Jam Bond Producer Refed to Let Stud Cut ‘Skyfall’ Gay Scene – IndieWire

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• JAM BOND’S GAY HT WAS ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL, SAYS PRODUCER
• ‘I KNEW WAS A URAGEO THG TO DO’: THE CUR STORY OF BOND’S FIRST GAY VILLAS
• FAMO HOMOEROTIC JAM BOND SCENE ALMOST 'TOO GAY' FOR STUD EXECS
• JAM BOND’S GAY HT MOMENT WAS ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL
• BEN WHISHAW FOUND MOMENT JAM BOND CHARACTER Q REVEALED AS GAY NO TIME TO DIE 'UNSATISFYG'
• JAM BOND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER REVEAL NO TIME TO DIE MA ME TEAR UP
• 'NO TIME TO DIE' HTS Q IS GAY LANDMARK LGBTQ+ SCENE
• JAM BOND WALKS TO A GAY BAR. BUT SHOULD HE?
• DANIEL CRAIG: JAM BOND STAR REVEALS WHY HE GO TO GAY BARS
• BEN WHISHAW ADMS THE REVEAL THAT HIS JAM BOND CHARACTER IS GAY FELT 'UNSATISFYG'
• BEN WHISHAW EXPLAED WHY HE FOUND THE REVEAL THAT HIS "JAM BOND" CHARACTER WAS GAY "UNSATISFYG"
• BOND’S BEN WHISHAW WANTS GAY ACTOR TO REPLACE DANIEL CRAIG, AND HE KNOWS TWO ‘IAL’ MEN
• 'NO TIME TO DIE' ACTOR BEN WHISHAW WANTS A GAY JAM BOND: 'THAT WOULD BE REAL PROGRS'

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. RELATED | Benedict Cumberbatch Explas Why He's Playg Gay New Wtern Film. 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.

‘I KNEW WAS A URAGEO THG TO DO’: THE CUR STORY OF BOND’S FIRST GAY VILLAS

” said Brosnan, when asked whether he uld picture a gay Bond. I don’t thk Barbara would allow a gay Bond to happen her lifetime.

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

This isn’t to give eher of those away, but to divulge a third: that Bond’s handy gadget man, Q, is gay.

)All of which mak gay henchmen Mr Wt and Mr Kidd back 1971’s Diamonds Are Forever, all the more remarkable. To give some ntext, 1970, the year the film was shot, 70 per cent of Amerins thought homosexual relatns were wrong, while the UK was only three years to Wt and Mr Kidd were played by Bce Glover and Putter Smh, two straight men, but even then they reportedly riled Connery. Glover, who is now 89, remembers the star beg unfortable wh homoerotic jok durg the shoot.

“He didn’t know me, so he thought I was gay.

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

Villas throughout cema history have tend to reflect current “fears” and attus, and homosexuals have a long history of beg vilified. It’s a topic wrer Vo Rso explor his semal 1981 book The Celluloid Closet, which ns through onscreen queer stereotypg om the Sixti to the Eighti, om Dr Frank-N-Furter The Rocky Horror Picture Show to Sharon Stone’s bisexual Cathere Tramell Basic and director Guy Haton were rponsible for nceivg the characters for the screen and feels as if they med edy orr to create gay characters sued to themselv and mastream dienc of the time.

“I didn’t want to be that kd of clichéd gay guy, ” Glover rells, thkg perhaps of the mpns of Richard Burton and Rex Harrison’s gay barbershop uple 1969’s Stairse.

”Lowbridge-Ellis go so far as to pots out that much about the characters is, actually, “unniably homophobic”. From the way Mr Wt was dispatched wh a bomb up his backsi to the obv fact that here were two straight men makg margalised gay men the butt of their jok, ’s easy to argue how Wt and Kidd were explog the LGBT+ muny rather than supportg by simply beg onscreen, the duo had reprented the gay muny – and ma a whole crowd cludg myself feel seen – whether their creators had tend to or not.

BEN WHISHAW FOUND MOMENT JAM BOND CHARACTER Q REVEALED AS GAY NO TIME TO DIE 'UNSATISFYG'

Flemg was himself known to have disda for open exprsns of homosexualy. Mgham’s homosexualy may have been subtly referenced Quantum of Solace, a short story by Flemg about the dwdlg fort a lovg relatnship n provi.

