No Time To Die’s Ben Whishaw Talks Q’s Gay Romance Storyle And How The Scene Came Out The Way It Did | Cemablend

Contents:

• 'NO TIME TO DIE' HTS Q IS GAY LANDMARK LGBTQ+ SCENE
• BEN WHISHAW ON Q’S “UNSATISFYG” GAY SCENE ‘NO TIME TO DIE’
• NO TIME TO DIE’S BEN WHISHAW TALKS Q’S GAY ROMANCE STORYLE AND HOW THE SCENE CAME OUT THE WAY IT DID
• DID NO TIME TO DIE JT OUT ONE OF THE CHARACTERS AS GAY?

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

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.

BEN WHISHAW ON Q’S “UNSATISFYG” GAY SCENE ‘NO TIME TO DIE’

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. 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. 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.

NO TIME TO DIE’S BEN WHISHAW TALKS Q’S GAY ROMANCE STORYLE AND HOW THE SCENE CAME OUT THE WAY IT DID

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.

A famo homoerotic scene the 2012 film Skyfall showed Craig’s Bond tied to a chair by MI6 agent and cyberterrorist Raoul Silva, played by Javier Barn. JAMES BOND fans were surprised when one of the film's characters revealed they were gay durg No Time To Die, but the actor behd the scene has revealed "qutned " when was brought up. In a throwaway ment, Q announced: "He'll be here 20 mut, " nfirmg he was gay.

Q's sexualy beg addrsed was a first for the seri, as he has bee the first openly gay character a Bond film 60 years on the big screen.

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

But Q actor Ben Whishaw himself was not as satisfied as the wrers might have been wh their subtle nod to the gay a new terview Whishaw, who is gay, nfirmed that other than one text, "no one has given me any feedback [on the scene]".