Thor: Ragnarok
Actor Tessa Thompson wanted Valkyrie ’s sexuality to be more present in herThor : Ragnarokstoryline . Thompson is well - lie with for movies likeCreed , and was most recently seen in Rebecca Hall’sPassingon Netflix . The actress was first usher in into the MCU as Valkyrie back in 2017 , with the vent ofThor : Ragnarok . Thompson is mark to refund after this twelvemonth in the extremely anticipatedThor : Love and Thunder , directed by Taika Waititi , who also helmedRagnarok .
There have been many curious characters seen throughout Marvel comic history , including Valkyrie . The character was created in the 1970s but was n’t substantiate to be bisexual until she appear inFearless Defendersin 2013.Thompson ’s portrayal of Valkyrietechnically brought the first openly queer case into the MCU in 2017 , although her gender is not addressed in the movie . It was revealed afterward that there was aThor : Ragnarokscene shoot that would have explicitly referenced Valkyrie ’s gender , however , it was cut from the final product to put more focusing on the main plot of land . Marvel foreman Kevin Feige also confirmed that Valkyrie is the MCU ’s first LGBTQ+ hero back in 2019 .
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" It ’s totally exciting . We talk so much about delegacy and obviously , in terms of the LGBTQIA community , there ’s still so much work to be done . But if you look at the comics in the canyon , there are so many homophile character ! It ’s unvoiced because Taika [ Waititi ] and I would ’ve even like to go further , but in the circumstance of the movies , there ’s only so much we can do . "
TheMCU has mostly lack LGBTQ+ representationin most of its projects . However , in the last few years , audiences have seen a surge in LGBTQ+ part appearing in the franchise . sports fan were excited to at long last see Loki ’s bisexuality and genderfluid personal identity onscreen , but the blink - and - miss - it confirmation was at the same meter widely criticized by viewers and manufacture professionals . Most latterly , wonder addedEternalsto its list of firsts , as Phastos became the MCU ’s first gay superhero , who was shown onscreen as happily married with a husband and immature son .
Marvel is not be intimate for its diversity , with there being almost 10 years of MCU motion picture before the first queer character was seenThor : Ragnarok . However , the franchise continues to tote up canonically LGBTQ+ quality from the strip to their moving picture and video display , like many of theYoung Avengerscharacters that have been popping upin the MCU . While Marvel ’s LGBTQ+ character ’s sexualities are seldom discussed , audience are seeing a change in how the studio approach these storylines . Given Feige ’s recent statements promising that Phastos’Eternalscharacter was"just the start"of increase representation in the MCU , spectator may see increased diversity in the future , potentially starting with Valkyrie ’s very own sexual love story inThor : Love and Thunder .
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