The Rsos Say a Current MCU Character Is Canonilly Gay, But What Do That Really Mean?

Contents:

• ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ FEATUR THE MCU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MOMENT, STARRG DIRECTOR JOE RSO
• THE GAY AVENGERS: ENDGAME CHARACTER IS A HALF-BAKED ATTEMPT AT DIVERSY
• THE RSO BROTHERS SAY A CURRENT MARVEL CHARACTER IS SECRETLY GAY
• THE RSOS SAY A CURRENT MCU CHARACTER IS CANONILLY GAY, BUT WHAT DO THAT REALLY MEAN?
• THE RSO BROTHERS SAY THAT ONE OF THE CURRENT MARVEL CHARACTERS IS SECRETLY GAY
• RSO BROTHERS CONFIRM ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER UPG MARVEL STUDS FILM
• 'AVENGERS: ENDGAME' NTAS MCU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER, RSO BROTHERS EXPLA WHY
• 'AVENGERS: ENDGAME' DIRECTORS REVEALED THAT ONE OF MARVEL'S EXISTG CHARACTERS IS GAY, BUT FANS ARE MOCKG THE LACKLTER ANNOUNCEMENT
• RSO BROTHERS TALK INTRODUCG FIRST OPENLY GAY MCU CHARACTER AVENGERS: ENDGAME
• ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ DIRECTORS ON SEEKG ROBERT DOWNEY JR.’S BLSG AND MARVEL’S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ FEATUR THE MCU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MOMENT, STARRG DIRECTOR JOE RSO

The moment is quick, but ’s a tone nohels as reprents the first openly gay moment the MCU.

THE GAY AVENGERS: ENDGAME CHARACTER IS A HALF-BAKED ATTEMPT AT DIVERSY

“It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them. While nothg has been nfirmed by Disney or Marvel Studs, the mor has that Chloe Zhoe’s upg MCU entry “The Eternals” will feature an openly gay superhero.

THE RSO BROTHERS SAY A CURRENT MARVEL CHARACTER IS SECRETLY GAY

“We wanted to be sual, wh the fact that the character is gay tied to the fabric of the storytellg and reprentg what everyday life is, ” Joe Rso said. “We’ve seen now even untri where homosexualy isn’t as ee as is here, ” Anthony Rso add.

Controversy Due to Rso’s Gay Role In the AvengerApart om directg, the younger half of the Rso brothers, Joe, is also an actor who has played eight movi. After the director and actor took on a gay role Avengers: Endgame, began a ntroversy regardg the role.

THE RSOS SAY A CURRENT MCU CHARACTER IS CANONILLY GAY, BUT WHAT DO THAT REALLY MEAN?

The movie is nsired to have the first-ever openly displayed gay moment the MCU. Talkg wh Deadle, Rso remarked on the importance of the role MCU by sayg: It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them...

THE RSO BROTHERS SAY THAT ONE OF THE CURRENT MARVEL CHARACTERS IS SECRETLY GAY

But as Avengers: Endgame reflectns ntue to e out, there is headle after headle about Marvel's first openly gay character.

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RSO BROTHERS CONFIRM ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER UPG MARVEL STUDS FILM

Wh that beg said, cludg a gay person a peripheral role isn't an acplishment as much as s payg attentn to every day life. Givg a sile character the moniker of "gay" isn't blazg a trail for LGBT cln as much as s hopg s dience is ignorant enough to nflate the monplace wh somethg fact that an average gay man a Marvel movie mak news as newsworthy shouldn't be surprisg.

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" But te reprentatn isn't a BINGO rd wh an empty slot that says "throw a gay here!

'AVENGERS: ENDGAME' NTAS MCU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER, RSO BROTHERS EXPLA WHY

" If anythg, stashg a gay man the narrative so that Capta Ameri n pat him on the head and tell him how brave he is only rerc the ia that LGBT people should feel lucky to be clud at ntent is imported om youTube. I would have preferred that the Rso Brothers, Disney, and the Marvel Universe ntued on their journey of creatg a good universe wh a pellg superhero narrative and left the wanton attempt of cludg a gay character on the cuttg room floor.

But when you make a pot to create a gay character, have him do the absolute least, and then have ld as a step forward for reprentatn, that's a b of a another world, I like to image that Thanos is alive and that he ed his Snap abili a more nstctive way.

If you're gog to go out of your way to make a character gay, give them a storyle worth payg attentn to. Kev Feige wh Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Srlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo (Cred: Willy Sanjuan/Invisn/AP)Avengers: Endgame directors the Rso brothers have revealed that Marvel Studs will soon reveal that one of the current MCU characters is secretly gay.

'AVENGERS: ENDGAME' DIRECTORS REVEALED THAT ONE OF MARVEL'S EXISTG CHARACTERS IS GAY, BUT FANS ARE MOCKG THE LACKLTER ANNOUNCEMENT

Dpe some sexual tensn between Mark Ruffalo's Bce Banner and Srlett Johansson's Natasha Romanoff (and Steve Rogers pg over Peggy Carter) the Avengers films are largely sexls 's perhaps no great surprise that if one of them is gay, 's not really figured the overall story more: Eight new Marvel movi datedHowever, that's soon to change. Speakg to Entertament Weekly's EW Morng Live, director Joe Rso was discsg his meo Avengers: appears the scene which Steve Rogers is – for reasons entirely unexplaed – sudnly employed a group therapist to a bunch of 's the guy who speaks about losg his partner, but has sce been on a date, though 's one that volved cryg a he's gay is – pleasgly – not picked up on the slightt, and the terview wh EW, Rso explas that this guy is the first 'openly gay' character the seri (though that's pretty shabby self, nsirg the st of thoands over 22 movi). (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Nohels, he says: “Y, openly gay.

There’ve been suatns about other characters’ sexualy, but this is the first openly gay character. ”Asked 'who else is gay? Read more: What Endgame’s endg means for the MCU’s future“There is a gay character g up one of their films, and I thk Kev [Feige, MCU boss] will make that announcement, I’m sure pretty soon.

RSO BROTHERS TALK INTRODUCG FIRST OPENLY GAY MCU CHARACTER AVENGERS: ENDGAME

”Ined, Feige has said there will be openly gay characters bluntly by The Playlist if some LGBT characters were on the way, he said bluntly 'Y', and then when asked if was someone we've already seen, he add 'both'. Acrdg to a new terview wh Entertament Weekly published on Wednday, Anthony and Joe Rso claim that a character the dience already knows will be revealed as gay a future film. For example, an unnamed gay character played by Joe Rso appeared a brief scene  Avengers: Endgame.

When asked to clarify if this character was “the first out gay character” a Marvel film, Joe replied, “Y, openly gay.

“There is a gay character g up one of their films, and I thk Kev [Feige, Marvel Studs print] will make that announcement, I’m sure pretty soon, ” Joe told EW.

‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ DIRECTORS ON SEEKG ROBERT DOWNEY JR.’S BLSG AND MARVEL’S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

In 2018, he said at least two openly gay characters would be revealed future MCU films.