992. LGBTQ and gay superhero list:Wonr Woman (DC Comics). HBO Max cled to was Earth’s first Green Lantern, who, te to the ics, is a gay man.

I choose to thk he’s very gay and will be ridg my ck the near Anonymoreply 6May 20, 2021 11:49 PM.

NO unls he is gay. A gay superhero needs to be played by a gay Anonymoreply 7May 20, 2021 11:51 PM. Why n the breers go between both and be nsired "brave", and gays n't even get gay rol, let alone straight on?

15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU

I don't really agree wh woke stg l, but if those are the l now, then they should apply to gay rol too. No more straights mpg up, or straights actg straight to prent a palatable gay need a masc gay?

Cast a masc gay actor. Need a somewhat effemate gay, st a somewhat effemate gay, etc...

MARVEL'S ETERNALS REPORTEDLY CASTG STUD'S FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE LEAD

Screamg bee Srlett Johansen was st as a trans, but beg silent when a breer plays gay is rabb hole jt go too ep. Berlanti has a terrible history wh stg gay men for gay rol (he directed The Broken Hearts Club and Love Simon) Anonymoreply 12May 21, 2021 12:32 PM.

No more closet-s playg openly gay characters! It’s lled Nondiscrimatn, a bedrock prciple of civil rights and problem is no matter how much better an openly gay actor is at the dn, a straight actor is nsired more bankable, makg a bigger prof.

And even IF an openly gay actor is st you get the haters and trolls who sist the openly gay actor is "clearly" misst bee of some "woke" Anonymoreply 17May 21, 2021 1:29 PM.

K HARGTON: WHY HASN’T A GAY ACTOR STARRED A MARVEL MOVIE?

I thk everybody should play any role, but se of superhero rol i thk a gay superhero should be played by a gay actor basilly bee they avoid hirg gay actors on most of those moviby Anonymoreply 27May 22, 2021 6:16 PM. In other threads, people have bched endlsly about a perceived lack of gay male characters on this thread, not a sgle posive Anonymoreply 29May 22, 2021 6:50 PM.

R29 The show has a gay shownner, wouldn't be that difficult to give a proment gay character to a openly gay actor. Berlanti seems a nice guy, and y, he hir gay actors on his shows (but never as ma characters) but he is terrible at wrtg gay charactersby Anonymoreply 31May 22, 2021 7:28 PM.

[quote] (but never as ma characters)Greg Berlanti hired openly gay actor, Matt Bomer, to play "Negative Man" on HBO Max's, "Doom Patrol.