Ben Whishaw: Make Jam Bond a Gay Man – IndieWire

Contents:

• BEN WHISHAW CONFIRMS HE IS GAY. AND MARRIED. SO THERE.
• BEN WHISHAW CONFIRMS HE IS GAY. AND MARRIED. SO THERE.
• BEN WHISHAW EXPLAED WHY HE FOUND THE REVEAL THAT HIS "JAM BOND" CHARACTER WAS GAY "UNSATISFYG"
• 'NO TIME TO DIE' HTS Q IS GAY LANDMARK LGBTQ+ SCENE
• BEN WHISHAW REFLECTS ON ‘BLATANT HOMOPHOBIA’ AS NEW BBC DRAMA TELLS GAY DOCTOR’S TE STORY
• BOND’S BEN WHISHAW WANTS GAY ACTOR TO REPLACE DANIEL CRAIG, AND HE KNOWS TWO ‘IAL’ MEN
• BEN WHISHAW'S SECRETIVE LOVE LIFE AND BEG 'UNSATISFIED' BY JAM BOND GAY REVEAL
• BEN WHISHAW SAYS HE FOUND HIS 'JAM BOND' GAY CHARACTER REVEAL 'UNSATISFYG'
• BEN WHISHAW OPENS UP ABOUT STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS: “I UNRSTAND THE QUTNS”

BEN WHISHAW CONFIRMS HE IS GAY. AND MARRIED. SO THERE.

Ben Whishaw, the Brish actor who began his role as gadget gu Q the latt Jam Bond movie Skyfall, has nfirmed he is gay and married to boyiend Mark Bradshaw. "Whishaw and Bradshaw met on the set of Jane Campn's 2009 movie Bright Star, which Ben starred and Mark posed the sre Jam Bond actor had attracted speculatn about his sexualy a prev terview when asked whether was important for young gay people to have posive role mols.

BEN WHISHAW CONFIRMS HE IS GAY. AND MARRIED. SO THERE.

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

“We’re talkg about a select group of people who have a certa bent, which seems anti-gay, anti-progrs, anti-sex—a lot of thgs which I’m not. But many felt unsatisfied -- cludg the actor who plays Q Whishaw, who is gay IRL, has been playg Q the Daniel Craig Bond films sce 2012 and had one scene the latt, No Time to Die, that seemgly nfirmed his sexualy. 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. 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).

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'NO TIME TO DIE' HTS Q IS GAY LANDMARK LGBTQ+ SCENE

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.

BEN WHISHAW REFLECTS ON ‘BLATANT HOMOPHOBIA’ AS NEW BBC DRAMA TELLS GAY DOCTOR’S TE STORY

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.

BOND’S BEN WHISHAW WANTS GAY ACTOR TO REPLACE DANIEL CRAIG, AND HE KNOWS TWO ‘IAL’ MEN

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’s role This Is Gog To Hurt ma him reflect on the “blatant homophobia” he faced as a young, gay man.

BEN WHISHAW'S SECRETIVE LOVE LIFE AND BEG 'UNSATISFIED' BY JAM BOND GAY REVEAL

The seri shows how Kay worked hard to hi his same-sex relatnship om those around him, and speakg to Esquire, Whishaw relled: “This is set 2006, which isn’t that long ago, but was different terms of how gay people were accepted. “I remember blatant homophobia: people shoutg at you, throwg s**t at you and tryg to start a fight wh you.

Much of the nversatn surroundg who should replace Daniel Craig as the new Jam Bond after “No Time to Die” has centered on whether or not a woman should take over the role, but what about a gay man? I mean, would be que an extraordary thg, ” Whishaw said about a gay Bond. Whishaw already knows the openly gay Brish actors he would want to see as Bond: Le Evans and “Bridgerton” breakout Jonathan Bailey.

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

Jam Bond's Q actor Ben Wishaw is starrg new BBC edy This Is Gog To Hurt tonight, based on Adam Kay’s book, which brought back memori of a time was 'ls easy to be tactile wh a gay partner'Vio LoadgVio UnavailableThis Is Gog To Hurt: Ben Whishaw stars BBC trailerBen Wishaw has always been credibly secretive about his love life - refg to answer personal qutns for several years. " In Augt 2004, Ben spoke about the 'urage' tak to e out as gay after playg a man stgglg to e to terms wh the ath of his boyiend and havg to reveal their relatnship to his mother die film Liltg.

Ben has explaed he didn’t feel fortable g out as gay to his fay and iends until he was about 26. Before Daniel Craig's fal outg was ma, there were reports Ben had been phg for the cln of a "substantial character who happens to be gay".

BEN WHISHAW OPENS UP ABOUT STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS: “I UNRSTAND THE QUTNS”

While not suggtg Bond should explore homosexualy himself, Wishaw wanted the films to clu a character who is part of the LGBTQ+ muny. " Now Ben is starrg the adaptatn of Adam Kay's massively succsful book, This Is Gog to Hurt, playg a gay doctor.

"But I fely remember feelg, for me at least, that was much ls easy to be tactile wh a gay partner then, " he said. 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.