In a new interview with Logo, actor Haaz Sleiman spilled some tea about the project, revealing that he’s playing the husband of Brian Tyree Henry’s character, the Eternal known as Phastos, per SuperheroHype. Will Phastos' morals remain the same in the movie?

The upcoming movie is the first Marvel film to span this amount of time and it will track their long lives throughout history. Speaking to NewNowNext, Haaz Sleiman said, “we represent a gay family and have a child.” This lines up with earlier reports that the film would feature a gay superhero with a husband and child, and that Marvel was looking to cast an openly queer actor or actors. The Eternals will be a different situation because Phastos is a member of the film’s main superhero cast. The Deviants are a race that were created by the Celestials at the same time they created the Eternals except they are much different. The character to be played by Atlanta’s Brian Tyree Henry is pretty much a nihilist along with being a pacifist. We don’t know who Sleiman is playing, other than Phastos’ husband. But still, Phastos does belong to the Eternals race who are a near-immortal race who were created by the Celestials thousands of years ago. Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther was an early indication of Marvel stepping into claiming more diversity and its massive success was proof that Wakanda was a missing element in the superhero genre audiences were craving. It was revealed in February that Haaz Sleiman will be playing the husband of Brian Tyree Henry’s Phastos. It's uncommon for an openly gay man to play a gay man in a major studio film and could be an important moment of representation for the LGBTQ community. Some of the best representation doesn’t explain the diversity it includes or give the identity a spotlight without giving the character something out of that to do and here’s hoping The Eternals does the same. The Eternals is set to be the first MCU movie with a gay superhero in the main cast, but for a long time that hero’s identity was under wraps. Brian Tyree Henry is one of the actors to portray characters for both Marvel Studios and …

Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. Plus, he is morally against war. The character was so minor that a lot of viewers didn’t even remember he existed, nevermind that he briefly mentioned going on a date with a man.

If you’re familiar with Greek mythology this comparison actually says a lot about who Phastos is. The progress has started off slow, but in recent years the Marvel Cinematic Universe has begun to better represent the population of the world. “For me it’s very important to show … Phastos actually belongs to the third generation of the superhuman team. It has been confirmed that the Brian Tyree Henry’s Phastos will be the first openly gay character in the MCU and he’ll be married and have a family. Atlanta Season 2 Ending Explained, And How It Sets Up Season 3, Why Marvel Delaying Its Movies Might Be The Best Possible News For Fans, 5 Things Disney's Space Mountain Movie Needs To Include, Gramercy Directors Reveal Personal Connections To The Mental Health Film, Haunting Of The Mary Celeste’s Emily Swallow Talks Challenges Of The ‘Claustrophobic’ Sets, How The Walking Dead Changed Up Filming For COVID, According To Norman Reedus, What Happens After The Legend of Korra: 5 Events To Know From The Dark Horse Comics, Back To The Future 35th Anniversary Interview With Lea Thompson, John Boyega Small Axe: Red, White and Blue Interview, Letitia Wright Small Axe: Mangrove Interview. They can take the Guardians of the Galaxy without breaking a sweat, and quite possibly the Avengers too. The Eternals comes to theaters on November 6, 2020. While queer and transgender characters have appeared in the MCU’s TV spinoffs, the only openly queer character in the movie franchise was the now-infamous cameo from co-director Joe Russo in Avengers: Endgame. He has starred in an episode of AppleTV+ series Little America (which fellow Eternals actor Kumail Nanjiani executive produced) and he was also in 2007’s The Visitor. The couple will also have a child. Now Eternals actor Haaz Sleiman … He does live in search for someone or something that can change his mind and show him the meaning of life. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested.

Previously there was widespread speculation that the gay character would be the lead, Richard Madden‘s Ikaris. “For me, it’s very important to show how loving and beautiful a queer family can be,” he said. In theaters November 6, 2020, https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Brian_Tyree_Henry?oldid=1220111, Brian Tyree Henry is one of the actors to portray characters for both. It should be noted that Phastos’ gay sexuality is not part of the comics in any way but he is a small enough character in the universe for it not to be changing anything massive from the source material. The Eternals will feature the first openly gay Marvel character in the form of Brian Tyree Henry’s Phastos. Sleiman is an openly gay actor himself who is of Lebanese descent. In the comics, when the other members of the team were ready to go to war with the Deviants, he refuses to join Ikaris and the others. If he’s another Eternal then he might have a relatively prominent role, although the movie already has a pretty extensive ensemble cast. Jumping off that last point on war, this is a trait of Phastos which defines him and has placed him at odds with the rest of the Eternals. Perhaps this comes in the form of the husband and children he’ll have at some point during The Eternals movie?

Each of them can project cosmic energy from their eyes and hands, have superhuman strength, can self-heal, levitate themselves along with other objects and beings and are pretty much immortal. Now Eternals actor Haaz Sleiman has spilled the beans, revealing that he plays the husband of Brian Tyree Henry’s character Phastos. Directed by Chloé Zhao.

Brian Tyree Henry will portray Phastos in Eternals.[1]. The actor confirmed the Eternals will feature “a moving kiss” between him and Phastos that had everyone on set crying. Kevin Feige confirmed it back in August along with saying that it’ll be “just part of who he is”.

Trivia. This isn’t just a big step for Marvel Studios, it could be a giant leap for LGBTQ representation in the movie industry. Since Phastos has been around for thousands of years, he was alive during Ancient Greece.

In recent years, more of the community has certainly started to be given the spotlight on film and television, but Marvel movies are the most highly-anticipated of the year.

As you can imagine from their title, Eternals are some of the most powerful teams in the universe. It's major exposure and it makes an inclusive statement. Let’s get to know the character from the pages of Marvel Comics. In the comic books, he was often mistaken for the famous Greek God Hephaestus, who is the Olympian god of fire and metalworking.