Ben Whishaw: Make Jam Bond a Gay Man – IndieWire

Contents:

• 'NO TIME TO DIE' HTS Q IS GAY LANDMARK LGBTQ+ SCENE
• BEN WHISHAW FOUND MOMENT JAM BOND CHARACTER Q REVEALED AS GAY NO TIME TO DIE 'UNSATISFYG'
• BEN WHISHAW ADMS THE REVEAL THAT HIS JAM BOND CHARACTER IS GAY FELT 'UNSATISFYG'
• ‘I KNEW WAS A URAGEO THG TO DO’: THE CUR STORY OF BOND’S FIRST GAY VILLAS
• BEN WHISHAW EXPLAED WHY HE FOUND THE REVEAL THAT HIS "JAM BOND" CHARACTER WAS GAY "UNSATISFYG"
• BEN WHISHAW CONFIRMS HE IS GAY. AND MARRIED. SO THERE.
• Q ACTOR BEN WHISHAW WOULD LOVE TO SEE A GAY JAM BOND, AND HE HAS ANOTHER BRIDGERTON STAR IN MD
• JAM BOND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER REVEAL NO TIME TO DIE MA ME TEAR UP
• DID NO TIME TO DIE JT OUT ONE OF THE CHARACTERS AS GAY?
• Q-FORCE CREATOR GABE LIEDMAN: WHY "GAY JAM BOND" IS UNRDOG STORY
• JAM BOND’S GAY HT WAS ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL, SAYS PRODUCER
• BEN WHISHAW WANTS A GAY ACTOR TO PLAY THE NEXT JAM BOND
• 'NO TIME TO DIE' ACTOR BEN WHISHAW WANTS A GAY JAM BOND: 'THAT WOULD BE REAL PROGRS'
• BEN WHISHAW UNSATISFIED BY HIS BOND CHARACTER’S GAY REVEAL: I THOUGHT ABOUT QUTNG IT
• BOND’S BEN WHISHAW WANTS GAY ACTOR TO REPLACE DANIEL CRAIG, AND HE KNOWS TWO ‘IAL’ MEN

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

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.

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

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.

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. Durg one scene No Time to Die, 's hted that Q is gay when he mentns he has a date wh a man — though Whishaw, 41, admted to The Guardian that he thought the moment was too unrplayed.

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

Whishaw, an openly gay actor, also told the outlet his thoughts on straight actors playg gay rol: "I'm cril if I don't thk the performance is, om my subjective experience, accurate. In September, Whishaw told Attu magaze his thoughts on a gay actor takg over the role of Jam Bond post-Craig. 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.

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

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”.

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

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. 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.

Q ACTOR BEN WHISHAW WOULD LOVE TO SEE A GAY JAM BOND, AND HE HAS ANOTHER BRIDGERTON STAR IN MD

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.

Naturally, that leads to qutns about scenars, such as whether or not we’d see a gay Jam Bond. Q actor Ben Whishaw is one such person who would love to see this sort of progrs ma the anchise, and one of his suggtns for such honors is yet another potential Bridgerton asked about whether or not he’d like to see a gay Jam Bond, Whishaw enthiastilly submted Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey as one of his two choic. 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.

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

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.

DID NO TIME TO DIE JT OUT ONE OF THE CHARACTERS AS GAY?

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.

Q-FORCE CREATOR GABE LIEDMAN: WHY "GAY JAM BOND" IS UNRDOG STORY

Ana Armas' cktail-chuggg character Paloma is stantly inic, exactly what gays want om a Bond girl: betiful, funny and jt pla badass.

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

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. Apparently, the movie has a queer surprise store for fans – the character of Q, played by Ben Whishaw the last three 007 films, appears to be portrayed as gay the 're gonna keep spoilers to a mimum, although the reveal isn't important to the ma plot of the is but one scene that impli that Q, the stylish quartermaster to the super-spy, is Whishaw as Q No Time To Die. Actually non gay.

BEN WHISHAW WANTS A GAY ACTOR TO PLAY THE NEXT JAM BOND

Bee everythg about q's appearance and personaly screams gay.

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

(Photo: Uned Internatnal Pictur)Whishaw me out as gay 2013.

He jt said an terview wh Brish gay magaze Attu that he would be thrilled if a gay actor were to play the next Jam whether the Jam Bond character uld be female, Black or gay, the 40-year-old actor said an terview wh Variety that the 007 anchise needs "radil" change if is to be relevant to morn dienc. Whishaw last played a gay man the 2019 TV seri A Very English Sndal (and won a Goln Globe for the role). Thk of a gay Jam Bond mashed up wh The Venture Brothers and you are not too far off.

GL: We got together for a Hollywood meetg where he and his producg partner, Todd Miller, had the seed of an ia- jt "gay Jam Bond" And I gus the way I me up wh the ncept was I'm not sure that there ever really would be a gay Jam Bond.

BEN WHISHAW UNSATISFIED BY HIS BOND CHARACTER’S GAY REVEAL: I THOUGHT ABOUT QUTNG IT

What if you're that good, but no one r bee you're gay? He's not the only gay or queer person out there.

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

So what if he puts together his own team and giv a chance to tell a larger story about the LGBTQ muny, not jt the gay guy, and that that was really the birth of "Q Force". Q-Force premier Thursday, September 2, and stars Sean Hay, Gary Cole (Office Space, The Brady Bunch), David Harbour (Stranger Thgs, Black Widow), Patti Harrison (Together Together, Raya and the Last Dragon), Lrie Metlf (Rosanne, The Conners), Matt Rogers (Our Cartoon Print, Gayme Show), Wanda Syk (The Upshaws, Pootie Tang), and Gabe Liedman (PEN15, Brooklyn Ne-Ne).

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. I don’t thk Barbara would allow a gay Bond to happen her lifetime.