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

Contents:

• "AVENGERS: ENDGAME" FEATUR MARVEL STUDS' FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN A SMALL ROLE
• ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ CLUS A GAY CHARACTER—BUT ’S AN AWKWARD CHOICE
• MARVEL'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER IS PLAYED BY AVENGERS: ENDGAME'S DIRECTOR
• WH AVENGERS: ENDGAME, GAY PEOPLE FALLY EXIST THE MCU
• THE GAY AVENGERS: ENDGAME CHARACTER IS A HALF-BAKED ATTEMPT AT DIVERSY

"AVENGERS: ENDGAME" FEATUR MARVEL STUDS' FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN A SMALL ROLE

“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 told Deadle. This post clus one mor spoiler for Avengers: the news broke that Avengers: Endgame would clu the MCU’s first openly gay character, the natural assumptn was to image… an actual character. Endgame’s gay character is actually a meo om an unnamed civilian, troduced for a sgle scene where he talks about gog on a date wh a man.

Oh, and this guy is played by the film’s -director Joe the scene featur a gay character a sual, realistic way, also feels tokenistic. After years of mands for LGBTQ reprentatn, Marvel rpond wh a new character whose entire role is to be visibly gay for 90 sends. ”“It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them.

”The Rsos may have had to ph to clu a gay character their fal film, but the “reprentatn is really important” le feels a ltle cluels the ntext of their stg choice. The film’s promotnal tour also over-emphasized Okoye’s prence to a misleadg gree, implyg that she has a signifint role when she only appears for a few ’s first gay character was always gog to attract a lot of scti, and ’s unrstandable for people to have mixed feelgs about how this panned out. A clearly gay character has fally arrived the Marvel universe -- although many sual viewers may miss the historic Rso, who directed Avengers: Endgame wh his brother Anthony Rso, portrays a gay man the blockbter, reports Deadle.

‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ CLUS A GAY CHARACTER—BUT ’S AN AWKWARD CHOICE

"It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them. Several mor characters, like Thor: Ragnarok's Valkyrie (Tsa Thompson) and Black Panther's Ayo (Florence Kasumba) and Okoye (Danai Gurira), were reportedly -gayed through leted scen. Anthony Rso told Deadle that the cln of the gay character reprented a step toward clivy that reflected the real world.

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

"Marvel has yet to troduce a clearly LGBTQ superhero -- although the stud is reportedly searchg for a gay actor to portray one. A Marvel executive, Victoria Alonso, told Variety at the Capta Marvel premiere that "the world is ready" for a gay superhero.

Wh Avengers: Endgame, Gay People Fally Exist the MCU. The MCU's 22nd film, Avengers: Endgame, is the first to acknowledge the existence of gay people any form whatsoever. Ially, a blockbter movie wh over a hundred characters ntag a sgle unnamed gay character for a uple mut should not be newsworthy.

WH AVENGERS: ENDGAME, GAY PEOPLE FALLY EXIST THE MCU

In this suatn, 's noteworthy that the 22nd MCU film, Avengers: Endgame, is the first to acknowledge the existence of gay people any form whatsoever.

Endgame's unnamed gay character appears early on the film, after the "Five Years Later" time skip.

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

“Reprentatn is really important, " said -director Joe Rso, who plays the gay support group member, an terview wh Deadle. Steve/Tony shippers might fd amement certa pliments on appearanc, but such bs of funny banter don't unt as actual evince of a gay or bisexual relatnship.