Jam Bond's first openly gay character reveal No Time to Die ma me tear up - CNET

Contents:

• 'NO TIME TO DIE' HTS Q IS GAY LANDMARK LGBTQ+ SCENE
• BEN WHISHAW ADMS THE REVEAL THAT HIS JAM BOND CHARACTER IS GAY FELT 'UNSATISFYG'
• BEN WHISHAW EXPLAED WHY HE FOUND THE REVEAL THAT HIS "JAM BOND" CHARACTER WAS GAY "UNSATISFYG"
• BEN WHISHAW SAYS THE WAY HIS BOND CHARACTER’S GAY INTY WAS ADDRSED WAS “UNSATISFYG”
• BEN WHISHAW FOUND MOMENT JAM BOND CHARACTER Q REVEALED AS GAY NO TIME TO DIE 'UNSATISFYG'
• BEN WHISHAW SAYS HE FOUND HIS 'JAM BOND' GAY CHARACTER REVEAL 'UNSATISFYG'
• DID NO TIME TO DIE JT OUT ONE OF THE CHARACTERS AS GAY?
• BEN WHISHAW UNSATISFIED BY HIS BOND CHARACTER’S GAY REVEAL: I THOUGHT ABOUT QUTNG IT
• 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

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. 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.

BEN WHISHAW ADMS THE REVEAL THAT HIS JAM BOND CHARACTER IS GAY FELT 'UNSATISFYG'

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. 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.

BEN WHISHAW EXPLAED WHY HE FOUND THE REVEAL THAT HIS "JAM BOND" CHARACTER WAS GAY "UNSATISFYG"

Durg one scene No Time to Die, 's hted that Q is gay when he mentns he has a date wh a man — though Whishaw, 41, admted to The Guardian that he thought the moment was too unrplayed.

BEN WHISHAW SAYS THE WAY HIS BOND CHARACTER’S GAY INTY WAS ADDRSED WAS “UNSATISFYG”

Whishaw, an openly gay actor, also told the outlet his thoughts on straight actors playg gay rol: "I'm cril if I don't thk the performance is, om my subjective experience, accurate.

In September, Whishaw told Attu magaze his thoughts on a gay actor takg over the role of Jam Bond post-Craig. Brish actor Ben Whishaw has opened up about his Jam Bond character g out as gay the latt stallment of the anchise, llg the eventual oute "unsatisfyg. "I feel the same, sometim, about straight actors playg gay parts, " he went on.

When No Time to Die was released last year, actor Ben Whishaw ma history as the first person to portray an openly gay ma character a Jam Bond movie, thanks to a brief scene the film which his character Q is seen okg dner and preparg for a date wh a man. It’s never addrsed further the film, and some fans felt as though was a way for the stud to get cred for cludg a gay character whout fully mtg to , limg to one tossed-off le that uld be easily eded out for foreign markets.

BEN WHISHAW FOUND MOMENT JAM BOND CHARACTER Q REVEALED AS GAY NO TIME TO DIE 'UNSATISFYG'

Whishaw, who is openly gay real life, told the publitn he hasn’t received many ments about the scene, save for one posive text msage.

He also clarified that he thought producers were g “om a good place” by cludg a gay character and admted that he nsired sayg somethg about but ultimately cid not to. Ben Whishaw found the scene which his Jam Bond character Q was revealed to be gay latt 007 film No Time To Die 'unsatisfyg' actor, 41, nsired challengg the moment wh movie boss as he thought more uld be done to highlight the stant but he cid agast , sayg he 'accepted' , addg: 'It is what is.

BEN WHISHAW SAYS HE FOUND HIS 'JAM BOND' GAY CHARACTER REVEAL 'UNSATISFYG'

Speakg out: Ben Whishaw, 41, found the scene which his Jam Bond character Q was revealed to be gay film No Time To Die 'unsatisfyg'However, Q is irrated as he is preparg a dner table for a romantic date, wh the character tellg Bond: 'He'll be here 20 mut. ' Settg the scene: Jam Bond (Daniel Craig) shows up at Q's apartment where he's settg the table for a dner date, before sayg: 'He'll be here 20 mut'However, he did say he felt stud Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Eon Productns were not forced to wrg a gay character to the script, sistg ' me om a good place' as Regé-Jean Page, 32, was been named as the favoure to replace Daniel Craig as Jam Bond after he left the 007 role 2021 Bond film No Time To star Regé-Jean was backed wh odds of 2/1 by William Hill wh the leadg bookmaker seeg good support for him recent days.

Durg a recent terview wh The Guardian, Whishaw — who is gay — said that he had been disappoted by how brief the scene was when he first read the film's script. However, Whishaw fend MGM — who produced the film — om accatns om crics who said the stud was strong-armed to wrg Q as a gay character. F*ck, I’m gay.

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

Lookg back now, as an out and proud 18 year old, Oliver told me that seeg Q ma him thk he was gay “for about a year”. I turned thirty the year Skyfall was released and I had already been out as a gay man for four years.

He me out as gay to his fay some years before Skyfall’s release. And although he entered to a civil partnership 2012, Whishaw himself didn’t e out publicly as gay until 2014.

BEN WHISHAW UNSATISFIED BY HIS BOND CHARACTER’S GAY REVEAL: I THOUGHT ABOUT QUTNG IT

And he’s been passnate advotg for more gay actors playg straight rol, somethg he is hardly a stranger to himself. I particularly enjoy his nuanced performance as a gay man mourng his partner and tryg to nnect wh said partner’s mother Hong Khaou’s lite drama Liltg (2014). But by Spectre, Q is fely more obvly a gay character.

Cuttg straight to the subtext, regular Licence to Queer ntributor Lotte mak a typilly astute observatn: “Major Boothroyd's obuary might have stated that 'he never married'” It’s an alln to the phemism that ed to be mon news media when gay men had died.

When I first posted on Twter about the queer appeal of Whishaw’s Q, I suggted that was due to a batn of factors, cludg the fact that the actor is a gay man, the character’s stereotypilly feme tast tea and pets (“I also have a mortgage and two ts to feed”) and the palpable sexual tensn he has wh Bond on screen. Substantial age gaps between gay men is a particularly “plex” phenomenon acrdg to Adam Bloodworth, but one wh a long precent.

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

[Incintally, Brgg Up Baby is crammed wh nuendo and even a knowgly-d e of the word ‘gay’] I would argue that the Natnal Gallery scene Skyfall, wh s d exchange about the Turner patg, also rri nnotatns of gay cisg, somethg Bond has nsirable form wh (explored my queer re-views of The Livg Daylights and From Rsia, Wh Love). Let’s not fet that Skyfall was -wrten by a gay man, John Logan. Well, perhaps is, for those not the Williams, aga:“There is still some ambiguy - n’t have the red-blood homophob gettg the ia there’s a homoerotic subtext.