Representation is becoming an increasingly prominent issue around the output of Marvel Studios, with Kevin Feige and his team seemingly taking various measures to offer more diversity in the franchise, both in front of and behind the camera.
The upcoming Captain Marvel will undoubtedly serve as a major step in these ongoing changes, as the first female solo superhero outing of the MCU, as well the first to be directed by a woman. What’s more, though the franchise drew criticism from GLAAD earlier this year for its lack of openly LGBTQ characters, Feige has assured us that a few are on their way. Game of Thrones star Kit Harington, however, seems more concerned about the absence of LGBTQ actors being cast to play these superheroes.
While promoting his new drama The Death and Life of John F. Donovan, Harington argued that with none of the super-powered roles going to gay actors in the MCU, Marvel Studios are helping to perpetuate old stereotypes about homosexuality
“There’s a big problem with masculinity and homosexuality that they can’t somehow go hand in hand,” he explained. “That we can’t have someone in a Marvel movie who’s gay in real life and plays some super hero. I mean, when is that going to happen?”
Though you could argue that the issue of openly LGBTQ superheroes is more important than having openly LGBTQ actors play these superheroes, it’s hard not to see where Harington is coming from in his statement. And with Deadpool 2 providing both earlier this year in the form of Negasonic Teenage Warhead – played by out gay actress Brianna Hildebrand – it’s surely only a matter of time before Disney follows suit.
That being said, it may still be some wait before we see an openly gay film star in the role of a Marvel hero, with the next MCU movie not hitting cinemas until Captain Marvel comes out on March 8th, 2019. Still, with the subsequent Avengers 4 bringing the franchise’s Phase 3 to a close on May 3rd, you can expect some big changes coming to the series within the next year.
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Ultimately it was a fitting finish. A series crammed full of the unexpected, ending unexpectedly.
James Anderson became the most successful fast bowler in Test history when he sealed England's 118-run win over India at the Oval on Tuesday.
"We have character in the team and we just need some experience. When you get into a zone when you are not thinking about the result, things go your way. I am delighted for both the guys and it speaks of India's future," Indian captain Virat Kohli said.
England fast bowler James Anderson now has the most wickets for a fast bowler in Test history (564). With the wicket of Mohammed Shami in the fifth and final Test against India at The Oval, he surpassed Glenn McGrath's record of 563 wickets. Anderson went straight through Shami's defence with the ball crashing into the stumps, to seal the match for England and give his team a comprehensive 4-1 series victory.
Rishabh Pant scripted history on Tuesday as he became the first Indian wicketkeeper to score a ton in England, interestingly this was also his first ever Test hundred.
South Africa batsman David Miller has made himself unavailable for first-class cricket so as to focus on his limited overs game ahead of the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup in England and Wales.
Rishabh Pant's glovework has been shoddy in England and he needs to cover a lot of ground before he can be trusted as a Test-level wicket-keeper, some of the former India wicket-keepers said on Tuesday.
India A registered a six-wicket victory over Australia A on the final day of the second four-day match in Alur on Tuesday. The home side chased down the required target in a thrilling finale to the game to tie the series 1-1.
The five-match series in England was Shikhar Dhawan's opportunity to improve his mediocre record outside Asia in Test cricket and prove his critics wrong, but with scores of 26, 13, 35, 44, 23, 17, 3 and 1, the opener has done nothing but damage his reputation even further.
"That's all a bit bizarre to me. If I was Maxi and I hadn't been given the chance to play for Australia A, I'd be ropeable. They didn't pick him on that Australia A tour and they've said they've seen him play enough in those conditions and knew what he could do."
On Saturday night, Ashleigh Barty paired up with American CoCo Vandeweghe to lift the first Grand Slam title of her career, clinching the women’s doubles title after a titanic struggle against the Hungarian-French pair of Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic. Barty has been ranked as high as 16 in singles and 5 in doubles previously, but remarkably, tennis isn’t all she can play at a very high level of expertise.
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