Last year, the Marvel Cinematic Universe confirmed that its upcoming film, “The Eternals,” would finally feature an openly gay male superhero; and it was recently that Tony and Emmy-nominated actor Brian Tyree Henry would be playing the cosmic-powered inventor named Phastos.
Now, actor Haaz Sleiman, who’ll play Marvel’s first gay superhero’s husband, has opened up in an interview published by LGBTQ news outlet NewNowNext about a “beautiful, very moving kiss” he recently filmed for the movie.
“I just shot a Marvel film with the first openly gay superhero, The Eternals,” the Lebanese-American actor said. “I’m married to the gay superhero Phastos,” he added. “And we represent a gay family and have a child.”
He shared how the scene was both emotional and groundbreaking: “Everyone cried on set,” the openly gay actor said. “For me it’s very important to show how loving and beautiful a queer family can be. Brian Tyree Henry is such a tremendous actor and brought so much beauty into this part, and at one point I saw a child in his eyes, and I think it’s important for the world to be reminded that we in the queer community were all children at one point.”
Marvel fans, are you ready for “The Eternals?”
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