Benedict Cumberbatch on his gay character new movie, ' wasn’t done whout thought'

Contents:

• IS PHIL GAY THE POWER OF THE DOG? NETFLIX MOVIE SPOILERS
• BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH ADDRS SAM ELLTT'S 'ODD' RANT ABOUT POWER OF THE DOG'S GAY THEM
• BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH REFLECTS ON PLAYG A REPRSED GAY CHARACTER 'THE POWER OF THE DOG'
• SAM ELLTT RIPS GAY THEM ‘POWER OF THE DOG,’ LLS A ‘PIECE OF S – – T’
• IS PHIL GAY IN POWER OF THE DOG?
• GAY WBOYS? ‘POWER OF THE DOG’ DO NOT STAND ALONE GOG THERE
• SAM ELLTT SLAMS POWER OF THE DOG'S GAY THEM: 'THEY'RE ALL NNG AROUND CHAPS AND NO SHIRTS'
• ‘THE POWER OF THE DOG’ WAS INSPIRED BY THE TE STORY OF A GAY MAN IN THE 1920S
• BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH ON HIS GAY CHARACTER NEW MOVIE, ‘ WASN’T DONE WHOUT THOUGHT’

IS PHIL GAY THE POWER OF THE DOG? NETFLIX MOVIE SPOILERS

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BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH ADDRS SAM ELLTT'S 'ODD' RANT ABOUT POWER OF THE DOG'S GAY THEM

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Last week at The Power of the Dog's Telluri Film Ftival premiere, Cumberbatch (who's married to a woman, stage director Sophie Hunter) spoke about his cisn to play a queer character seven years after he received his first Amy Award nomatn for playg gay mathematician Alan Turg the 2014 film The Imatn Game. To the Wt beg portrayed this way, " the Doctor Strange actor said, appearg to reference Elltt's issue wh the film's "allns to homosexualy" wh wboys "nng around chaps and no shirts" certa scen of the project. There's also a massive tolerance the world at large towards homosexualy, still, towards an acceptance of the other, of any kd of difference, and no more so than this prism of nformy, the sense of what is expected of a man the Wtern archetype mold of masculy.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH REFLECTS ON PLAYG A REPRSED GAY CHARACTER 'THE POWER OF THE DOG'

The dynamic of the group tensifi as the film progrs, wh particular attentn paid to Burbank's past, as numero scen explore the damagg effects of reprsed homosexualy on the hard-nosed wboy. Related ntent: Sam Elltt slams Power of the Dog's gay them: 'They're all nng around chaps and no shirts'Kirsten Dunst on the secret she shared wh Kodi Sm-McPhee while makg The Power of the DogJane Campn be the Osrs' first woman wh 2 Bt Director nomatns The Power of the Dog The Power of the Dog (2021 movie) Benedict Cumberbatch stars as a menacg wboy Jane Campn's twisty Wtern. Cumberbatch, who is straight and has prevly played a gay character, has faced creased scty this role.

SAM ELLTT RIPS GAY THEM ‘POWER OF THE DOG,’ LLS A ‘PIECE OF S – – T’

The actor prevly played mathematician Alan Turg, a gay man, 2014's The Imatn Game.

Wtern film in Sam Elltt is beg sp-roasted onle after railg on Jane Campn’s 12-time Osr-nomated drama “The Power of the Dog” for cludg “allns to homosexualy” and other LGBTQ them. For the uniated, the much-praised “The Power of the Dog” stars Benedict Cumberbatch as a closeted gay rancher 1925 Montana who’s abive toward his new sister--law and her son.

IS PHIL GAY IN POWER OF THE DOG?

There’s all the allns to homosexualy throughout the f – – kg movie. “This is some barely even tryg to hi homophobic, misogynistic, xenophobic s – – t, ” they add.

“Which is that wboy culture hasn’t changed one b and is still rife wh toxic masculy/homophobia. Another wonred why Elltt hated the LGBTQ them “Dog” when he apparently loved Ang Lee’s 2005 flick “Brokeback Mounta, ” another pneerg wboy movie that was rife wh gay them. Sam Elltt is chastisg Jane Campn’s Osr-nomated film “The Power of the Dog” for s “allns to homosexualy, ” llg a “piece of s–t.

GAY WBOYS? ‘POWER OF THE DOG’ DO NOT STAND ALONE GOG THERE

“The whole homosexual thg was tertg — they stepped over the le — but Kathare and I both looked at and thought, ‘What’s the big al?

A key scene, some reful dialogue, and Phil’s sudn sire to strike up a iendship wh Peter show that Cumberbatch’s character is gay.

SAM ELLTT SLAMS POWER OF THE DOG'S GAY THEM: 'THEY'RE ALL NNG AROUND CHAPS AND NO SHIRTS'

The scen clue the dience to the fact that Phil’s aggrsivens is meant to mask his sexualy and the lonels he feels a time which homosexualy was disapproved of.

‘THE POWER OF THE DOG’ WAS INSPIRED BY THE TE STORY OF A GAY MAN IN THE 1920S

All of the subtle elements of The Power of the Dog e together to prove that Phil is secretly gay, even though is never explicly nfirmed. What role do historil ntext play the portrayal of homophobia? It's implied throughout that Peter is gay, which aligns wh The Power of the Dog meang.

"There's also a massive tolerance the world at large towards homosexualy, still, towards an acceptance of the other, of any kd of difference, and no more so than this prism of nformy, the sense of what is expected of a man the Wtern archetype mold of masculy, " he said (via Digal Spy). Injectg homoeroticism to the Wtern genre is nothg new, wh The Sisters Brothers and Brokeback Mounta beg jt a uple of somewhat recent exampl, but the great Jane Campn's long-awaed return to featur, The Power Of The Dog, feels h due to s fascatg tone and examatn of today's hot button issue of toxic masculy. Phil and his posse stantly key to Peter's lisp, the way he holds his napk, and his penchant for makg paper flowers, leadg to an onslght of homophobic slurs.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH ON HIS GAY CHARACTER NEW MOVIE, ‘ WASN’T DONE WHOUT THOUGHT’

I haven't seen a bullied gay character portrayed before wh this much watchfulns and smarts. Your female gaze about the male gaze adds a new wrkle to the nversatn about gays.