The Chinese-American female director Zhao Ting, who won the Academy Award for Best Director, directed Marvel's new work "Eternals", has been released locally in Southeast Asia. However, due to the appearance of Marvel's first gay superhero character, Phastos (Fastos), there is also a kissing farewell scene of him with a same-sex partner, resulting in a ban in three Middle Eastern countries Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, local censors asked Disney to cut the scene depicting gay people, but this time Disney hardened and refused to succumb to censorship.
Angelina Jolly played the female warrior "Tina" in The Eternals.
In fact, Disney has a certain psychological preparation for being banned, Zhao Ting revealed that she and Marvel executives had discussed the problems that may be brought about by the gay complex in advance, "Marvel and I both insist on not making any changes to the movie. ”
Angelina Jolie, who plays the female warrior "Tina" in the film, said strongly: "I feel sorry for those audiences and I am proud of Marvel's refusal to delete those scenes." ”
In an interview with the Australian media, she was unable to understand the beautiful depiction of The Fastos family and love in the world today, "Anyone who feels angry, threatened, not allowed and does not know how to appreciate is an ignorant person." ”
The Eternals cast a wide range of skin tones, and Faustos is played by black actor Brian Tyree Henry. The film was grandly released in the United States this week and is expected to close at the box office of $70 million in its first weekend. Because the style and content elements are very different from the previous Marvel movies, resulting in the "Eternals" reputation is mixed, bad reviews or complaints are quite a lot, the film and television website IMDB poured a large number of 1 star reviews, forcing the website to temporarily close the rating function.