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Contents:
- DANIEL CRAIG: JAM BOND STAR REVEALS WHY HE GO TO GAY BARS
- JAM BOND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER REVEAL NO TIME TO DIE MA ME TEAR UP
- 'NO TIME TO DIE' HTS Q IS GAY LANDMARK LGBTQ+ SCENE
- DANIEL CRAIG PREFERS GAY BARS BEE HE GOT SICK OF THE 'D*** SWGG HETERO BARS'
- DANIEL CRAIG: GAY JAM BOND NEVER GOG TO HAPPEN
- ‘I KNEW WAS A URAGEO THG TO DO’: THE CUR STORY OF BOND’S FIRST GAY VILLAS
- JAM BOND’S GAY HT WAS ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL, SAYS PRODUCER
- DID NO TIME TO DIE JT OUT ONE OF THE CHARACTERS AS GAY?
- BOND’S BEN WHISHAW WANTS GAY ACTOR TO REPLACE DANIEL CRAIG, AND HE KNOWS TWO ‘IAL’ MEN
- 'NO TIME TO DIE' ACTOR BEN WHISHAW WANTS A GAY JAM BOND: 'THAT WOULD BE REAL PROGRS'
- BEN WHISHAW UNSATISFIED BY HIS BOND CHARACTER’S GAY REVEAL: I THOUGHT ABOUT QUTNG IT
DANIEL CRAIG: JAM BOND STAR REVEALS WHY HE GO TO GAY BARS
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Daniel Craig has revealed that he go to gay bars to avoid "aggrsive" men, havg grown "sick" of gettg to Jam Bond actor, who has jt released his fifth and fal film as 007, No Time To Die, said was tired of the "aggrsive d*** swgg hetero bars". "I've been gog to gay bars for as long as I n remember, " he said. "And one of the reasons - bee I don't get to fights gay bars that often.
The 53-year-old told Bce Bozzi on his SiriXM podst, Lunch Wh Bce, he felt gay bars "would jt be a good place to go". "You may also be terted :Elk livg wh tyre around neck for two years is fally eeNew antibody jectn able to prevent and treat COVID, study showsSky to replace satelle dish and box wh smart TV setsCraig, who has been married to actrs Rachel Weisz sce 2011, also admted there were benefs to beg a man terted women a gay bar. Subscribe to the Backstage podst on Apple Podsts, Google Podsts, Spotify, SpreakerCraig and Bozzi remisced on how they had once untentnally generated media attentn after gettg "ught" together at a gay bar Venice Beach, California, 2010.
JAM BOND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER REVEAL NO TIME TO DIE MA ME TEAR UP
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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.
'NO TIME TO DIE' HTS Q IS GAY LANDMARK LGBTQ+ SCENE
Ben Whishaw, who plays Q the seri, has suggted openly gay actors, Le Evans and "Bridgerton" star Jonathan Bailey, for the role. * actor 007 gay *
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.
DANIEL CRAIG PREFERS GAY BARS BEE HE GOT SICK OF THE 'D*** SWGG HETERO BARS'
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.
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.
DANIEL CRAIG: GAY JAM BOND NEVER GOG TO HAPPEN
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.
‘I KNEW WAS A URAGEO THG TO DO’: THE CUR STORY OF BOND’S FIRST GAY VILLAS
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. The novel Goldfger featur the homophobic trope that Psy Galore only beme a lbian after beg sexually abed by a man.
JAM BOND’S GAY HT WAS ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL, SAYS PRODUCER
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.
Heck, even gay No Time to Die actor Ben Whishaw says 's time for a gay actor to fill Bond's perfectly polished sho. RELATED | Famo Homoerotic Jam Bond Scene Almost 'Too Gay' For Stud Execs. Daniel Craig says he prefers gay bars.
DID NO TIME TO DIE JT OUT ONE OF THE CHARACTERS AS GAY?
(Doug Peters/EMPICS)Daniel Craig has said he prefers gog to gay bars bee of the “aggrsive d*** swgg hetero bars” Jam Bond actor, 53, said he started visg gay nightspots when he was younger bee he felt they were safer and he wanted to avoid gettg to any hassle.
BOND’S BEN WHISHAW WANTS GAY ACTOR TO REPLACE DANIEL CRAIG, AND HE KNOWS TWO ‘IAL’ MEN
“I’ve been gog to gay bars for as long as I n remember, ” he said on the Lunch Wh Bce more: The road to No Time To Die: No curse n beat Jam Bond“One of the reasons - bee I don’t get to fights gay bars that often. ”Daniel Craig said he found easier to avoid gettg to fights gay bars.
'NO TIME TO DIE' ACTOR BEN WHISHAW WANTS A GAY JAM BOND: 'THAT WOULD BE REAL PROGRS'
(Gonzalo Marroqu/Patrick McMullan via Getty Imag)The No Time To Die actor – who is now married to fellow Hollywood star Rachel Weisz - said that when he was younger he also found that gay bars were a good place for him to meet more: Daniel Craig appoted honorary Commanr of the Royal Navy“I uld meet girls there, bee there are a lot of girls there for exactly the same reason that I was there, ” he shared. He was even highlighted by current Jam Bond star Ben Whishaw, who plays the technil mastermd Q the seri, as a good ndidate for a gay 007. 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. "Bee he's not gay, " he said.
BEN WHISHAW UNSATISFIED BY HIS BOND CHARACTER’S GAY REVEAL: I THOUGHT ABOUT QUTNG IT
"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. 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.