Marvel's First Gay Character Is Played by Avengers: Endgame's Director

Contents:

• ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ FEATUR THE MCU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MOMENT, STARRG DIRECTOR JOE RSO
• RSO BROTHERS CONFIRM AVENGERS: ENDGAME FEATUR FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER MARVEL CEMATIC UNIVERSE
• THE RSO BROTHERS SAY A CURRENT MARVEL CHARACTER IS SECRETLY GAY
• RSO BROTHERS TALK INTRODUCG FIRST OPENLY GAY MCU CHARACTER AVENGERS: ENDGAME
• THE RSO BROTHERS SAY THAT ONE OF THE CURRENT MARVEL CHARACTERS IS SECRETLY GAY
• THE RSOS SAY A CURRENT MCU CHARACTER IS CANONILLY GAY, BUT WHAT DO THAT REALLY MEAN?
• RSO BROTHERS CONFIRM 'ENDGAME' IS THEIR LAST MARVEL FILM & DISCS FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER
• RSO BROTHERS CONFIRM ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER UPG MARVEL STUDS FILM
• 'AVENGERS: ENDGAME' NTAS MCU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER, RSO BROTHERS EXPLA WHY
• AVENGERS: ENDGAME’S GAY MOMENT IS A NICE GTURE THAT JT FEELS EXHSTG
• 'AVENGERS: ENDGAME' DIRECTORS REVEALED THAT ONE OF MARVEL'S EXISTG CHARACTERS IS GAY, BUT FANS ARE MOCKG THE LACKLTER ANNOUNCEMENT
• MARVEL'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER IS PLAYED BY AVENGERS: ENDGAME'S DIRECTOR
• THE GAY AVENGERS: ENDGAME CHARACTER IS A HALF-BAKED ATTEMPT AT DIVERSY

‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ FEATUR THE MCU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MOMENT, STARRG DIRECTOR JOE RSO

The moment is quick, but ’s a tone nohels as reprents the first openly gay moment the MCU.

RSO BROTHERS CONFIRM AVENGERS: ENDGAME FEATUR FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER MARVEL CEMATIC UNIVERSE

“It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them. While nothg has been nfirmed by Disney or Marvel Studs, the mor has that Chloe Zhoe’s upg MCU entry “The Eternals” will feature an openly gay superhero.

THE RSO BROTHERS SAY A CURRENT MARVEL CHARACTER IS SECRETLY GAY

“We wanted to be sual, wh the fact that the character is gay tied to the fabric of the storytellg and reprentg what everyday life is, ” Joe Rso said. “We’ve seen now even untri where homosexualy isn’t as ee as is here, ” Anthony Rso add.

Joe and Anthony Rso, the directors of Avengers: Endgame, nfirmed the film featur the first openly gay character the Marvel Cematic Universe (MCU). It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them.

“The fact that the character is gay will get attentn but isn’t where the scene started. “We wanted to be sual, wh the fact that the character is gay tied to the fabric of the storytellg and reprentg what everyday life is.

RSO BROTHERS TALK INTRODUCG FIRST OPENLY GAY MCU CHARACTER AVENGERS: ENDGAME

“We’ve seen now even untri where people untri where homosexualy isn’t as ee as is here. This troductn of a gay character should not e as a surprise to anyone who has been followg the Marvel Cematic Universe closely.

Marvel productn chief Victoria Alonso also stated at the Los Angel premiere for Capta Marvel that “the world is ready, the world is ready” for a gay superhero. What do you make of the cln of the first gay character to the MCU Avengers: Endgame?

THE RSO BROTHERS SAY THAT ONE OF THE CURRENT MARVEL CHARACTERS IS SECRETLY GAY

Kev Feige wh Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Srlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo (Cred: Willy Sanjuan/Invisn/AP)Avengers: Endgame directors the Rso brothers have revealed that Marvel Studs will soon reveal that one of the current MCU characters is secretly gay. Dpe some sexual tensn between Mark Ruffalo's Bce Banner and Srlett Johansson's Natasha Romanoff (and Steve Rogers pg over Peggy Carter) the Avengers films are largely sexls 's perhaps no great surprise that if one of them is gay, 's not really figured the overall story more: Eight new Marvel movi datedHowever, that's soon to change.

Speakg to Entertament Weekly's EW Morng Live, director Joe Rso was discsg his meo Avengers: appears the scene which Steve Rogers is – for reasons entirely unexplaed – sudnly employed a group therapist to a bunch of 's the guy who speaks about losg his partner, but has sce been on a date, though 's one that volved cryg a he's gay is – pleasgly – not picked up on the slightt, and the terview wh EW, Rso explas that this guy is the first 'openly gay' character the seri (though that's pretty shabby self, nsirg the st of thoands over 22 movi). (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Nohels, he says: “Y, openly gay.

There’ve been suatns about other characters’ sexualy, but this is the first openly gay character. ”Asked 'who else is gay? Read more: What Endgame’s endg means for the MCU’s future“There is a gay character g up one of their films, and I thk Kev [Feige, MCU boss] will make that announcement, I’m sure pretty soon.

