Fanit ja LGBTQ-yhteisö ovat suuttuneet, koska Disneyn ensimmäistä homohahmoa näyttelee Jack Whitehall. Whitehall näyttelee Emily Bluntin hahmon homoveljeä Dwayne ”The Rock” Johnsonin rinnalla.
Twitter ei vastaanottanut uutista hyvällä.
Such a dam shame it’s so hard to find gay actors to play gay roles in hollywood 🙄. Do better @disney @jackwhitehall https://t.co/QUQ3qbb8NZ
— Chris Salvatore (@CSalvatore) August 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/ricardo_jpl/status/1028904299257057280
It is ridiculous and annoying as eff that they cast @jackwhitehall as the first openly gay character in a Disney movie. There are so many white GAY dudes with blue eyes who are kind of funny. Y’all are THAT homophobic?
— Greg Brown (@Whalewatchmeplz) August 13, 2018
Näyttelijä-koomikko sekä itsekin homomies Stephen Fry otti uutisen kuitenkin komedian kannalta.
I share your shame @jackwhitehall – I played a straight man more than once. A FATHER even. I should have been sent for training, correction and adjustment years ago.
— Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) August 13, 2018
Mutta on Twitterissä myös puolustajia.
https://twitter.com/MurtieBeth/status/1029060584967421952
https://twitter.com/lisajeanbiggar/status/1029078455210717186
I think it's appalling that @jackwhitehall , an actor, is being asked to pretend to be somebody that is not Jack Whitehall, an actor.
— Mike Martin (@mikemartintweet) August 13, 2018
Lähde: BBC
