Ben Whishaw's role This Is Gog To Hurt ma him reflect on the "blatant homophobia" he faced as a young, gay man.
Contents:
- BEN WHISHAW CONFIRMS HE IS GAY. AND MARRIED. SO THERE.
- 'NO TIME TO DIE' HTS Q IS GAY LANDMARK LGBTQ+ SCENE
- BOND STAR BEN WHISHAW 'MARRI' HIS GAY PARTNER POSER MARK BRADSHAW
- 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
- BEN WHISHAW REFLECTS ON ‘BLATANT HOMOPHOBIA’ AS NEW BBC DRAMA TELLS GAY DOCTOR’S TE STORY
- BEN WHISHAW WOULD LOVE TO SEE AN OUT GAY BRISH ACTOR ST AS JAM BOND
- BEN WHISHAW SAYS IT WOULD BE A SIGN OF PROGRS TO SEE A GAY MAN PLAY JAM BOND
- HUGH GRANT SAYS HIS 'PADDGTON 2' CHARACTER IS 'POSSIBLY GAY,' AND TALKS ABOUT HIS SEX SCEN WH BEN WHISHAW, THE VOICE OF PADDGTON BEAR
- BEN WHISHAW MENTS ON STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS
- HUGH GRANT HAS A GAY AFFAIR WH BEN WHISHAW A VERY ENGLISH SNDAL TRAILER
- 'NO TIME TO DIE' ACTOR BEN WHISHAW WANTS A GAY JAM BOND: 'THAT WOULD BE REAL PROGRS'
- BEN WHISHAW SAYS HE FOUND HIS 'JAM BOND' GAY CHARACTER REVEAL 'UNSATISFYG'
- BEN WHISHAW SAYS THE WAY HIS BOND CHARACTER’S GAY INTY WAS ADDRSED WAS “UNSATISFYG”
- BEN WHISHAW ADMS THE REVEAL THAT HIS JAM BOND CHARACTER IS GAY FELT 'UNSATISFYG'
- NO TIME TO DIE'S BEN WHISHAW 'WOULD LIKE TO SEE' AN OPENLY GAY ACTOR PLAY JAM BOND NEXT
- OUT DIRECTOR IRA SACHS SLAMS HIS NEW QUEER FILM’S NC-17 RATG, LLG THE MPA “ANTI-GAY”
- IS SAOIRSE RONAN GAY? OR DATG A BOYIEND? INTO HER LOVE LIFE
- BEN WHISHAW CLAIMS THAT HIS GAY SCENE “NO TIME TO DIE” WAS “UNSATISFACTORY: IS HE GAY?
- DID NO TIME TO DIE JT OUT ONE OF THE CHARACTERS AS GAY?
- BEN WHISHAW UNSATISFIED BY HIS BOND CHARACTER’S GAY REVEAL: I THOUGHT ABOUT QUTNG IT
- BEN WHISHAW SAYS HE FOUND HIS 'JAM BOND' GAY CHARACTER REVEAL 'UNSATISFYG'
- BEN WHISHAW FOUND MOMENT JAM BOND CHARACTER Q REVEALED AS GAY NO TIME TO DIE 'UNSATISFYG'
- BEN WHISHAW ON THE 'URAGE' TAK TO E OUT AS GAY
- BEN WHISHAW ON HIS GAY ‘BOND’ CHARACTER REVEAL: ‘MAYBE SOME THGS WERE NOT GREAT ABOUT THAT DECISN’
- BEN WHISHAW ON Q’S “UNSATISFYG” GAY SCENE ‘NO TIME TO DIE’
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, 32, tied the knot wh Bradshaw 30, ... * ben whishaw gay *
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. As many are quick to pot out, Passag‘ NC-17 ratg reeks of homophobia, spirg wrer-director Sachs to ll out the MPA for beg “anti-gay, anti-progrs, anti-sex.
'NO TIME TO DIE' HTS Q IS GAY LANDMARK LGBTQ+ SCENE
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To s cred, Red, Whe & Royal Blue isn’t y about the gay relatnship at s center and do clu a small handful of fleetg love-makg scen, but they are— this wrer’s timatn (havg seen an early preview of the film)—pretty tame and barely even show sk. Well, there’s one thg the two movi have mon… Are films that feature gay them and gay sex judged on a harsher sle? “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.
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.
