An extremely brief moment in the Marvel tentpole features co-director Joe Russo playing a character who attends a grief counseling meeting to talk about losing his male partner in Thanos’ snap. Warning: Very minor spoiler ahead. It's taken 22 movies, but Avengers: Endgame has introduced the first openly gay character to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Billed as the concluding chapter for the current Avengers franchise, Endgame features a brief cameo by one of the movie's directors, Joe Russo, playing a gay man.
After the director and actor took on a gay role in Avengers: Endgame, it began a controversy regarding the role. The movie is considered to have the first-ever openly displayed gay moment in the MCU. By providing your information, you agree to our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. We felt it was important that one of us play him, to ensure the integrity and show it is so important to the filmmakers that one of us is representing that.
While it’s nice that the Russos included a gay character, it’s a really small role, and the character isn’t part of the main story. One pretty significant character, Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson). As Avengers: Endgame continues to dominate the box office as well as life itself, directors Joe and Anthony Russo have freed themselves from the spoiler ban and are spilling the Infinity Tea all over the place. Thanos no longer demands their silence, and they're just loving it. In a conversation with Entertainment Weekly Radio , however, the Russos may have teased an upcoming reveal a little early.
It's taken 22 movies, but Avengers: Endgame has introduced the first openly gay character to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Billed as the concluding chapter for the current Avengers franchise, Endgame features a brief cameo by one of the movie's directors, Joe Russo, playing a gay man. Among a collection of beloved superheroes and the most hardcore villain in recent memory , "Avengers: Endgame" includes the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first openly gay character — but the inclusion isn't as revolutionary as one might expect. The character, played by co-director Joe Russo himself, appears briefly in an early scene as a member of a post-Thanos support group, led by Captain America. People on Earth are seen trying to grapple with half of the population having vanished.