Contents:
- FACT OR FICTN? THE TE STORY BEHD AMMONE'S GAY LOVE AFFAIR
- KATE WSLET, SAOIRSE RONAN LBIAN DRAMA ACCED OF MAKG UP GAY RELATNSHIP — DIRECTOR RPONDS
- SAOIRSE RONAN CONSULTED WH HER GAY FRIENDS BEFORE FILMG ‘AMMONE’ WH KATE WSLET
- AMMONE DIRECTOR FENDS GAY STORYLE FILM ABOUT VICTORIAN FOSSIL HUNTER MARY ANNG
FACT OR FICTN? THE TE STORY BEHD AMMONE'S GAY LOVE AFFAIR
When Ammone began filmg 2019, a small amount of backlash brewed over the choice to portray Mary Anng as a gay woman.
KATE WSLET, SAOIRSE RONAN LBIAN DRAMA ACCED OF MAKG UP GAY RELATNSHIP — DIRECTOR RPONDS
" 'It fs ':Hallmark, Lifetime Christmas movi fally show LGBTQ love leadg rolThe film is wrten and directed by Francis Lee, whose 2017 drama "God's Own Country" picts a siarly reprsed gay romance that epts rnal passn. Wrer-director Francis Lee (“God’s Own Country”) has taken to social media to fend his upg film “Ammone” agast accatns is fictnalizg a gay relatnship volvg Brish paleontologist Mary Anng. In an terview wh The Telegraph, some of Anng’s relativ cricized the film for cludg what they say is a ma-up gay relatnship.
Barbara Anng said there is not “any evince to back up portrayg [Mary] as a gay woman, ” addg, “I believe Mary Anng was abed bee she was poor, unted, and a woman. Another relative, Lorrae Anng, said she believ the cisn to create a gay relatnship volvg Mary is to make more attractive to moviegoers.
In an terview wh Variety, Ronan revealed she nsulted wh her gay iends before tacklg “Ammone” and asked them for advice about the role. Ronan said that her iends spoke to her about “the timaci” of a gay relatnship, addg, “Not jt the sexual si of , but jt the relatnships as a whole. The official historil remembers the two women as close iends, but Lee’s film offers a different, gayer versn of events.
SAOIRSE RONAN CONSULTED WH HER GAY FRIENDS BEFORE FILMG ‘AMMONE’ WH KATE WSLET
Barbara Anng told The Telegraph: “I believe if Mary Anng was gay she should be portrayed as gay and this should also be by a gay actrs. “But do not believe there is any evince to back up portrayg her as a gay woman... “Ammone, ” director Francis Lee’s followup to his 2017 groundbreakg gay love story “God’s Own Country, ” would’ve premiered at the 2020 Cann Film Ftival had gone on as planned.
Francis Lee recently ma headl when was disvered that “God’s Own Country” distributor Samuel Goldwyn Films upload a censored versn of the movie — which featur gay sex scen — onto Amazon Prime.