Director Elizabeth Banks has caused a stir just ahead of the opening of her latest film, the newest Charlie’s Angeles reboot. Banks has clarified what the movie implies: Kristen Stewart‘s character is gay.
In the film, Stewart plays Sabrina Wilson, the party girl leader of the group. Stewart, who is queer in real life, lobbied Banks to make her character gay. “I mean, [Kristen] wanted to be gay in the movie and I’m like, ‘Yeah,’” Banks told Pride Source. “I just wanted to make sure that she was able to present a character that she was fully behind.” Banks then added a scene where Sabrina flirts with another woman, just to make the point clear.
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Banks’ remarks–the day before the movie opens, no less–come as something of a surprise. She had previously dismissed the idea that Sabrina Wilson was meant to be portrayed as a lesbian, claiming that her sexuality should be left open to interpretation. “I don’t feel there is a label that fits her,” Banks told Digital Spy in September. “The only thing that was important to me was to not label it as anything. It’s fine if the media wants to label it, I think that’s OK, but I didn’t do that.”
The revelation of Stewart’s character as a gay woman comes at a time when surveys report that the number of LGBTQ characters on television has reached an all-time high. Score one for the good guys…and girls.
rustyiam
Hard pass! Pandering is for the desperate!
Cam
Translation: The right wing troll account is enraged at any instance of visibility for LGBT people.
Cam
It sounds like after backlash the director grudgingly inserted a mild scene that suggest she’s a lesbian. Let me guess, the other two will have boyfriends, and Kristen Stewart’s character will get a 1 second smile from someone across a room.
thisisnotreal
@cam lmao…dude do you even read your replies before you post them? First you accuse a commenter of being a Republican right winger (you really need to get to the bottom of your massive replicanphobia you deal with honey cuz it’s crippling you lmao) and you pick on him for discussing pandering and expressing his distaste for movies that pander to our community, and then you follow it up with your OWN comment about them potentially pandering to our community in that movie. Do you make a habit of disagreeing with people and picking on them for their stances, and then turning around five seconds later and parroting their opinions sweetie? And p.s. you REALLY need to get some new material honey cus your go to response of accusing someone of being a right wing troll account when they post anything you don’t approve of, is getting very old. Hell your probably going to accuse me of being a right wing troll account as well lmao.