Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has reacted to the ban placed on Marvel’s gay movie titled ‘Eternals’- an American superhero film based on a Marvel Comics race of the same name.
The movie produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney, which depicted a character as gay, has been banned in several countries, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar, for refusing to censor gay scenes in the superhero film.
In a round table press conference, while promoting the Marvel Cinematic Universe film, Jolie called the ban ignorant and lauded producers’ decision to not cut those scenes out.
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“I’m sad for [those audiences]. And I’m proud of Marvel for refusing to cut those scenes out. I still don’t understand how we live in a world today where there’s still [people who] would not see the family Phastos has and the beauty of that relationship and that love. How anybody is angry about it, threatened by it, doesn’t approve or appreciate it is ignorant,” she said during the press conference.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the latest Marvel Studios film ‘Eternals’ has been banned in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait. Sources informed the portal that the LGBT connection in the film might be the reason.
