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As reported by Insider, a scene from the upcoming Knives Out sequel, which was made available to certain members of the press, hints at the mysterious detective living with another man. During a press conference at the London Film Festival, Johnson was asked if this scene means Blanc is gay. "Yes, he obviously is," Johnson said. In referring to the actor who portrays Blanc's lover, Johnson stated, "And there's nobody in the world I can imagine in bringing me more joy for Benoit Blanc to be with."

Craig, who was also at the press conference, added, "No spoilers [but] who wouldn't want to live with that person?" Along with Craig, who first appeared as Benoit Blanc in 2019's Knives Out, the main cast of Glass Onion also includes Edward Norton, Kathryn Hahn, Dave Bautista, Leslie Odom Jr and Janelle Monáe. Bautista stated in an August 2021 interview that the film would feature plenty of exciting new characters and performances, saying that he believed Glass Onion will be "as good, if not better, than the first one."

Rian Johnson Confirms Knives Out's Benoit Blanc Is Gay

Knives Out: Glass Onion director Rian Johnson confirms the sexuality of Daniel Craig's lead detective Benoit Blanc, who debuted in 2019's Knives Out.

www.cbr.com

 

[Scotty W]

 

[01011001]

 

[bitbydeath]

 

[phaedrus]

 

[SlimySnake]

Yeah, im surprised the Ana De Armas wasnt non-binary in the first movie.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Rian Johnson is a coward. Should have made him a "minors attracted person" instead.

 

[badblue]

 

[AJUMP23]

Does that add anything to his character?

 

[DeepEnigma]

Rian has this energy,

 

[Jennings]

Knives Out was such a great movie full of wonderful performances by all involved. I'm looking forward to the sequel and hope this brand new cast of characters can live up to the first.

 

[chromhound]

 

[LordCBH]

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Jokes con him:

Gay is the new Hetero.

 

[Richard Packer]

Thanks for spreading the word op.

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

I thought Knives Out was so so.

 

[Tams]

I thought Knives Out was so so.

Yeah, it was pretty good, but any episode of Jonathan Creek tops it. And that wasn't hyped to hell and back, nor cost anywhere near as much (for a whole series).

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Does that add anything to his character?

Gets you bonus points with the woke crowd.

 

[Flatline]

Of course he is

 

[GymWolf]

Someone should really subvert the face of johnson with punches.

 

[Spaceman292]

cool yeah I'd let him fuck me frfr tbh no homo

 

[plushyp]

Thanks for spreading the word op.

Welcome.

 

[DKehoe]

I guess the knives aren’t all that’s out.

 

[FunkMiller]

Oh, do fuck off.

If you haven’t got the guts to clearly show that he’s gay in the movie, shut the fuck up about it.

 

[GeekyDad]

Great movie, but...why was this thread-worthy? I don't get it. And obviously, I don't seem to be alone in that.

 

[jufonuk]

As mentioned above does it add anything to the character? He is still a great detective and character ok he is gay. It doesn’t change anything. Unless this was a plot of the movie such as his lover gets killed. I’m not outraged by this revelation nor does it change the first movie in anyway. it just generates the reaction in the gif above.

Id rather him explain why he sounds like foghorn leghorn.

 

[kruis]

It's such a weird phenomenon: news items about fictional characters turning out to be gay , bi or trans even though their sexuality or gender doesn't play any role in the story. But these news items get traction, so Hollywood is using virtue signalling to sell their wares.

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Edit: Hollywood is also getting criticized for it. You can't please that woke audience.

Daniel Craig's queer character slammed as "rainbow capitalism"

Rian Johnson, the director of the "Knives Out" movies, has confirmed that Craig's Inspector Benoit Blanc is "obviously" queer, but not everyone has welcomed the news.

www.newsweek.com

 

[GymWolf]

Oh, do fuck off.

If you haven’t got the guts to clearly show that he’s gay in the movie, shut the fuck up about it.

Isn't the opposite nowadays??

You need guts to not have any gay character in your movie...

 

[GymWolf]

It's such a weird phenomenon: news items about fictional characters turning out to be gay , bi or trans even though their sexuality or gender doesn't play any role in the story. But these news items get traction, so Hollywood is using virtue signalling to sell their wares.

--

Edit: Hollywood is also getting criticized for it. You can't please that woke audience.

Daniel Craig's queer character slammed as "rainbow capitalism"

Rian Johnson, the director of the "Knives Out" movies, has confirmed that Craig's Inspector Benoit Blanc is "obviously" queer, but not everyone has welcomed the news.

www.newsweek.com

People with sad lives need to know that a fictional character like to fuck what they like to fuck to get a brief moment of joy.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Edit: Hollywood is also getting criticized for it. You can't please that woke audience.

Daniel Craig's queer character slammed as "rainbow capitalism"

Rian Johnson, the director of the "Knives Out" movies, has confirmed that Craig's Inspector Benoit Blanc is "obviously" queer, but not everyone has welcomed the news.

www.newsweek.com

The first interviewer just goes to town on why this is stupid AF:

He added: "What matters is context, not whether Daniel Craig's character Benoit Blanc is gay. It matters how the film chooses to frame the character's sexuality, or whether it chooses to do so at all in a way that is appropriate to the narrative.

"Otherwise, a character's sexuality is incidental, completely irrelevant to the text, and a sure-fire sign of queer-baiting."

Nowhere in the damn movie there is a single suggestion that Benoit is gay. Fuck, I have to watch Brokeback Mountain finally - I always had an impression one of the main highlights was that gays there did not behave like stereotypical gays.

