Black Mask as portrayed by Ewan McGregor is reimaged as a gay villa Cathy Yan and Margot Robbie's Birds of Prey, out Febary next year.
Contents:
- ARE BLACK MASK AND MISTER ZSASZ GAY?
- REPORT: EWAN MCGREGOR’S BLACK MASK WILL BE GAY MARGOT ROBBIE’S BIRDS OF PREY
- BIRDS OF PREY STARS ANGER FANS AFTER SAYG THEIR CHARACTERS MIGHT BE GAY
ARE BLACK MASK AND MISTER ZSASZ GAY?
On the red rpet of one premiere event, a Variety reporter asked McGregor and Msa outright: Are the two villas gay? An upg film the DC Extend Universe may make LGBTQ Got This Covered, a Rotten Tomato-accreded entertament se, reports that Birds of Prey will bee the first superhero movie to feature a proment gay character is Black Mask, a villa who will be portrayed by Ewan McGregor.
"Though [Black Mask's] sexualy is never explicly stated [ the film], multiple sourc have told We Got This Covered that the sexual tensn between him and fellow villa Victor Zsasz will be palpable and the way he acts general mak pretty clear that he's gay, " the entertament se is creasg prsure for big-budget films om Marvel and DC to clu LGBTQ reprentatn.
There has yet to be a clearly gay superhero a major role, and studs have received cricism the past for "-gayg" some of s characters. Although there was technilly a gay character the latt Avengers film, the blk-and-you'll-miss- part was cricized for beg too small and for s portrayal by straight -director Joe the reports are te, is also unclear how Black Mask will be received by queer fans.
REPORT: EWAN MCGREGOR’S BLACK MASK WILL BE GAY MARGOT ROBBIE’S BIRDS OF PREY
Film history is ltered wh problematic villas who dip to trop like the "praved homosexual" or "sissy, " which are not beneficial to LGBTQ reprentatn. A gay character will not only figure promently but a s-old, well-known one is beg revamped for that purpose. Acrdg to We Got This Covered, Black Mask as portrayed by Ewan McGregor is wrten to be a homosexual.
Over at Marvel, Avengers: Endgame troduced their cematic universe’s first gay character. Those llg for a gay character the DC Extend Universe might like .
It will be the first major superhero movie to feature a gay character a lead role.
BIRDS OF PREY STARS ANGER FANS AFTER SAYG THEIR CHARACTERS MIGHT BE GAY
There have long been mors that the villas of the upg Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulo Emancipatn of One Harley Qun) may be gay, but ments om Ewan McGregor and Chris Msa has some fans angry. Specifilly, fans are upset that the Roman Snis/Black Mask and Victor Zsasz actors are simply bag fans wh the suggtn that the characters will be gay only for them to ultimately end up beg the Birds of Prey soundtrack premiere on Thursday, McGregor and Msa were asked by Variety about the mors around Black Mask and Victor's relatnship were te. However, 's the ambiguo "more than likely" om McGregor that has some upset that this is gog to be a ba-and-swch suatn which neher character is actually gay and prompted an "eye roll" emoji reactn om Ln Kg star Billy Eichner.
While many poted out the possible "queerbag" of McGregor's ments, others were upset that would also be a se of "gaydg villas" that is also issue of LGBTQ+ reprentatn Birds of Prey is somethg that has been a ltle b of a qutn mark generally. Ultimately, fans will get to see for themselv whether Black Mask and Victor are fact gay and, if so, how the film approach their reprentatn when Birds of Prey hs theaters next month.