"It: Chapter 2" Adds New Cast Member Taylor Frey as Gay Character Don Hagerty | Teen Vogue

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• "IT: CHAPTER 2" ADDS NEW CAST MEMBER TAYLOR FREY AS GAY CHARACTER DON HAGERTY
• IT CHAPTER TWO GAY CHARACTERS: THE TE STORY BEHD HARROWG HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK
• IT: CHAPTER TWO’S GAY-BASHG SCENE EXPLOS A REAL-LIFE KILLG FOR A CHEAP SHOCK
• "IT: CHAPTER 2" ADDS NEW CAST MEMBER TAYLOR FREY AS GAY CHARACTER DON HAGERTY

"IT: CHAPTER 2" ADDS NEW CAST MEMBER TAYLOR FREY AS GAY CHARACTER DON HAGERTY

On Tuday, Deadle reported that actor Taylor Frey would be jog the already large st of A-list actors, cludg Jsi Chasta, Jam McAvoy, and Bill, who has appeared shows like The Carrie Diari and Gossip Girl, will reportedly be playg Don Hagerty, an openly gay man livg the town of Derry and datg another important It character, Adrian Mellon (who will be played by French-Canadian actor and director Xavier Dolan) the book, Don and Adrian are supportg characters who experience homophobia and have their own rpectively tragic storyl, both of which set off the events of the send part of It and reel the adult Losers Club back to celebrated snaggg a role one of his first feature-length films wh an Instagram post showg a screenshot of the news and ptng the photo wh lots of clown and red balloon emojis (two big It referenc). Watch what the filmmakers had to tell about Richie the vio Chapter Two ma text what had only been subtext Stephen Kg's origal book: wise-crackg Losers' Club member Richie Tozier is a gay man, and has romantic feelgs for his fellow Loser Eddie character's sexualy had been hted at the book, and over the years many fans theorized that he had more feelgs than jt iendship for Eddie. The film's openg sequence picts a btal hate crime agast a gay uple, which sets the stage for how unwelg this Mae town is to the LGBTQ+ muny and the chillg effect such open homophobia and bigotry would have had on Richie, who cid to stay the closet even after movg away and fdg fame and fortune stand-up Har wanted the film to m fully to makg Richie gay or to not even brg up.

IT CHAPTER TWO GAY CHARACTERS: THE TE STORY BEHD HARROWG HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK

"Har also poted out that the perds that the book was set were very different tim for gay characters than what morn dienc would expect this film to portray. In this scene, set Derry's ar, young Richie (Fn Wolfhard) has homophobic slurs hurled at him by the bully Henry Bowers after a game of Street Fighter between Richie and Henry's .

The rt of the adult st of It: Chapter 2 clus Xavier Dolan as Adrian Mellon, a gay man who was vicly attacked by others Derry, Mae; Will Bebrk as Tom Rogan, Bev's abive lover; Js Weixler as Audra Phillips, Bill's wife; and Teach Grant as Henry Bowers, the homicidal bully who killed his father the 2017 film.

While was never explicly stated that Richie Tozier is gay Stephen Kg’s novel “It, ” the movie “It: Chapter Two” heavily impli that he is. “I learned about all this stuff about people thkg they’re gay and not knowg if they’re gay and that was implied the book. Throughout It: Chapter Two, be clear that Richie is a closeted gay man love wh his childhood bt iend, Eddie (Jam Ransone plays the adult versn).

IT: CHAPTER TWO’S GAY-BASHG SCENE EXPLOS A REAL-LIFE KILLG FOR A CHEAP SHOCK

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"IT: CHAPTER 2" ADDS NEW CAST MEMBER TAYLOR FREY AS GAY CHARACTER DON HAGERTY

But llege, a big cy and a gaggle of gays ma throwg the opprsive weight of the closet away a celebratn. He didn’t behave the way reprsed gay men equently reprent. There was no forced womanizg, no gay-bashg.

Richie never even says he’s gay out loud. **WARNING IT CHAPTER TWO SPOILERS**What is the te story behd the homophobic attack IT Chapter Two? In the film, bulli spot a gay uple together at a funfair Derry, and target them wh homophobic abe starts wh them hurlg sults at the uple, who try to walk away and ignore as well as possible.