Craig is a prime example of alpha male hetero fantasy. It was stupid when JK Rowling did it, and it's stupid now.

 

[RoboFu]

It’s one of those things that in my mind I would like to think goes like this…

Idiot interview: so is _____ character secretly gay? hehehe

Film writer: umm i don’t know what that has to do with any…

Idiot interviewer: we’ll EVERYONE has come to the conclusion that he/she is gay because of ( long crazy fan fiction)

Film writer: interesting but I really didn’t think about it while …

Idiot interviewer: okay next question then… what’s everyone’s pronouns? Hehehe

Film writer: okay he/she is gay! … look at the time.. I got to go.

 

[Liamario]

Actions speak louder than words. Unless it's part of the story, it's entirely moot.

 

[FunkMiller]

Isn't the opposite nowadays??

You need guts to not have any gay character in your movie...

Nope. I'd say they're still pussyfooting around clear and obvious depictions of gay characters, so as not to offend people. That's why we get these idiotic off screen fill-ins where they say these things that they never bother actually putting on screen. And also the strange, almost passive aggressive hinting they use to imply homosexuality, without actually showing it properly - especially when they do it for no good plot reason, and just throw it in their in a coward's attempt to appeal to the progressive demographic.

I have no issues with any film maker putting whatever they want into a movie, as long as it's relevant, and done in a proper, effective manner. Anything else is bullshit.

 

[Spaceman292]

Great movie, but...why was this thread-worthy? I don't get it. And obviously, I don't seem to be alone in that.

Because these threads always get 300 people posting in it, desperate to tell everyone that they don't care. Even though they obviously do. Like clockwork.

 

[BennyBlanco]

i can finally sleep at night.

 

[John Bilbo]

 

[GeekyDad]

It's such a weird phenomenon: news items about fictional characters turning out to be gay , bi or trans even though their sexuality or gender doesn't play any role in the story. But these news items get traction, so Hollywood is using virtue signalling to sell their wares.

--

Edit: Hollywood is also getting criticized for it. You can't please that woke audience.

Daniel Craig's queer character slammed as "rainbow capitalism"

Rian Johnson, the director of the "Knives Out" movies, has confirmed that Craig's Inspector Benoit Blanc is "obviously" queer, but not everyone has welcomed the news.

www.newsweek.com

In the 70s, being gay would have been considered woke. Now, being trans isn't even woke anymore. Hell, being woke isn't being woke anymore. I think it's done. It's now back to being attributed to being literally woken from sleep.

Pointing out homosexuality in 2022 is like saying bread has carbs.

...Wait... uhm.

Nevermind. I think I circled back somehow.

Fuck it.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

In the 70s, being gay would have been considered woke. Now, being trans isn't even woke anymore. Hell, being woke isn't being woke anymore. I think it's done. It's now back to being attributed to being literally woken from sleep.

Pointing out homosexuality in 2022 is like saying bread has carbs.

...Wait... uhm.

Nevermind. I think I circled back somehow.

Fuck it.

Prophetic thread:

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/where-do-we-enter-our-pronouns-for-this-site.1594751/

 

[V1LÆM]

unless it affects the plot of the movie then i don't give a fuck.

if in the movie it shows he is in a relationship with another guy then cool but do we need people to come out with details on a characters life/background just for the sake of it? while we're at it why don't you tell us what his political views are, what religion if any does he follow, i want to know his exact height and weight, what's his favourite colour, favourite food, etc.

i don't give a fuck that he's gay but i'm tired of shit getting rammed down our throats for the sake of scoring points.

 

[Dr.D00p]

Because he is or because he has to be.

 

[jason10mm]

More importantly, how can a straight actor POSSIBLY depict a gay character? He stealing a job from a guy deing with CENTURIES of oppression! This gayface shall not stand!

Am I doing faux outrage correctly?

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Wake me up when he's out as a demi-human ace.

 

[F0rneus]

That's cool I guess.

Can Ana de Armas return as a lesbian? WIth Hailee Steinfeld as her girlfriend. WIth some NC-17 sex scenes? And fuck it, why not some Daniel Craig/Oscar Isaac sex scenes?

 

[SJRB]

The sexual orientation of this movie character is VERY important to me, okay?

Now that I know the character is gay I enjoy the movie a lot more, especially since his sexuality is such a large part of the narrative.

Good bless ransom announcements about sexual orientations of fictional characters.

 

[belmarduk]

He was asked a question and he answered it.

Knives Out was one of the best movies of recent years and I'm really looking forward to Glass Onion.

 

[Clear]

Knives Out was one of the best movies of recent years and I'm really looking forward to Glass Onion.

That just shows the utterly dismal state of modern movies. It wasn't bad by any means, but its no more than a glossy, forgettable time-waster.

 

[AV]

Yeah, it was pretty good, but any episode of Jonathan Creek tops it. And that wasn't hyped to hell and back, nor cost anywhere near as much (for a whole series).

Got the theme tune stuck in my head, thanks.

 

[Tams]

Because these threads always get 300 people posting in it, desperate to tell everyone that they don't care. Even though they obviously do. Like clockwork.

 

[AV]

Knives Out was one of the best movies of recent years and I'm really looking forward to Glass Onion.

Man, that's bleak, I couldn't even slot it in my top 10 of that year, let alone "recent years". And I liked the movie plenty, but all I got from it was a decent standard detective procedural.

 

[MALpractice311]

I thought Knives Out was so so.

Same here. I saw it and was mostly bored and when it was over, my reaction was "That was it? That's what all those film school dropout nerds on the internet were going crazy over?" I had pretty much the same reaction to Uncut Gems.