Avengers: Endgame directors Russo brothers dragged for their aim at LGBTQ+ representation
Avengers: Endgame has smashed box office records and left millions of us sobbing wrecks in cinemas worldwide.
But when it comes to Gay representation, people are less than impressed with the finale to the Infinity Saga.
Directors Joe and Anthony Russo are being dragged for their attempt at the first openly gay character in the MCU… an unnamed man in a counselling session.
** Spoilers for Avengers: Endgame ahead**
After the time jump, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) is seen holding a support collective for those struggling after the Thanos snap, and Joe Russo has a cameo as one of the people attending the meeting.
He talks about going on a meeting, and as he uses ‘he’ pronouns to describe his love interest, it’s clear he is a gay man… but he’s never given a entitle , or more than a few seconds of screen time.
Still, Joe and Anthony thought this was a big step forward.
Joe told Deadline: ‘Representation is really important. It was important to us as we did four of these films, we wanted a gay nature somewhere in them. We felt it was important that one of us play him, to ens
Avengers Endgame directors hint Marvel will feature gay personality in next film
Avengers Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo have revealed that the Marvel Cinematic Space will soon to grab a major step for LGBTQ representation.
In an interview on a television display, they said that one of the characters will be revealed as lgbtq+ in one of the upcoming films and even hinted that it would be a person that fans are already familiar with.
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This statement came after they were asked about the small role Joe played as a grieving man in a therapy session, that was meant to portray how usual people dealt with the loss of loved ones after Thanos's snap.
It was an integral scene to show how the society was reacting to what happened in at the end of Infinity War, Joe said.
When he was asked to clarify whether this was first openly gay character in a Marvel film, Joe said it indeed was.
Yes, openly gay, Joe emphasized. There’ve been insinuations about other characters’ sexuality, but this is the first openly gay character.
Who else is gay? The host asked,
Uhhh, Joe said. We’re gonna find out!
That’s a story for another day, Anthony said.
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Chinese ‘Endgame’ Poster Features Valkyrie and the Fallen Avengers
The recent batch of Avengers: Endgame character posters confirmed that Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie would indeed drive again after sitting out all of Avengers: Infinity War. Valkyrie had previously been absent from all the earlier Endgame posters and trailers, but she now also appears on the very hip Chinese one-sheet for Endgame, which began popping up online today along with the news that the film would uncover in Chinese theaters on April 24 — take a look:
The full poster also includes the “fallen” Avengers, with Nick Fury (who was basically absent from Infinity War, minus one brief cameo) front and center, flanked by the likes of Star-Lord, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Black Panther and more. (And yes, Shuri is there too — her own character poster confirmed that everyone’s favorite Wakandan tech genius had died offscreen in Infinity War.) This is a really great poster, maybe better than all of the American ones so far.
The film’s official synopsis:
The grave course of events put in motion by Thanos that wip
Endgame's gay moment: Why Marvel's next move may be an LGBT adventure
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WARNING: This article contains spoilers for Avengers: Endgame
You might have missed it, but Marvel introduced their first LGBT ethics in Avengers: Endgame.
No, he didn't take part in the huge, final battle, but who could overlook "grieving man" at the counselling group who spoke to Captain America about going on a date?
It was so important to director Joe Russo, he decided to play the role himself.
"It is a perfect time, because one of the things that is compelling about the Marvel Universe moving forward is its focus on diversity," he said in an interview with Deadline magazine.
Joe and brother Anthony Russo, who directed Endgame, have also said that at least one of the existing characters in the Marvel cinematic existence (MCU) will be revealed as LGBT in the future.
In a US radio interview, the Russo Brothers said fans will detect who they're referring to in future movies.
"That's a story for another day," said Anthony.
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Why MCU’s First Openly Same-sex attracted Moment Is Bullshit Representation
Disney’s at it again. The studio that’s so large and powerful that it owns Pixar, Star Wars, the Marvel Cinematic Existence, and a slew of Fox properties, is claiming it’s breaking ground in gay representation by doing the very least feasible. Last time it was Beauty and the Beast’s “exclusively gay moment.” Now, it’s the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it lgbtq+ character in Avengers: Endgame.
Below are minor spoilers for Avengers: Endgame
Deadline has announced Avengers: Endgame contains “the first openly lgbtq+ character to appear in a Disney/Marvel movie.” Which sounds like big news! But the reality is predictably disappointing. For those of you who possess already seen the production, you may well be scratching your heads, wondering if you missed something for a bathroom destroy or while the audience was roaring with excitement. More likely you forgot the scene and the character because it’s totally inconsequential.
Here’s a clue: The character was played by Joe Russo [pictured above], who co-directed this film, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Ca
