{"id":11549,"date":"2019-03-19T15:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T22:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/?p=11549"},"modified":"2019-03-19T15:46:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T22:46:02","slug":"10-movie-characters-who-are-secretly-gay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/10-movie-characters-who-are-secretly-gay\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Movie Characters Who Are Secretly Gay"},"content":{"rendered":"

J.K. Rowling continues to make waves<\/a> by revealing details about the sex lives of her characters that were never mentioned in the books or the movies, but there’s a lot more where that came from. As a gay, I have finely tuned gaydar that extends even to film characters. Here are my latest findings and the clues that led me to them.<\/p>\n

10 Movie Characters Who Are Secretly Gay<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\n\"\"James Bond<\/h1>\n

– Noncommittal with women
\n– Always impeccably dressed
\n– Highly specific drink order
\n– Friends are known only by codenames<\/h3>\n

\"\"Superman<\/h1>\n

– Single, secretive
\n– Gets nervous when you mention his “friend” Clark Kent
\n– Immaculate ice palace for vacation home
\n– The costume, obviously<\/h3>\n

\"\"The Scarecrow<\/h1>\n

– Actual friend of Dorothy
\n– Has body issues
\n– Extremely limber
\n– Transfixed by Judy Garland’s singing voice<\/h3>\n

\"\"HAL 9000<\/h1>\n

– Persnickety, sarcastic
\n– Won’t admit he made a mistake
\n– When unsure what to say, sings a song
\n– Uses dying words to create drama<\/h3>\n

\"\"Indiana Jones<\/h1>\n

– Disappoints his father
\n– Into whips
\n– Freudian thing about snakes
\n– Is surprised to learn he has a son<\/h3>\n

\"\"The shark in Jaws<\/em><\/h1>\n

– Smooth skin
\n– Holds a grudge
\n– Persecuted just for doing what comes naturally
\n– Obsessed with seamen<\/h3>\n

\"\"Tigger<\/h1>\n

– Best friend is a bear
\n– Exhausting at parties
\n– Thinks he’s the only one of his kind
\n– Has a song about what “tops” and “bottoms” are made out of<\/h3>\n

\"\"Woody<\/h1>\n

– Dresses like a cowboy
\n– Hides true self from best friend Andy
\n– Threatened by arrival of more traditionally “masculine” competitor
\n– Has stock collection of catchphrases he repeats<\/h3>\n

\"\"Gollum<\/h1>\n

– Changed his name when he got famous
\n– Obsessed with a piece of jewelry
\n– Thinks a hobbit who’s maybe 20 pounds overweight is “fat”
\n– Intimidated by Ian McKellen<\/h3>\n

\"\"Rick Blaine<\/h1>\n

– Evasive about his past
\n– Pretends to be cynical but is actually a softie
\n– Has a “beautiful friendship” with a man in uniform
\n– Broke up with Ingrid Bergman to open a piano bar \"\"<\/h3>\n
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