And th far, only a few villas have been gay — a fleetg ht of chemistry wh Silva Skyfall‘s leted scene, and two silly henchmen Diamonds Are Forever. 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 FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER REVEAL NO TIME TO DIE MA ME TEAR UP

Jam Bond producer Barbara Brocli has revealed she had to fight to keep the moment which 007 hts at havg had a gay experience Skyfall. Wh the le seemg to imply that the secret agent had gay enunters the past, producer Barbara revealed: ‘I remember we were told to cut that le by the stud and we said no, no, no. Director Sir Sam Mens add of the inic moment: ‘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 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.

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

Ben Whishaw found the scene which his Jam Bond character Q was revealed to be gay latt 007 film No Time To Die 'unsatisfyg' actor, 41, nsired challengg the moment wh movie boss as he thought more uld be done to highlight the stant but he cid agast , sayg he 'accepted' , addg: 'It is what is. Speakg out: Ben Whishaw, 41, found the scene which his Jam Bond character Q was revealed to be gay film No Time To Die 'unsatisfyg'However, Q is irrated as he is preparg a dner table for a romantic date, wh the character tellg Bond: 'He'll be here 20 mut.

' Settg the scene: Jam Bond (Daniel Craig) shows up at Q's apartment where he's settg the table for a dner date, before sayg: 'He'll be here 20 mut'However, he did say he felt stud Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Eon Productns were not forced to wrg a gay character to the script, sistg ' me om a good place' as Regé-Jean Page, 32, was been named as the favoure to replace Daniel Craig as Jam Bond after he left the 007 role 2021 Bond film No Time To star Regé-Jean was backed wh odds of 2/1 by William Hill wh the leadg bookmaker seeg good support for him recent days. 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.

JAM BOND WALKS TO A GAY BAR. BUT SHOULD HE?

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. 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.

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.

DANIEL CRAIG: JAM BOND STAR REVEALS WHY HE GO TO GAY BARS

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.

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.

BEN WHISHAW ADMS THE REVEAL THAT HIS JAM BOND CHARACTER IS GAY FELT 'UNSATISFYG'

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. 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.

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

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. JAMES BOND fans were surprised when one of the film's characters revealed they were gay durg No Time To Die, but the actor behd the scene has revealed "qutned " when was brought up.

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

In a throwaway ment, Q announced: "He'll be here 20 mut, " nfirmg he was gay. Q's sexualy beg addrsed was a first for the seri, as he has bee the first openly gay character a Bond film 60 years on the big screen. But Q actor Ben Whishaw himself was not as satisfied as the wrers might have been wh their subtle nod to the gay a new terview Whishaw, who is gay, nfirmed that other than one text, "no one has given me any feedback [on the scene]".

"Although Whishaw seemed a ltle uncerta about the moment, fans of the anchise were thrilled by 'T Bond odds: Regé-Jean Page holds lead over Tom Hardy, Henry Cavill [NEWS]Daniel Craig's 7 year relatnship wh Love Actually star before wife [INFO]Jam Bond spired now-shelved Batman movie [INSIGHT]Clara on Twter wrote: "omg q nfirmed gay no time to die…. " (sic)Em add: "hontly the bt b of the film was fdg out Q is gay <3" (sic)No Time To Die acted as an agent of change for the Bond movi, as marked the fal appearance of Craig as the tular hero. Wilson are the heads of Eon Productns and have fal say on all thgs Bond, th the stud uldn’t overpower their cisn to keep the homoerotic moment the film.

'NO TIME TO DIE' ACTOR BEN WHISHAW WANTS A GAY JAM BOND: 'THAT WOULD BE REAL PROGRS'

“Skyfall” director Sam Mens add, “I thk there’s a huge homoerotic unrtow a lot of Bond movi. Craig said, “I don’t see the world sexual divisns…Someone suggted that Silva may be gay. Actor Daniel Craig, bt known for playg the dashg and cidly heterosexual Jam Bond, ma headwds this week when he revealed that he is a big fan of gay bars.