'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
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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 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 REFLECTS ON ‘BLATANT HOMOPHOBIA’ AS NEW BBC DRAMA TELLS GAY DOCTOR’S TE STORY
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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. 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. Bond star 'marri' his gay partner - and they are both 'so happy and proud'Ben Whishaw has entered civil partnership wh poser Mark BradshawCouple met on the set of Bright Star which Whishaw played John Keats Published: 22:15 BST, 3 Augt 2013 | Updated: 18:39 BST, 4 Augt 2013 Married: Ben Whishaw as Q Skyfall He has always been notorly discreet about his private life, but now n be revealed that actor Ben Whishaw has entered to a civil partnership.
BEN WHISHAW WOULD LOVE TO SEE AN OUT GAY BRISH ACTOR ST AS JAM BOND
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Speculatn was sparked by an terview he gave to the gay magaze Out March 2011 while playg a homosexual character an off-Broadway play, The Pri.
BEN WHISHAW SAYS IT WOULD BE A SIGN OF PROGRS TO SEE A GAY MAN PLAY JAM BOND
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When the terviewer asked whether was important for young gay people to have posive role mols, Whishaw replied: ‘I feel my heart that ’s important, but I don’t que know yet the way to go about that. Ben Whishaw’s role This Is Gog To Hurt ma him reflect on the “blatant homophobia” he faced as a young, gay man.
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.
HUGH GRANT SAYS HIS 'PADDGTON 2' CHARACTER IS 'POSSIBLY GAY,' AND TALKS ABOUT HIS SEX SCEN WH BEN WHISHAW, THE VOICE OF PADDGTON BEAR
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“I remember blatant homophobia: people shoutg at you, throwg s**t at you and tryg to start a fight wh you.
“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.
Spokperson nied that films wh gay them and imag of gay sex are rated differently om those pictg heterosexual relatnships, sayg a statement to The Tim, “The MPA’s Classifitn and Ratg Admistratn rat movi based on their ntent — what happens on screen and how is picted. Exclive: The No Time To Die star says stg an out gay star as Daniel Craig's replacement would be a sign of "real progrs".
BEN WHISHAW MENTS ON STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS
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Ben Whishaw says he would like to see an out gay Brish actor st as Jam Bond followg Daniel Craig’s parture om the role. Speakg to Attu ahead of the film’s arrival cemas, the screen star – who first spoke publicly about beg gay 2014 – says that stg an out gay actor as Bond for the first time would be a sign of “real progrs” for the film dtry, where gay actors have notorly stggled to secure straight leadg rol, particularly the actn genre. Asked whether he’d like to see an out gay Brish actor step to Craig’s sho, Whishaw clar: “God, n you image?
Rpondg to the qutn of jt which out gay Brish star uld fill the role, Whishaw repli: “There aren’t many out gay Brish actors.
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Whishaw go on to give his endorsement to Bety and the Beast actor Le Evans and Bridgerton’s breakout star Jonathan Bailey, who are both gay, sayg the pair would be “ial stg” and “thrillg” as 007. Both of those would be great choic, but Ben Whishaw, who has played the role of Q ever sce 2012's Skyfall, believ would be a sign of progrs for a gay man to play 007.
'NO TIME TO DIE' ACTOR BEN WHISHAW WANTS A GAY JAM BOND: 'THAT WOULD BE REAL PROGRS'
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In our terview, Grant speculated that his "Paddgton 2" character Buchanan is gay, and reflected on filmg very different scen "A Very English Sndal" wh his "Paddgton 2" star. The star has played a number of gay characters throughout his reer, cludg beg st as Norman Stt the BBC mi-seri A Very English Sndal, which dramatised the Thorpe affair.
BEN WHISHAW SAYS HE FOUND HIS 'JAM BOND' GAY CHARACTER REVEAL 'UNSATISFYG'
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While other stars proposed that a Black actor or a non-male lead should ntue the legacy a different directn, Whishaw also hoped that a gay Jam Bond would be a potential realy as would symbolise te progrs. While talkg about straight actors playg gay characters, Whishaw ced Eddie Redmayne’s work The Danish Girl and praised his portrayal of a trans character.
“Bee now people aren’t that terted, bee now there’s nothg beg ncealed, ” he far, there don’t seem to have been nsequenc for his reer, such as the lims that openly gay actors such as Rupert Everett have plaed of. Whishaw giv stirrg performanc straight rol (The Ccible, The Hour) and gay on, too, such as London Spy. It is also, as Ben Whishaw‘s character (who has an affair wh Hugh Grant‘s character) clar, a b “, ” “vile, ” and “queer, ” but a good, celebratory three-part BBC miseri is based on a real-life gay sex sndal that absolutely shook the Brish public back the 1970s.
