'How to Tra Your Dragon' Character Com Out as Gay, Director Confirms - TheWrap

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• ‘HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON’ CHARACTER COM OUT AS GAY, DIRECTOR CONFIRMS
• CHARACTER 'HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2' OUT AS GAY
• SO, HOW GAY IS ‘HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2’?
• 'HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2': IS GOBBER REALLY GAY?— SPOILERS
• MEET THE GAY CHARACTER IN "HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2" [SPOILER]{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY ALEXANR STEVENSONMAY 17, 2014/7:04 PMBY ALEXANR STEVENSONMAY 17, 2014 / 7:04 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MEET THE GAY CHARACTER IN \"HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2\" [SPOILER]","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-05-17T23:04:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-05-17T23:04:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ALEXANR STEVENSON","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2, THE NEW SEQUEL TO THE 2010 ANIMATED H, FEATUR A GAY CHARACTER, DIRECTOR DEAN DEBLOIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A SCENE OM THE FILM, GGED VIKG GOBBER THE BELCH(CRAIG FERGON) WATCH A WIFE AND HBAND BICKER AND SAYS THAT'S WHY HE NEVER GOT MARRIED. AFTER A BEAT, HE ADDS THERE'S "ANOTHER REASON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEBLOIS TOLD TOLD E! NEWS AT CANN THAT GOBBER WAS ED REFERRG TO HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN: “WHEN WE WERE RERDG CRAIG FERGON, I HAD WRTEN THE LE, ‘THIS IS WHY I NEVER GOT MARRIED,’ AND HE, AS HE OFTEN DO, ADD AS AN AD LIB AND HE SAID, ‘YUP, GOBBER IS G OUT OF THE CLOSET,'” HE SAID. “I THK THAT'S A REALLY FUN [AND] DARG MOVE TO PUT . I LOVE THE IA THAT GOBBER IS BERK'S RINT GAY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FIRST MASTREAM ANIMATED MOVIE TO FEATURE AN OUT GAY CHARACTER WAS 2012'S PARANORMAN, WHICH JOCK MCH OUT AT THE FILM'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HTTYD2, WHICH OPENS JUNE 16, IS SET FIVE YEARS AFTER THE ORIGAL AND SE HICCUP AND TOOTHLS GETTG SUCKED TO AN EPIC BATTLE TO PROTECT ALL NEW SPECI OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, WATCH THE TRAILER FOR HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 3 CONFIRMS [SPOILER] IS GAY, AND IT'S GREAT
• SO, HOW GAY IS HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON?
• 'HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2' CHARACTER IS G OUT AS GAY, DIRECTOR SAYS
• GAY VIKG 'HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2' REVEALED: 'I LOVE THE IA,' SAYS DIRECTOR (VIDEO)
• HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON: AN AD-LIB MA GOBBER A RARE GAY ANIMATED HERO
• “HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2” CLUS OPENLY GAY CHARACTER
• 'HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON' CHARACTER OUT AS GAY, DIRECTOR NFIRMS
• 'HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON' CHARACTER GOBBER OUT AS GAY
• CANN 2014: HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON CHARACTER COM OUT AS GAY—FD OUT WHICH ONE!

‘HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON’ CHARACTER COM OUT AS GAY, DIRECTOR CONFIRMS

In the upg animated sequel to “How to Tra Your Dragon, ” the gged vikg character Gobber is g out as gay.

I love the ia that Gobber is Berk’s rint gay.

CHARACTER 'HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2' OUT AS GAY

Also read: Fox News Host Awkwardly Backtracks After Callg Gee Clooney Gay (Vio). CANNES – Is the world ready for s first animated gay Vikg?

Gobber is gay. ” Fergon tagged on ‘That, and one other reason, ” seemgly a reference to gay marriage, which has only recently bee legal several stat.

SO, HOW GAY IS ‘HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2’?

“How to Tra Your Dragon’s Gobber the Belch Com Out As Gay, ” headl screamed the weeks prr to the release of DreamWorks’ animated sequel How to Tra Your Dragon 2. First, the ia that Gobber is gay is a new addn to his character, not somethg the filmmakers tend om the start. “Comg out” impli revealg a prevly secret realy; if the filmmakers have now cid that Gobber is gay, that’s a newly vented fact about him, not a prevly secret one.

