
David Thewlis, who plays Professor Lupin in Harry Potter beginning in the franchise’s third film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, says director Alfonso CuarĂ³n told him to play the character as if he were a “gay junkie.” Only when Thewlis realized his character ended up with Nymphadora Tonks, a woman, did he have to, in the words of Moviefone, “reign in his gayness.” But this explains why Lupin was always pushing chocolate on innocent Harry.
I never understood Lupin winding up with Tonks. Even before watching the movies, I thought he was probably gay.
Also, Dumbledore was definitely gay.
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I’d always read his lycanthropy as a metaphor for closeted homosexuality in a repressive environment: he’s bookish and kind, trying to be better than what society expects from someone like him; he keeps his private life closely-guarded; he coaches Harry on the difficulties of being different; and in the end he leaves his job when his secret is to be exposed. I kind of wish JK Rowling had done that on purpose. A gay Lupin would have made much more sense to me than a gay Dumbledore, though that one didn’t surprise me much either.
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Yeah, I totally thought Sirius and Remus were a couple. The subtext was at least as heavy as the subtext around Dumbledore.
I think everyone was shocked when Remus married Tonks. Maybe Remus was supposed to be bisexual? I can see JK Rowling wanting to include a bisexual character.
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“But this explains why Lupin was always pushing chocolate on innocent Harry.”
No it doesn’t. I guess it’s not enough to have straight people making a link between being gay and being a paedophile so we have to have it coming from within gay media too. Well done.
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“It’s Donna from the last comment. You know…the more I think about it…You’re probebly right….He is prob gay. But I think JK Rowling was very clear on it….He still is my hero….But this site has him down pat!”
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@Tony: Good point. In light of the recent Sandusky/Michael Jackson/Sandusky Queerty post, consistency isn’t one of Queerty’s strengths. Perpetuating and criticizing the same stereotype is Q’s MO; as long as it generates traffic, they’ll throw in the kitchen sink.
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LOL. Well his portrayal in the film was actually quite close to what I imagined Lupin to be like. When I read the third Harry Potter book I kind of had the feeling he was either gay or asexual.