A new trailer nfirmed that Eternals will feature Phastos, a gay character played by Brian Tyree Henry, who's married wh a kid. Never heard of him? You're not alone.
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- ETERNALS' GAY KISS MAK FIRST MARVEL FILM TO RECEIVE M18 RATG SGAPORE
- HOW ‘ETERNALS’ ESTABLISH THE MCU’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO AND SAME-SEX COUPLE A MOVIE: ‘IT’S LIFE-SAVG’
- THE MOST RECENT MARVEL STUDS’ ETERNALS CLIP CONFIRMS GAY COUPLE WH SON
- MARVEL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY COUPLE ARRIV A NEW ETERNALS TRAILER
- 5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER
- ‘THE ETERNALS’ ACTOR SAYS CREW CRIED ON SET WHILE FILMG MCU’S FIRST GAY KISS
ETERNALS' GAY KISS MAK FIRST MARVEL FILM TO RECEIVE M18 RATG SGAPORE
Eternals is the first film the Marvel Cematic Universe to feature an openly gay superhero. It might sound like a faiar rea to fans of the anchise, who've been burnt by the pany's promise of LGBTQ reprentatn before. CBC News speaks wh experts and fans about the ongog bate. * eternals gay couple scene *
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HOW ‘ETERNALS’ ESTABLISH THE MCU’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO AND SAME-SEX COUPLE A MOVIE: ‘IT’S LIFE-SAVG’
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THE MOST RECENT MARVEL STUDS’ ETERNALS CLIP CONFIRMS GAY COUPLE WH SON
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MARVEL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY COUPLE ARRIV A NEW ETERNALS TRAILER
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5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER
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Marvel Stud's first gay kiss has been censored some Middle Eastern untri, but Eternals is still breakg new ground when to queer reprentatn the some untri the regn, cludg Sdi Arabia, Kuwa, Qatar, Bahra, and Oman are flat out clg to release the movie due to s queer ntent, other untri are showg a cut of the latt, queer-clive Marvel flick that simply eds out a scene where Phastos kiss his hband, leavg other scen he has wh his hband and same-sex kiss was eded out of the film the Uned Arab Emirat, Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Ethpia, Palte, Syria, and Turkey.
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‘THE ETERNALS’ ACTOR SAYS CREW CRIED ON SET WHILE FILMG MCU’S FIRST GAY KISS
The most recent clip for Marvel Studs’ upg Eternals film nfirms the film featur a gay uple wh their son. Marvel Studs boss Kev Feige claimed the film would feature a gay character and his fay durg an appearance on Good Morng Ameri back Augt 2019. In Febary 2020, actor Haaz Sleiman nfirmed he was The Eternals and tailed that his character and Brian Tyree Henry’s Phastos are gay.