SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME Features First Trans Actors in MCU
Everyone is excited for the new Spider-Man sequel, and the internet has been buzzing since the trailer dropped this week. It’s fun to see all our favorite actors from the first film and to see Jake Gyllenhaal as Mysterio. The cast is solid, and the story looks like it will be exciting, but another aspect of the film that has people talking is the diversity in this cast that is greater than others we’ve seen so far in the MCU’s history.
There was some talk from viewers who spotted two trans actors in the trailer. It was confirmed by Advocate, and here’s what they posted about the actors.
The upcoming summer blockbuster Spider-Man: Far From Home is the first superhero movie ever to cast out trans actors. The popular franchise hired young actor Zach Barack to play a friend of Tom Holland's Peter Parker and placed Tyler Luke Cunningham as a featured extra.
Tom Holland posted a picture to his Instagram of the cast of friends, including Zach Barack, a Chicago-area actor, singer and comedian, meeting Baz Luhrmann.
1.8m Likes, 11.3k Comments - ✌️ (@tomholland2013) on Instagram: "I am serving looks in this picture. Thank you to the photographer for catching my better side and..."
Tyler Luke Cunningham is an actor who was in the BBC series Boy Meets Girl in 2016. He shared this fun photo after shooting Spider-Man: Far From Home:
128 Likes, 10 Comments - Tee. (@tylerlukecunningham) on Instagram: "London - Prague - Venice - 🕸 What an adventure I've had, I've met some of the most amazing people..."
It’s pretty exciting that the cast is so diverse, because that’s what makes it real! Here’s what the director, Jon Watts, said about his casting choices:
"The very first thing I made was a look book of what I wanted the world to look like and what the kids should look like and the high school should look like,” he said back in 2017. “I lived in New York for thirteen years and it should look like a school in New York, it shouldn’t look like a school in the Midwest in the 50s."
It’s awesome that Watts is so in touch and has a fresh point of view in filming movies that feature teens. It just wouldn’t work any other way. I think Watts’s instincts are going to make for an awesome Spider-Man movie, and this is also a great step in the right direction for the LGBTQ community.
Via: Comicbook