THE RSOS SAY A CURRENT MCU CHARACTER IS CANONILLY GAY, BUT WHAT DO THAT REALLY MEAN?

”Ined, Feige has said there will be openly gay characters bluntly by The Playlist if some LGBT characters were on the way, he said bluntly 'Y', and then when asked if was someone we've already seen, he add 'both'. That chang this weekend wh the arrival of Avengers: Endgame, as directors Joe and Anthony Rso ma a pot to clu a gay character a small role early the film. "It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them.

"The fact that the character is gay will get attentn but isn't where the scene started, " Joe ntued.

RSO BROTHERS CONFIRM 'ENDGAME' IS THEIR LAST MARVEL FILM & DISCS FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER

"There has been talk of troducg a gay hero a future MCU film, likely the upg movie The Eternals. There was a lot of movie the three-hour money-gobbler that was Avengers: Endgame, so perhaps you missed this: Buried the early stretch was the MCU’s first openly gay character.

RSO BROTHERS CONFIRM ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER UPG MARVEL STUDS FILM

Co-host Dalton Ross asked them to clarify that this credibly mor character was ed the mega-anchise’s first gay character. “Y, openly gay, ” Joe said, strsg the “openly” part.

“There’ve been suatns about other characters’ sexualy, but this is the first openly gay character.

As recently as March, one exec was sayg they were lookg for an openly gay male actor to play one of their future superhero, implyg that said character would be a gay male, too. Rowlg’s much-bated hab of talkg about Alb Dumbledore’s secret homosexualy, which she’ll never pict any pth the Harry Potter-verse books or movi. “There is a gay character g up one of their films, ” Joe said, “and I thk Kev will make that announcement, I’m sure pretty soon.

'AVENGERS: ENDGAME' NTAS MCU’S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER, RSO BROTHERS EXPLA WHY

Acrdg to a new terview wh Entertament Weekly published on Wednday, Anthony and Joe Rso claim that a character the dience already knows will be revealed as gay a future film.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME’S GAY MOMENT IS A NICE GTURE THAT JT FEELS EXHSTG

For example, an unnamed gay character played by Joe Rso appeared a brief scene  Avengers: Endgame. When asked to clarify if this character was “the first out gay character” a Marvel film, Joe replied, “Y, openly gay. “There is a gay character g up one of their films, and I thk Kev [Feige, Marvel Studs print] will make that announcement, I’m sure pretty soon, ” Joe told EW.

In 2018, he said at least two openly gay characters would be revealed future MCU films. Assumg that Joe Rso’s character  Endgame was one of the characters, then who else will get to be nonilly gay? And over another terview wh Deadle, the pair discsed Marvel’s first openly gay character.

Portrayed by Joe himself, the brothers explaed why he was clud the 22nd film of the anchise and why the cln of this gay character is signifint. “It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them, ” he said.

'AVENGERS: ENDGAME' DIRECTORS REVEALED THAT ONE OF MARVEL'S EXISTG CHARACTERS IS GAY, BUT FANS ARE MOCKG THE LACKLTER ANNOUNCEMENT

In addn to brg an end to some character arcs and settg up new opportuni for other hero, Endgame also troduced the first openly gay character the MCU and while the character may have been mor, more LGBTQ characters are g, acrdg to the Rso an terview wh Siri XM, Endgame directors Anthony and Joe Rso opened up about a lot of burng qutns about blockbter film, cludg s troductn of an openly gay character. He refers to his date as a man, a mentn that reveals that the character is gay. "There is a gay character g up one of their films, " Rso said.

"Fans have spected for some time that one of the upg characters The Eternals, one of Marvel Studs' next films, will brg the first gay lead character to the MCU and while Feige didn't specifilly nfirm that spicn, he has spoken about creasg diversy wh the MCU a recent terview wh 9. "It's the importance of reprentatn that prompted Rso to, when they opted to have a gay character appear Endgame, play the character himself.

MARVEL'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER IS PLAYED BY AVENGERS: ENDGAME'S DIRECTOR

"We've done four of the films and was credibly important to to have a gay character reprented somewhere one of the four movi.

THE GAY AVENGERS: ENDGAME CHARACTER IS A HALF-BAKED ATTEMPT AT DIVERSY

"Avengers: Endgame is theaters you exced for the MCU to have more gay characters? But one of the more subtle elements excg fans is the fact the film ntas the MCU’s first openly gay character. “We’ve seen now even untri where people untri where homosexualy isn’t as ee as is here, ” Anthony Rso said.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME has the seri' first openly gay character, say the headl! — Kaila Sarah Hier (@cleverrgirrl) April 25, 2019Sure, the film uld do more, but hopefully this is the first step to more reprentatn the future, wh Kev Feige sayg characters ‘we’ve seen and characters we haven’t seen’ will be wh Hercul of The Eternals moured to be the MCU’s first openly gay superhero, looks like reprentatn is here to stay. Sendly, yep, you heard that right, this guy who lov the Mets (very masc) is gay, and what’s more, he’s the first openly gay character a Marvel superhero movie.

Capta Ameri, An Ally, tells the gay guy that thgs are hard, but he’s dog good work gettg himself out there, and then the scene ends. Time to celebrate, uh, gay Mets guy!