Jam Bond’s gay ht was almost cut om Skyfall, says Barbara Brocli | The Inpennt

Contents:

• 'NO TIME TO DIE' HTS Q IS GAY LANDMARK LGBTQ+ SCENE
• FAMO HOMOEROTIC JAM BOND SCENE ALMOST 'TOO GAY' FOR STUD EXECS
• JAM BOND’S GAY HT WAS ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL, SAYS PRODUCER
• JAM BOND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER REVEAL NO TIME TO DIE MA ME TEAR UP
• JAM BOND PRODUCERS WERE TOLD TO CUT A LE ABOUT 007’S GAY PAST BY THE STUD, BUT ‘WE RISTED’
• 'JAM BOND' PRODUCER REVEALS THAT THE SECRET AGENT’S GAY EXPERIENCE WAS ALMOST CUT FROM 'SKYFALL'
• JAM BOND: HT AT GAY EXPERIENCE 007’S PAST ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL, SAYS PRODUCER
• JAM BOND GAY: SKYFALL HOMOEROTIC SCENE IS A WK TO A YOUNGER AND MORE DIVERSE AUDIENCE
• JAM BOND’S GAY HT WAS ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL, SAYS BARBARA BROCLI
• JAM BOND’S GAY HT MOMENT WAS ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL

'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.

FAMO HOMOEROTIC JAM BOND SCENE ALMOST 'TOO GAY' FOR STUD EXECS

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. 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.

JAM BOND’S GAY HT WAS ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL, SAYS PRODUCER

However, acrdg to a new documentary on the inic pop culture figure, one particular torture scene was almost emed "too gay" to be clud the Skyfall, one such moment was particularly horny -- and particularly gay.

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

However, acrdg to a new documentary on the inic pop culture figure, one particular torture scene was almost emed "too gay" to be clud the Skyfall, one such moment was particularly horny — and particularly gay. Jam Bond’s ht Skyfall that he may have had a gay experience his past was a missn too far for stud executiv, acrdg to the film’s producer, who said she had to fight attempts to cut the scene.

”The signifince of the scene was wily bated at the time – screenwrer John Logan said was “playg the sort of homoerotic rd that is sort of always there [ Bond films]” – but acrdg to Brocli almost didn’t make the fal versn, a global smash that ma $1.

“I thk there’s a huge homoerotic unrtow a lot of Bond movi, ” he former 007 claimed Brocli would never allow a gay Bond her lifetime. Speakg 2015, Pierce Brosnan said he was open to the ia of a gay 007 but the anchise’s gatekeeper might have different ias. ” said Brosnan, when asked whether he uld picture a gay Bond.

JAM BOND PRODUCERS WERE TOLD TO CUT A LE ABOUT 007’S GAY PAST BY THE STUD, BUT ‘WE RISTED’

I don’t thk Barbara would allow a gay Bond to happen her lifetime. is no doubt one of the most macho movie anchis of all time, but om the moment I saw Golneye as a ltle gay kid at a iend's hoe, I was hooked.

But Bond movi also feature badass and fabulo women, tons of drama and some ser emotnal moments -- exactly what a ltle gay kid Craig's turn as Bond has shaken thgs up, serly mornizg the anchise terms of both style and story. No Time to Die is the 25th official Bond movie and Craig's last -- and troduc the anchise's first out gay character a moment that got me One light spoiler ahead. It's the first time ever a Jam Bond movie that a character has been explicly gay, and 's actually acknowledged out loud, no ls.

'JAM BOND' PRODUCER REVEALS THAT THE SECRET AGENT’S GAY EXPERIENCE WAS ALMOST CUT FROM 'SKYFALL'

Nila Dove/MGMThis isn't to say there haven't been implied queer characters or super gay moments before. In Skyfall, Bond and villa Silva (Javier Barm) have a homoerotic terrogatn scene -- and don't even get me started on the naked torture sequence Caso Royale.

JAM BOND: HT AT GAY EXPERIENCE 007’S PAST ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL, SAYS PRODUCER

Havg a ma supportg character be openly gay a anchise like Bond is a big al, ma better by the fact that Whishaw is gay himself. And bee Q appears every Bond movie and is sometim played by the same actor even when Bond is rest, Whishaw's gay Q uld appear future Bond movi.

13:19Pl, No Time to Die is jt one of the mpit and gayt Jam Bond movi ever. Ana Armas' cktail-chuggg character Paloma is stantly inic, exactly what gays want om a Bond girl: betiful, funny and jt pla badass.

