Ben Whishaw opens up about straight actors playg gay characters

Contents:

• BEN WHISHAW CONFIRMS HE IS GAY. AND MARRIED. SO THERE.
• BEN WHISHAW EXPLAED WHY HE FOUND THE REVEAL THAT HIS "JAM BOND" CHARACTER WAS GAY "UNSATISFYG"
• 'NO TIME TO DIE' HTS Q IS GAY LANDMARK LGBTQ+ SCENE
• BEN WHISHAW REFLECTS ON ‘BLATANT HOMOPHOBIA’ AS NEW BBC DRAMA TELLS GAY DOCTOR’S TE STORY
• BEN WHISHAW SAYS WOULD BE 'EXTRAORDARY' TO HAVE AN OPENLY GAY ACTOR ST AS THE NEXT JAM BOND
• BOND STAR BEN WHISHAW 'MARRI' HIS GAY PARTNER POSER MARK BRADSHAW
• BEN WHISHAW OPENS UP ABOUT STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS: “I UNRSTAND THE QUTNS”
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

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 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. 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.

Brish actor Ben Whishaw has opened up about his Jam Bond character g out as gay the latt stallment of the anchise, llg the eventual oute "unsatisfyg. "I feel the same, sometim, about straight actors playg gay parts, " he went on. 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).

BEN WHISHAW EXPLAED WHY HE FOUND THE REVEAL THAT HIS "JAM BOND" CHARACTER WAS GAY "UNSATISFYG"

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

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.

BEN WHISHAW REFLECTS ON ‘BLATANT HOMOPHOBIA’ AS NEW BBC DRAMA TELLS GAY DOCTOR’S TE STORY

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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.

BEN WHISHAW SAYS WOULD BE 'EXTRAORDARY' TO HAVE AN OPENLY GAY ACTOR ST AS THE NEXT JAM BOND

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. Ben Whishaw’s role This Is Gog To Hurt ma him reflect on the “blatant homophobia” he faced as a young, gay man.

BOND STAR BEN WHISHAW 'MARRI' HIS GAY PARTNER POSER MARK BRADSHAW

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. “I remember blatant homophobia: people shoutg at you, throwg s**t at you and tryg to start a fight wh you. Speakg wh the Brish magaze, Attu, Ben Whishaw — who repris his role as Bond's gadget-ventg tech geni, Q, No Time to Die — endors the ia of stg an openly gay actor as 007.

BEN WHISHAW OPENS UP ABOUT STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS: “I UNRSTAND THE QUTNS”

(Photo: Franis Duhamel/©Columbia Pictur/urty Everett Collectn)It's also worth notg that the Bond anchise has flirted wh rporatg homoeroticism to the actn the past. 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 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.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

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. 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. Actor Ben Whishaw has opened up about straight actors playg gay characters a new terview.