Jam Bond’s gay ht was almost cut om Skyfall, says producer | Jam Bond | The Guardian

Contents:

• 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: GAY JAM BOND NEVER GOG TO HAPPEN
• DID NO TIME TO DIE JT OUT ONE OF THE CHARACTERS AS GAY?
• HOW JAM BOND'S DROPPED GAY AGENT WOULD'VE CHANGED THE FRANCHISE
• ‘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

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

In the 1950s, homosexual acts, or at least on volvg mal, were agast the law the Uned Kgdom.

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

In the post-war perd, a number of real-life Brish spi, such as the Cambridge Four fected to the Soviets, and some of them, such as Guy Burgs and Antony Blunt were attracted to men, which helped create a negative image of gay spi.

DANIEL CRAIG: GAY JAM BOND NEVER GOG TO HAPPEN

Lren Spungen cricized the portrayal argug that the "battle between heterosexualy and homosexualy" is a metaphor for the battle of "good and evil". He forms part of the gay gentleman's outfter trope, which n be found Brish culture om ss such as Are you beg Served? It is subtly hted that he may be a relatnship wh Q, if so that would make this film's Q the first gay one until Ben Whishaw.

DID NO TIME TO DIE JT OUT ONE OF THE CHARACTERS AS GAY?

Fordyce is a Bond ally, but also reprents a mcg stereotype of a gay man.

Wt and Kidd who never refer to each other by first name the film of Diamond Are Forever are a gay male uple. In the novel Kidd is nicknamed varly "Dolly" or "Boofy" (the latter nickname also ed the film), and Felix Leer says he spects Kidd “probably shacks up wh Wt”, and says "some of the homos mak the worst killers". Actor Javier Barm who plays Silva, when asked if the character was gay or bisexual said, “You uld read that way.

HOW JAM BOND'S DROPPED GAY AGENT WOULD'VE CHANGED THE FRANCHISE

Ben Whishaw's Q is shown to be a gay man No Time to Die, and is wag for a male date the film.

Ben Whishaw himself is a gay man real life. This is the first time one of Bond's "support team" has been shown to be openly gay, but was not ma obv earlier appearanc of Ben Whishaw's prev portrayals of the character.

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

The 1967 Caso Royale film has s own mp Q, but is not clear if he is gay (he do have a spat wh Fordyce), although Geofey Bayldon himself was.

Assistant Commissner Ronnie Vallance appears the novel of Moonraker, and is not gay.

While wag for his ntact, Assistant Commissner Ronnie Vallance, he be creasgly ncerned that he might be mistaken for eher a crimal or one of the fluential people “sperately hopg to persu Vallance that their sons were not really homosexuals”.

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

It’s a remr that 1955, when Moonraker was published, homosexual acts were still crimal offenc.