Movies containing LGBTQ+ content, according to 'Variety', are often cut to appease international censors around the world, but Disney refused to alter 'Eternals'.
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Lebanese-conceived Haaz Sleiman, who plays Ben, the spouse of Marvel's first gay hero Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry), in 'Eternals', said he was near tears when he learned of Disney's reaction to the film being prohibited in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar as a result of its LGBTQ+ content. Keep reading for the Latest Hollywood News.
Discussing it the gay entertainer said: "They (Disney) held fast and said, 'No, we won't think twice about trustworthiness of our film'. It made these Arab nations look so oblivious and wretched."
Motion pictures containing LGBTQ+ content, as indicated by 'Assortment', are frequently sliced to mollify worldwide edits all throughout the planet, yet Disney would not adjust 'Eternals'.
"I have no regard for those legislatures," Haaz Sleiman said. "They have shown to the world that they are a shame to humankind, however to God. Ideally this will motivate the Saudi public, the Kuwaiti public and individuals in Qatar to retaliate."
Haaz Sleiman, who was brought up in a Muslim family in Lebanon prior to moving to the U.S. at the point when he was 21, came out as gay in 2017 after first acquiring consideration playing Tarek, an undocumented Syrian outsider in 2007's 'The Visitor'.
Discussing Eternals, it stars a colossally skilled cast of entertainers including Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie, Gemma Chan, Lia McHugh, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee, Gil Birmingham, Harish Patel, and Kit Harington.
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