“I thk that's a really fun [and] darg move to put , ” wrer–director Dean DuBlois (who is gay) told E! “I love the ia that Gobber is Berk's rint gay.

Is there any evince that Gobber’s gayns go beyond this one le?

'HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2': IS GOBBER REALLY GAY?— SPOILERS

As gay nuendo go, “one other reason” is a lot ls overt than some of the humor DreamWorks’ Madagasr 2: Espe 2 Ai or Happy Feet Two, say.

(It’s startg to look like a sequel thg, although there was gay humor the origal Happy Feet too.

MEET THE GAY CHARACTER IN "HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2" [SPOILER]{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY ALEXANR STEVENSONMAY 17, 2014/7:04 PMBY ALEXANR STEVENSONMAY 17, 2014 / 7:04 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MEET THE GAY CHARACTER IN \"HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2\" [SPOILER]","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-05-17T23:04:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-05-17T23:04:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ALEXANR STEVENSON","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2, THE NEW SEQUEL TO THE 2010 ANIMATED H, FEATUR A GAY CHARACTER, DIRECTOR DEAN DEBLOIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A SCENE OM THE FILM, GGED VIKG GOBBER THE BELCH(CRAIG FERGON) WATCH A WIFE AND HBAND BICKER AND SAYS THAT'S WHY HE NEVER GOT MARRIED. AFTER A BEAT, HE ADDS THERE'S "ANOTHER REASON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEBLOIS TOLD TOLD E! NEWS AT CANN THAT GOBBER WAS ED REFERRG TO HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN: “WHEN WE WERE RERDG CRAIG FERGON, I HAD WRTEN THE LE, ‘THIS IS WHY I NEVER GOT MARRIED,’ AND HE, AS HE OFTEN DO, ADD AS AN AD LIB AND HE SAID, ‘YUP, GOBBER IS G OUT OF THE CLOSET,'” HE SAID. “I THK THAT'S A REALLY FUN [AND] DARG MOVE TO PUT . I LOVE THE IA THAT GOBBER IS BERK'S RINT GAY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FIRST MASTREAM ANIMATED MOVIE TO FEATURE AN OUT GAY CHARACTER WAS 2012'S PARANORMAN, WHICH JOCK MCH OUT AT THE FILM'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HTTYD2, WHICH OPENS JUNE 16, IS SET FIVE YEARS AFTER THE ORIGAL AND SE HICCUP AND TOOTHLS GETTG SUCKED TO AN EPIC BATTLE TO PROTECT ALL NEW SPECI OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, WATCH THE TRAILER FOR HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

To say that I got a lot of flak for my “So, How Gay IS Disney’s Frozen?

Ironilly, my observatns were wily shared by many other crics and observers, cludg many who embraced Frozen’s gayns. (As Adams accurately characterized me his IndieWire piece, my answer to my own qutn “How gay is Frozen?

HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 3 CONFIRMS [SPOILER] IS GAY, AND IT'S GREAT

As I noted my post, any gay them Frozen are “not that big a al, asmuch as the them are subtle and ambiguo enough not pose eher a signifint annoyance to even savvy parents or a rptg fluence on children. I n unrstand parents and others who have embraced Frozen, Happy Feet and other animated films takg umbrage at arguments about gay them the films.

To the pure all thgs are pure, and I have no wish to thwart those who n and want to enjoy the movi whout beg troubled by qutns of gay them.

Or… is Gobber gay? Bee I'm a gay man, and I don't draw attentn to myself for that reason. " Gobber isn't the first gay character a mastream animated movie; Mch (Casey Affleck) was a gay dumb jock 2012's ParaNorman.

SO, HOW GAY IS HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON?

How To Tra Your Dragon 2, the new sequel to the 2010 animated h, featur a gay character, director Dean DeBlois a scene om the film, gged vikg Gobber the Belch(Craig Fergon) watch a wife and hband bicker and says that's why he never got married.

I love the ia that Gobber is Berk's rint gay.

”The first mastream animated movie to feature an out gay character was 2012's ParaNorman, which jock Mch out at the film's end. How to Tra Your Dragon 3 Confirms [SPOILER] Is Gay, and It's Great.

'HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2' CHARACTER IS G OUT AS GAY, DIRECTOR SAYS

How to Tra Your Dragon: The Hidn World fearlsly nfirms a major character is gay. One way the anchise's creators add dimensns to Gobber was to subtly imply that he was gay prev films.

The openly gay DeBlois told outlets at the time that the reason he kept the improvised le the film was bee, "I thk 's nice.

The only other character who filled the mentor archetype and was openly gay was Dumbledore om the Harry Potter seri, but that wasn't ma clear until the after the seri had nclud. By ntrast, Gobber beg gay is troduced right smack dab the middle of the seri. Gay characters animatn are still a rary, even the morn day.

GAY VIKG 'HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2' REVEALED: 'I LOVE THE IA,' SAYS DIRECTOR (VIDEO)

He's a great mentor figure for the film seri and a great example of a gay character. As the cultural landspe chang and grows, 's important that characters om the broad spectm of humany be reprented, and, by makg Gobber quietly but nfintly gay, the How to Tra Your Dragon anchise manag to actually stand out among other fantasy anchis.

HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON: AN AD-LIB MA GOBBER A RARE GAY ANIMATED HERO

“I thk that's a really fun [and] darg move to put , ” wrer–director Dean DuBlois (who is gay) told E! | Courty of Dreamworks"How to Tra Your Dragon 2" featur a gay Vikg that out of the closet, was revealed Friday durg the film's premiere at the Cann Film Ftival.

“HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2” CLUS OPENLY GAY CHARACTER

While the openly gay wrer and director, Dean DeBlois, is exced about the gay Vikg, some crics feel the topic is appropriate for a children's gay Vikg "How to Tra Your Dragon 2" was revealed to be Gobber, the burly mentor to Hiccup and loyal right-hand man of Hiccup's father Stoick the Vast. "While the throwaway le will most likely go over the heads of some of the younger dience gog to the highly-anticipated Dreamworks movie, DeBois explaed that he tentnally ma Gobber gay. "While DeBois lik the ia, some felt that brgg up homosexualy a children's movie was sensive to parents.

'HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON' CHARACTER OUT AS GAY, DIRECTOR NFIRMS

"I have absolutely no problem wh any homosexual people but the way ['s] phed down everyone's throats now ['s] gettg out of hand. It's immensely tratg that Hollywood feels plete tonomy to force the issu on our kids, " another er poted out that bee of the subtle way Gobber reveals his homosexualy, is unlikely younger children will isn't the first time animated movi have been ntroversially lked to homosexualy. At the Cann Film Ftival, openly gay director and screenwrer Dean Deblois said that Gobber--voiced by Craig Fergon--is g out of the closet.

How To Tra Your Dragon: An Ad-Lib Ma Gobber A Rare Gay Animated Hero.

How To Tra Your Dragon’s Gobber wasn’t imaged as a gay character but thanks to Craig Fergon’s improvisatn he beme an animated gay champn. The ad-lib ronated wh trilogy director Dean DeBlois, who is openly gay and cid to keep the le.

'HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON' CHARACTER GOBBER OUT AS GAY

Havg a gay character the How To Tra Your Dragon trilogy was a progrsive move for a fay-oriented animatn, which typilly aren’t very LGBTQ clive.

In fact, Gobber is one of the few openly gay characters a mastream animated film alongsi Casey Affleck’s Mch 2012’s ParaNorman. The tis are changg, however; Disney’s Zootopia featured the subtle cln of a married gay uple (antelop Bucky and Pronk Oryx-Antlerson) and Netflix animated seri She-Ra And The Prcs Of Power featur several LGBTQ characters. Hopefully, Goober How To Tra Your Dragon and other openly gay characters like him is a sign of thgs to e.

CANN 2014: HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON CHARACTER COM OUT AS GAY—FD OUT WHICH ONE!

Next: Why Disney's First Gay Character Matters. Gobber, the tough Vikg mythil Berk village, out as gay the much-anticipated Dragon sequel.

Dragon 2‘s openly gay wrer and director, Dean DeBlois, nfirms Gobber’s sexualy. Off-the-cuff ad lib leads to creative has been revealed that a character om How to Tra Your Dragon 2 will e out as gay the DreamWorks Animatn sequel.