ETERNALS Star Haaz Sleiman Confirms Identity Of MCU's First Gay Hero; Reveals Kiss Made Everyone On Set Cry

There's some big Eternals news today, as actor Haaz Sleiman confirms the identity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first gay superhero and promises an emotional sounding kiss. Read on for details...

By JoshWilding - Feb 13, 2020 09:02 AM EST

Filed Under: Eternals

We've been hearing reports for a while now about Eternals featuring the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first openly gay superhero, and while it's been said that Brian Tyree Henry's Phastos will fill that void, there's also been speculation that it might be Richard Madden's Ikaris.

Well, thanks to actor Haaz Sleiman, we now know that it is indeed Phastos. The Lebanese-American's credits include the Assassin's Creed video game and TV shows like Jack Ryan and The Good Wife, and while we don't know the name of his character, we do know that he'll be Phastos' husband.

When NewNowNext caught up with Sleiman, they asked if we can expect a gay kiss in the movie and he confirmed that will indeed be happening. "Oh yeah, absolutely, and it's a beautiful, very moving kiss," he says. "Everyone cried on set. 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," he continued. "We forget that because we're always depicted as sexual or rebellious. We forget to connect on the human part."

This is clearly a big step forward for Marvel Studios in terms of diversity, and it definitely sounds like Eternals will do the relationship between Phastos and his husband justice. It will, however, be interesing finding out whether the kiss ends up being cut in certain countries just like the one in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (a decision which received a lot of backlash).

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