I’m cool with talking about it because I’m really proud of the moment. “No one talks about Tom Cruise hooking up with Jennifer Connelly in ‘Top Gun,’ but in ‘Our Flag Means Death,’ it’s a massive talking point that two dudes kiss on the beach. “It needs to be normalized,” Waititi stated. “Thor: Love and Thunder” director Waititi recently opened up about including a same-sex kiss in his HBO series “Our Flag Means Death” with his character, telling The New York Times that the scene wasn’t newsworthy. Thompson also tweeted in 2017 that she was “faithful” to the comic book depiction of “Val” aka Valkyrie, adding, “But her sexuality isn’t explicitly addressed in ‘Thor: Ragnarok.'” “Eventually the bit had to be cut because it distracted from the scene’s vital exposition.” “ kept it in the film as long as he could,” the “Westworld” star said at the time. Thompson previously told Rolling Stone that she wanted to reference Valkyrie’s sexuality with a woman leaving her bedroom in “Thor: Ragnarok.” Ultimately, however, that scene was cut.
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But whether or not she finds love in this movie doesn’t mean she’s not still a fabulous queer character that is open to finding love when it makes sense.”
I hope that she’s a character that fans continue to connect to, that we have a lot of time to explore her, in all of her humanity. Plus, she weighs in on her queer character Valkyries love life. And I feel really good, personally, about where we got to. Thor: Love & Thunder star Tessa Thompson talks about being bisexual and living her truth.
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“So there was a lot of conversation in terms of how to treat that with Valkyrie.
“It becomes the only storyline, particularly in a movie like this where you don’t, frankly, have a lot of room for storyline,” Thompson explained. International Gay Cinema: 33 LGBTQ Movies to See from Around the World Glen Powell Says He's Just as 'Confused' as Fans Are About Those 'X-Men' Casting RumorsĪubrey Plaza's Jilted Queer Love Story in 'Happiest Season' Led to Twisted 'Spin Me Round' Romanceįrom 'Barbie' to 'Babylon,' Here's Everything Margot Robbie Has in the Works Thompson, who is bisexual in real life, spoke at length with “Thor: Love and Thunder” writer/director Taika Waititi about appropriately honoring the Marvel character’s origins.