Been lying around wondering what actor Sebastian Stan thinks of giving Captain America a boyfriend? Well, get some rest — because he’s all for it.
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Speaking to GQ, Stan — who plays Captain America’s bestie Bucky — discussed his feelings about the Twitter campaign #GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend, which begs Marvel to suddenly make the superhero recklessly gay and even starting dating his preferred partner in crime.
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“Look, man, I think it’s great,” he says. “Movies are for people to relate to in whatever way they want. No one here is ever going to point a finger and say what’s right and wrong. For me, it’s like, Awww. It’s cute, it’s great.”
However, Stan doesn’t personally think Bucky swings that way, okay? But don’t get cross. He’s perfectly fine if you want to wander the streets alone thinking Captain America and Bucky are an item. He’s totally fine with that.
“If someone takes the time to think about that, that’s great,” he says, convincingly. “I don’t think of the character that way, though. But there’s no right or wrong answer.”
Director Joe Russo also got embroiled in this invented fray, breaking down the relationship between Cap and Bucky thusly: “These are two guys who grew up together, and so they have that same emotional connection to each other as brothers would, and even more so because Bucky was all Steve had growing up.”
So, it’s an intense relationship, but not necessarily a gay one, alright? That’s not to say Russo thinks there’s anything wrong with gangs of musclebound homosexual superheroes infiltrating the Marvel universe and having really hot gay sex with everybody. That’s cute. That’s great.
In fact, he thinks it’s likely there will be some gay superheroes in mainstream pictures down the line. “I think the chances are strong,” he says. “I mean, it’s incumbent upon us as storytellers who are making mass-appeal movies to make mass-appeal movies, and to diversify as much as possible.”
And while we agree it’s essential for people who make mass-appeal movies to go ahead and make mass-appeal movies, we don’t think we’re going to see a major Marvel superhero come out as gay in a Hollywood picture anytime soon. And somehow, we’re eerily okay with that.
midknightryder13
How can **DC Comics** do anything about Captain America? That doesn’t even make sense.
And instead of giving Captain America a boyfriend, since that would go against DECADES of canon, why not #GiveTheWinterSoldierABoyfiend?
Buck doesn’t have anywhere **near** the backstory Cap does — in fact in most versions, Bucky DIES before he ever reaches puberty, so we don’t know much about what he would have been like as an adult. (We still don’t, since Buck doesn’t interact much with people thanks to the brainwashing/Pavlovian treatment he’s undergone in the movies.)
bryanjb
Ughhhhh…. Captain Marvel is a woman. Captain America is who you are referring to. Not to be a raging comic book nerd, but GOD please proofread.
Creamsicle
Oh boy, the above to posters are right. Those are some pretty big mistakes if you’re writing for anyone who knows anything about comics.
I don’t think giving Captain America a boyfriend is a good idea, personally. I say that we should just feature more of Marvel’s existing gay characters rather than retconning straight ones just because they’re already popular. Comics have been a much gay friendlier form of media for a very long time. There is a lot to draw on, but I understand if movie execs are afraid to do something like that. Hollywood is a much more homophobic and “think inside the box,” kind of environment.
Derek de Koff
@bryanjb: Fixed. Thanks for the catch. And don’t worry: You don’t sound like a nerd at all.
martinbakman
Do comic book fandoms want a gay duo?
Brian
Hollyeood is homophobic. Always has been, always will be. Actors are part of the system.
Captain Obvious
Hollywood is a machine created behind selling sex for money. Most of it’s origins surround young gay teens who had been kicked out of their homes being purchased by rich old men. I even have a picture of Brad Pitt before he was famous laying down on a couch embraced by some old man in a couple’s pose.
You think Hollywood is going to risk people looking behind the curtain by featuring gay men in anything?
The same way so many gay men cling to old stereotypes they chose to embrace as a defense mechanism, Hollywood is going to cling to the closet in fear that all their dirty secrets will come to light.
Hollywood isn’t a wonderland created to bring OUR fantasies to life. It was created to bring a certain group of outcasts fantasies to life… and it’s not all about being gay, some of it’s illegal, and some of it is enough to make your mother clutch her pearls.
If you want gay heroes, gay comics, and gay stories you’ll have to create it yourself. There are tons of outlets for self publishing nowadays and plenty of groups who love bringing projects to life.
Hollywood is very dark and extremely outdated. Let it go. It’s days are numbered anyway.