Benedict Cumberbatch Talks Playg a Reprsed Gay Character

Contents:

• IS PHIL GAY THE POWER OF THE DOG? NETFLIX MOVIE SPOILERS
• BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH REFLECTS ON PLAYG A REPRSED GAY CHARACTER 'THE POWER OF THE DOG'
• TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE SETS SOCIAL MEDIA ALIGHT AFTER THE ACTOR SAID PLAYG THE ROLE ‘BROKE HIM’
• SNOOP DOGG REACTS TO GAY SCENE 50 CENT'S 'POWER BOOK II: GHOST'
• BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH ADDRS SAM ELLTT'S 'ODD' RANT ABOUT POWER OF THE DOG'S GAY THEM

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

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

Is Phil gay The Power of the Dog?

TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE SETS SOCIAL MEDIA ALIGHT AFTER THE ACTOR SAID PLAYG THE ROLE ‘BROKE HIM’

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SNOOP DOGG REACTS TO GAY SCENE 50 CENT'S 'POWER BOOK II: GHOST'

”If only his character wasn’t bogged down by the need to humanize him by revealg halfway through that he is a eply closeted gay man.

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But fact, the film mostly rerc the longstandg and problematic trope of the tortured homosexual, which only further intifi L. (The fact that Cumberbatch’s last big Osr-worthy movie, “The Imatn Game, ” volved him playg a eply reprsed gay man, this se forced to unrgo chemil stratn when he is found out, do not help. Cumberbatch, who is straight and has prevly played a gay character, has faced creased scty this role.

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

The actor prevly played mathematician Alan Turg, a gay man, 2014's The Imatn Game. The are wterns that foc on gay relatnships, overtly or thematilly.

And spe Sam Elltt’s risn of the film (the actor, known largely for starrg wterns, took exceptn to “all the allns to homosexualy throughout the f— movie,” on Marc Maron’s podst this week), ’s a theme that’s been explored before. He mocks Peter’s lisp and enurag the gay ephets hurled by his ranch hands.