While I doubt we'll see a gay Jam Bond anytime soon, the hope of more progrsive stori and character reprentatn has me exced for what Time To Die was released Sept. It’s the most homoerotic scene an actn movie sce Top Gun — and one of the bt scen any of Daniel Craig’s Bond movi.

JAM BOND GAY: SKYFALL HOMOEROTIC SCENE IS A WK TO A YOUNGER AND MORE DIVERSE AUDIENCE

'” Skyfall director Sam Mens add, “I thk there’s a huge homoerotic unrtow a lot of Bond movi.

Pierce Brosnan, the Bond before Craig, has said that he would wele a gay 007 and would make for an “tertg viewg, ” but he don’t “how would work. Longstandg Jam Bond producer Barbara Brolli recently spoke about a scene Skyfall that has dited the secret agent once had a gay experience.

"Some people claim 's bee I'm, fact, gay but not te at all, " Logan told THR at the New York premiere of the film, held by Tribe Film Instute. No or Goldfger or whatever, and there’s been so many ways to do a t-and-moe and timidate Bond, and we thought, what would tly make the dience unfortable is sexual timidatn; playg the sort of homoerotic rd that is sort of always there subtextually wh characters like Sramanga 'Man Wh the Goln Gun' or 'Dr. " Craig then add that while some have suggted Barm's Silva might be homosexual, he didn't agree.

JAM BOND’S GAY HT WAS ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL, SAYS BARBARA BROCLI

”The signifince of the scene was wily bated at the time – screenwrer John Logan said was "playg the sort of homoerotic rd that is sort of always there [ Bond films]" – but acrdg to Brocli almost didn't make the fal versn, a global smash that ma $1. "I thk there's a huge homoerotic unrtow a lot of Bond movi, " he former 007 claimed Brocli would never allow a gay Bond her lifetime. Speakg 2015, Pierce Brosnan said he was open to the ia of a gay 007 but the anchise's gatekeeper might have different ias.

But — and crics hail as the bt Bond film yet — people have started to speculate about the spy's sexualy bee of a scene which Daniel Craig and Javier Barm (who plays the villa) seem to engage some homoeroticism. Though Barm addrsed the scene — where his character Raoul Silva has Bond immobilized a chair while "explorg" his body — as a way of creatg "unfortable suatns beyond fear and terror” (and Craig nied Barm's character is gay or straight), the scene serv the movie a uple of ways. First, provis a lot of ee publicy by brgg up an issue still nsired as ntroversial by many (homosexualy) to a film and a character who epomiz heterosexualy.

By puttg womanizer Bond a homoerotic suatn, the producers of the film guarantee tons of prs verage foced on the character's supposed bisexualy (which, turn, helps to promote the movie). Sendly, unlike the GOP, the anchise may have found proof of a younger and more diverse Amerin dience which — as evinced by the rults of the 2012 electns — is more open to gay rights. Though neher Jam Bond nor Daniel Craig (or Javier Barn, for that matter) are gay, their homoerotic teractn uld well be a wk to gay members of the broar dience who uld intify wh a more morn — and ls chvistic — versn of wouldn't be the only market segmentatn appeal attempted by the producers of Skyfall, as has been duly noted that the movie's swch om the tradnal "shaken not stirred" marti historilly enjoyed by classic Bonds om Sean Connery to Pierce Brosnan has now been substuted by a more youthful Heeken.

JAM BOND’S GAY HT MOMENT WAS ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL

Get our ee weekly email for all the latt cematic news om our film cric Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cematic email for eeA ht Skyfall that Jam Bond may have had a gay experience the past was almost cut om the 2012 film, acrdg to the anchise’s producer Barbara scene qutn saw Daniel Craig’s 007 taken hostage by the movie’s villa, Raoul Silva, played by Javier rs Bond’s cht and thigh while the hero is bound to a chair, and says: “You’re tryg to remember your trag now.

“The night of the premiere, that le, jt the whole place rocked then… I remember lookg at the stud executive [and] gog, ‘See, told you, ’” said film’s director, Sam Mens, add: “I thk there’s a huge homoerotic unrtow a lot of Bond movi. “Some people claim ’s bee I’m, fact, gay but not te at all, ” Logan told The Hollywood Reporter at the NYC premiere of the film, thrown by Tribe Film Instute.

No or Goldfger or whatever, and there’s been so many ways to do a t-and-moe and timidate Bond, and we thought, what would tly make the dience unfortable is sexual timidatn; playg the sort of homoerotic rd that is sort of always there subtextually wh characters like Sramanga Man Wh the Goln Gun or Dr.