Ian McKellen: 'X-Men was a gay man’s light, bee was full of the most amazg divas' | Osrs 2016 | The Guardian

Contents:

• IAN MCKELLEN: 'X-MEN WAS A GAY MAN’S LIGHT, BEE WAS FULL OF THE MOST AMAZG DIVAS'
• THE GAY LEFT BE MAGO

IAN MCKELLEN: 'X-MEN WAS A GAY MAN’S LIGHT, BEE WAS FULL OF THE MOST AMAZG DIVAS'

“When I me out as a gay man, was expected by some gay activists that my whole attu to life would change, and I’d bee a queer artists and only do thgs wh gay them, ” McKellen relled. ’”He and Halle Berry are like brother and sisterIan McKellen as Mago Photograph: Fox“X-Men was a gay man’s light, bee was full of the most amazg divas, ” McKellen said of the anchise, which he played the villao mutant Mago, before Michael Fassbenr went on to assume the the large st whom he worked wh on the films, McKellen said he bond clost wh Halle Berry, who played Storm.

’“Lo and behold she out as gay woman, and my God has she found her voice.

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THE GAY LEFT BE MAGO

Canonilly, while this meant the past-Iceman was forced to fet all that growth when they were sent back time, the prent-day Iceman has grown om the experience and has been able to be openly gay-- eveng formg a relatnship wh Emma Frost's brother Christian. It is no secret that the mythology behd the “X-Men” film anchise is based on the stggle for gay rights.

Though at tim not subtle, is all prented wh subtext, which is what giv the seri, most pecially director Bryan Sger’s first two films and 2011’s “X-Men: First Class” (directed by Matthew Vghn) a memorable thematic pth missg om most superhero simply, the seri’ mutants are stand-s for homosexuals.