“Game of Thrones” star Kit Harington addressed queer representation in Hollywood during his visit to the Variety Studio presented by At&T at the Toronto Film Festival.
“There’s a big problem with masculinity and homosexuality that they can’t somehow go hand in hand,” Harington said. “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?”
Harington was joined by his “The Death and Life of John F. Donovan” co-stars Emily Hampshire and Thandie Newton and director Xavier Dolan. Newton turned to the sports world as an example of the positive changes that are taking place, especially as more and more athletes continue to come out.
“It is changing, but we have to get behind those changes and keep pushing it,” Newton said.
Dolan also spoke about queer representation, specifically how...
“There’s a big problem with masculinity and homosexuality that they can’t somehow go hand in hand,” Harington said. “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?”
Harington was joined by his “The Death and Life of John F. Donovan” co-stars Emily Hampshire and Thandie Newton and director Xavier Dolan. Newton turned to the sports world as an example of the positive changes that are taking place, especially as more and more athletes continue to come out.
“It is changing, but we have to get behind those changes and keep pushing it,” Newton said.
Dolan also spoke about queer representation, specifically how...
- 9/10/2018
- by Nate Nickolai
- Variety Film + TV
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