Captain America: Civil War Directors Say Strong Chance Of LGBT Characters In Future Marvel Movies

The latest salvo in Marvel Studio's arsenal is the much-anticipated Captain America: Civil War, [...]

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The latest salvo in Marvel Studio's arsenal is the much-anticipated Captain America: Civil War, and while the newest installment is receiving heavy praise, that doesn't mean there isn't room to improve the Marvel Film Universe as a whole.

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One such aspect is the absence of a LGBT character. While they are represented in the comics, they have yet to make the jump to the big screen. When Collider sat down with The Russo Brothers, the Directors hinted that it is an issue they hope to address. Joe Russo addressed the issue first.

"I think the chances are strong. 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. It's sad in the way that Hollywood lags behind other industries so significantly, one because you think that it would be a progressive industry, and two it's such a visible industry. So I think it's important that on all fronts we keep pushing for diversification because then the storytelling becomes more interesting, more rich, and more truthful."

With Marvel continuing to meet enormous success with its films, there is a certain amount of leeway that it earns in regards to debuting characters that don't have the name recognition of some of their mainstream heroes. Anthony Russo addressed this and laid out how that can affect the choices they make in future films.

"I think this is a philosophy of Marvel, in success, it becomes easier to take risks. There's a lot of unconventional ideas in Civil War in terms of what people's expectations of a superhero movie are, but I think we were able to do that because Winter Soldier worked and Marvel's been working in general, so there's more of a boldness in terms of what you can try and where you can go. So I think that's very hopeful for all of us moving forward that bolder and bolder choices can be made."

Unfortunately for Marvel, some of their LGBT characters reside in the X-Universe, which rights-wise is still held by Fox. Still, they have a variety of characters that they could introduce into the film universe, like Hulkling, Wiccan, Miss America, Moondragon, Phyla-Vell, etc. Hopefully Avengers: Infinity War or Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 will result in this void finally being filled.

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