BEN WHISHAW SAYS THE WAY HIS BOND CHARACTER’S GAY INTY WAS ADDRSED WAS “UNSATISFYG”
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Whishaw, of urse, is an openly gay actor, but, for the rerd, this is not Grant’s first time playg a gay character.
BEN WHISHAW ADMS THE REVEAL THAT HIS JAM BOND CHARACTER IS GAY FELT 'UNSATISFYG'
Grant’s breakthrough role was the 1987 film Mrice, which he plays another uppercst Br tryg to keep his homosexual tennci firmly the closet. But current "No Time to Die" actor Ben Whishaw, who plays Q the 25th Bond movie, has other asked if he would like to see a gay actor play an openly gay Bond an terview wh Attu Magaze, Whishaw said: "God, n you image?
Whishaw, who's makg his third appearance as Q "No Time to Die, " sgled out a uple of openly gay actors particular that he thks would be great the role of 007 — namely, "Bety and the Beast" actor Le Evans and "Bridgerton" star Jonathan Bailey. "He'll be here 20 mut, " Q tells Bond, nfirmg that his date is a 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.
However, Whishaw fend MGM — who produced the film — om accatns om crics who said the stud was strong-armed to wrg Q as a gay character.
NO TIME TO DIE'S BEN WHISHAW 'WOULD LIKE TO SEE' AN OPENLY GAY ACTOR PLAY JAM BOND NEXT
When No Time to Die was released last year, actor Ben Whishaw ma history as the first person to portray an openly gay ma character a Jam Bond movie, thanks to a brief scene the film which his character Q is seen okg dner and preparg for a date wh a man. It’s never addrsed further the film, and some fans felt as though was a way for the stud to get cred for cludg a gay character whout fully mtg to , limg to one tossed-off le that uld be easily eded out for foreign markets.
Whishaw, who is openly gay real life, told the publitn he hasn’t received many ments about the scene, save for one posive text msage.
OUT DIRECTOR IRA SACHS SLAMS HIS NEW QUEER FILM’S NC-17 RATG, LLG THE MPA “ANTI-GAY”
He also clarified that he thought producers were g “om a good place” by cludg a gay character and admted that he nsired sayg somethg about but ultimately cid not to. 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. 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.
IS SAOIRSE RONAN GAY? OR DATG A BOYIEND? INTO HER LOVE LIFE
Ben Whishaw, who has played Q three Jam Bond films, said " would be que an extraordary thg" if the next actor to play Bond was openly gay.
BEN WHISHAW CLAIMS THAT HIS GAY SCENE “NO TIME TO DIE” WAS “UNSATISFACTORY: IS HE GAY?
As for who he would pick to take on the role next, Whishaw replied, "There aren't many out gay Brish actors. Ben Whishaw reflected on what was like to be gay when he was younger and how thgs have changed sce then. He said that pictg Adam Kay, a doctor tryg to hi a gay relatnship om those his life, ma him reflect on what was like to be homosexual the mid-2000s when the real life story happened.
“This is set 2006, which isn’t that long ago, but was different terms of how gay people were accepted, ” he told Esquire. The star, who is gay, prevly brought LGBTQ+ reprentatn to the Jam Bond anchise the form of fan favoure character, Q. ” But only the latter film is there a reference to him beg gay when he appears a scene which Bond and Naomie Harris’ character Moneypenny terpt him planng a date wh a man.
“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, ” he told the L. Moreover, an terview he gave to the gay magaze Out March 2011 while playg a homosexual character the off-Broadway play The Pri sparked speculatn.
DID NO TIME TO DIE JT OUT ONE OF THE CHARACTERS AS GAY?
When asked if was important for young gay people to have posive role mols, Whishaw said, “I feel my heart that ’s important, but I don’t que know yet the way to go about that. Many have speculated that she is gay, while others have gused that she is straight and has a boyiend. Ronan worked very hard to play the role of Charlotte perfectly and even took help om her gay iends.
BEN WHISHAW UNSATISFIED BY HIS BOND CHARACTER’S GAY REVEAL: I THOUGHT ABOUT QUTNG IT
In an terview wh Variety, the actrs noted, “Any of the gay women that I have spoken to — and I thk Kate did as well — before we started this, we were sort of askg them advice, jt about different thgs that we as straight women maybe wouldn’t know about.
