This Classic Bond Character May Be Gay 'No Time To Die'

Contents:

• IS JAVIER BARM PLAYG THE FIRST GAY BOND VILLA 'SKYFALL'? BARM AND DIRECTOR SAM MENS WEIGH
• JAM BOND’S GAY HT WAS ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL, SAYS BARBARA BROCLI
• JAM BOND: HT AT GAY EXPERIENCE 007’S PAST ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL, SAYS PRODUCER
• 'NO TIME TO DIE' HTS Q IS GAY LANDMARK LGBTQ+ SCENE
• JAM BOND’S GAY HT WAS ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL, SAYS PRODUCER
• ‘I KNEW WAS A URAGEO THG TO DO’: THE CUR STORY OF BOND’S FIRST GAY VILLAS
• DANIEL CRAIG TALKS UP ‘GAY’ 007 VILLA
• JAM BOND PRODUCERS WERE TOLD TO CUT A LE ABOUT 007’S GAY PAST BY THE STUD, BUT ‘WE RISTED’
• PIERCE BROSNAN: JAM BOND ULDN'T BE GAY WHILE BARBARA BROCLI ALIVE

IS JAVIER BARM PLAYG THE FIRST GAY BOND VILLA 'SKYFALL'? BARM AND DIRECTOR SAM MENS WEIGH

Bond villas have always flirted wh homoeroticism.

But the latt Bond stallment, Skyfall, Javier Barm ph the gay envelope farther than 's ever been phed before. "I thk there's a huge homoerotic unrtow a lot of Bond movi, " says Mens.

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

“Skyfall” director Sam Mens add, “I thk there’s a huge homoerotic unrtow a lot of Bond movi.

JAM BOND: HT AT GAY EXPERIENCE 007’S PAST ALMOST CUT OM SKYFALL, SAYS PRODUCER

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Secret agents were gay was often seen as a secury risk. In Tker Tailor Soldier Spy, the adaptatn of John le Carre's novel, an agent is revealed to be gay, and he mt break up wh his partner due to a secury risk. A ht Skyfall that Jam Bond may have had a gay experience the past was almost cut om the 2012 film, acrdg to the anchise’s producer Barbara scene qutn saw Daniel Craig’s 007 taken hostage by the movie’s villa, Raoul Silva, played by Javier rs Bond’s cht and thigh while the hero is bound to a chair, and says: “You’re tryg to remember your trag now.

'NO TIME TO DIE' HTS Q IS GAY LANDMARK LGBTQ+ SCENE

“The night of the premiere, that le, jt the whole place rocked then… I remember lookg at the stud executive [and] gog, ‘See, told you, ’” said film’s director, Sam Mens, add: “I thk there’s a huge homoerotic unrtow a lot of Bond movi. He was also sexually ambiguo; he had a female lover and also ma strong overtur toward Bond, though whether he actually meant and was actually gay or bisexual, or was simply dog this to ms wh Bond, is left open to terpretatn. 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.

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

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

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

Longtime Jam Bond anchise producer Barbara Brocli said the scene was viewed as too homoerotic for stud executiv, a ee Apple TV+ special available ahead of the release of No Time to Die on Oct. Director Sam Mens add that spe Bond's reputatn as a womanizer "there's a huge homoerotic unrtow a lot of Bond movi. "Some people claim 's bee I'm, fact, gay but [that's] not te at all, " screenwrer John Logan told The Hollywood Reporter that same year.

DANIEL CRAIG TALKS UP ‘GAY’ 007 VILLA

No or Goldfger or whatever, and there's been so many ways to do a t-and-moe and timidate Bond, and we thought, what would tly make the dience unfortable is sexual timidatn; playg the sort of homoerotic rd that is sort of always there subtextually.

The Bond star also addrsed speculatn that Barm's character was gay, to which he rpond, "I'm like, I thk he'll f--- anythg, " per Moviele. In 2015, former Bond character Pierce Brosnan told The Guardian that he supported the ia of a gay 007.

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

JAM BOND PRODUCERS WERE TOLD TO CUT A LE ABOUT 007’S GAY PAST BY THE STUD, BUT ‘WE RISTED’

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.

The latt Bond movie "No Time to Die" hts that the character is gay.

PIERCE BROSNAN: JAM BOND ULDN'T BE GAY WHILE BARBARA BROCLI ALIVE

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. 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.