‘Game of Thrones’ star Kit Harington may ‘Know Nothing’ as John Snow but recently brought attention to Marvel’s lack of casting gay male actors as a lead in a comic book movie to date.
In a new interview at the Toronto International Film Festival, ‘King of the North’ brought up a prevalent myth about homosexuality, and he said that he wants a gay actor to play a superhero, to dispel stereotypes about “masculinity and homosexuality”.
His recent appearance at Variety’s TIFF studio in support of his new movie, “The Death and Life of John F. Donovan”, where Kit is playing the titular character in Xavier Dolan’s English-langauge debut, has gotten him thinking a lot about the intersection of masculinity and homosexuality in Hollywood.
“There’s a big problem with masculinity and homosexuality that they can’t somehow go hand in hand,” told Harington to Variety at the Toronto International Film Festival, “That we can’t have someone in a Marvel movie who’s gay in real life and plays some super hero. I mean, when is that going to happen?”
Though Valkyrie, Tessa Thompson’s character from last year’s “Thor: Ragnarok,” is apparently bisexual, according to the actress, there’s no explicit mention of her sexuality in the film.
Although the MCU is clearly beginning to make strides toward more diversity and inclusivity in their movies, Kit is certainly not wrong in pointing out that sexuality is an important part of the representation specially LGBTQ representation has been lacking in most of the comic book movies people have seen.
Harington was joined by his “Donovan” costar Thandie Newton, who referenced the world of sports as being an example of a predominantly masculine culture slowly coming around to and accepting LGBTQ athletes. “It is changing, but we have to get behind those changes and keep pushing it,” Newton said.
> Shatabdi Sarker Poushi
Kit Harington Draws Marvel’s Attention for Not Casting LGBTQ Actors as Heroes
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