She voted favor of gay marriage the 2015 Irish nstutnal referendums, monstratg her support for LGBT rights Ireland. I haven’t been so worried about a woman around gay men sce … well, Tanya on the yacht the season two fale of The Whe Lot. Whishaw noted an terview wh The Guardian that he “[knew] the qutns” around straight actors portrayg gay rol and add that “nversatn” and “listeng to each other” about the issu were more ccial than disagreement.
BEN WHISHAW SAYS HE FOUND HIS 'JAM BOND' GAY CHARACTER REVEAL 'UNSATISFYG'
Whishaw thks that employg a gay actor for the role would be “que an credible thg” now that Craig has left the anchise and a replacement mt be sought. This is Gog to Hurt was genr ntral, did not even make clear he was gay ( was the televisn seri that took that step). 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.
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).
Ben Whishaw admted an terview wh The Guardian that he was left unsatisfied by the revelatn “No Time to Die” that his recurrg Jam Bond character Q is a gay man. ’ I remember, perhaps, feelg that was unsatisfyg, ” Whishaw said about revealg Q is gay but keepg his sexualy relatively unexplored. Dpe not beg satisfied wh the reveal, Whishaw noted the film’s screenwrers were g “om a good place” when they cid to make Q a gay man.
BEN WHISHAW FOUND MOMENT JAM BOND CHARACTER Q REVEALED AS GAY NO TIME TO DIE 'UNSATISFYG'
In a September 2021 terview wh Attu ahead of the “No Time to Die” theatril release, Whishaw pched makg Jam Bond an openly gay man the anchise’s future.
“This is set 2006, which isn't that long ago, but was different terms of how gay people were accepted, ” Whishaw says.
“I remember blatant homophobia: people shoutg at you, throwg sh at you and tryg to start a fight wh you. ”I remember blatant homophobia: people shoutg at you, throwg sh at you and tryg to start a fight wh you.
BEN WHISHAW ON THE 'URAGE' TAK TO E OUT AS GAY
It was mon, normalIn addn to Passag — about a gay relatnship thrown to chaos when one man has an affair wh a woman, played by the beguilg Adèle Exarchopoulos — Whishaw will next appear Women Talkg, about a group of abed women an isolated relig lony Bolivia, alongsi Rooney Mara, Franc McDormand and Claire Foy. 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.
BEN WHISHAW ON HIS GAY ‘BOND’ CHARACTER REVEAL: ‘MAYBE SOME THGS WERE NOT GREAT ABOUT THAT DECISN’
Ben – who starred oppose Hugh Bonneville the children’s Paddgton movi – has also spoken about straight actors playg gay characters on screen, sayg he ‘really believ’ that ‘actors n embody and portray anythg. Callg for more gay actors to play straight rol, he add: ‘It needs to be an even playg field for everybody that would be my ial.
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For ee real time breakg news alerts sent straight to your box sign up to our breakg news emailsSign up to our ee breakg news emailsBen Whishaw, who starred Skyfall and is set to take on the role of Freddie Mercury an upg bpic about the Queen ontman’s life, has opened up about the urage tak to e out as gay for the first actor, who entered to a civil partnership wh Atralian poser Mark Bradshaw last summer, spoke about his experienc when discsg the siari between the character he plays new die film Liltg and his own the movie, he plays a gay man stgglg to e to terms wh the ath of his boyiend and forced to tell the grievg Che mother about his relatnship wh her son for the first whether he was able to relate to someone who felt they uldn’t e out to their mother, Whishaw told The Sunday Tim Magaze: "It is hard, I appld anyone who do .
BEN WHISHAW ON Q’S “UNSATISFYG” GAY SCENE ‘NO TIME TO DIE’
The most cynil fans viewed the gture as a stud tryg to get cred for clivy whout mtg to a gay character.
However, Whishaw believ that fans and crics accg the stud of reluctantly beg “forced” to clu a gay character are gog too far. The immensely talented Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey, as well as Bety and the Beast live-actn star Le Evans both, brg major Bond vib to the role — and both are gay men. Ben Whishaw has won a Goln gay actor triumphed the tegory of Bt Actor a Supportg Role a Seri, Limed Seri or Motn Picture Ma for Televisn for A Very English his acceptance speech, Whishaw thanked the ual spects of work (BBC) and star (Hugh Grant), but he also paid tribute to the man he portrayed, Norman Stt.