We're only a
month away from the release of Marvel Studios' latest, Chloé Zhao-directed blockbuster flick The
Eternals, and after being teased for years that the film is going to
showcase some actual and meaningful LGBTQ+ superhero representation, it
looks like all of our patience is finally paying off!
In a new
teaser spot posted on Marvel's social media channels recently, Brian Tyree Henry's Phastos, the Marvel Cinematic Universe's
first gay superhero, is being greeted by Gemma Chan's Sersi and
Richard Madden's Ikaris at his home — but he isn't alone. By his side are his
husband (played by GLAAD Media Award winner Haaz Sleiman) and their cute
little son, and it's the kind of moment we've always DREAMED of seeing in a
mainstream, big-budget title like this.
"Dad, I
saw him on TV with a cape shooting laser beams!" Phastos' son, who the
subtitles identify as Jack, says in the teaser when Sersi and Ikaris appear at
the family's home.
"I don't
wear a cape," Richard Madden's Ikaris replies cheekily to Jack.
While we only
caught a very short glimpse at the film's queer family, and it didn't seem like
much, considering the MCU's long history of being dominated by straight
characters, this is actually pretty exciting stuff, especially for LGBTQ+
superhero fans.
"I never
in a million years thought I'd be a part of the MCU," Henry
told Entertainment Weekly earlier this year about his groundbreaking role
as Phastos. "I have always been a huge fan. I've been obsessed with the
concept of superheroes and the concept of mankind needing saving. And I think
that when you get these group of people together, who just have these intimate
senses of super powers and saving humanity, it's something that we all kind of
need. It literally brings everyone together regardless of where you're from.
I'm still freaking out that I'm a part of it."
The Eternals opens in theaters on November 5.
SOURCE: OUT DOT COM
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