{"id":1173221,"date":"2021-12-30T16:49:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T21:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1173221"},"modified":"2021-12-30T16:49:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T21:49:22","slug":"spider-man-star-marisa-tomei-says-she-wanted-her-character-to-be-lesbian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spider-man-star-marisa-tomei-says-she-wanted-her-character-to-be-lesbian\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Spider-Man&#039; Star Marisa Tomei Says She Wanted Her Character to Be Lesbian"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspider-man-star-marisa-tomei-says-she-wanted-her-character-to-be-lesbian%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1173221&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/marisatomei1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><em>Spider-Man: No Way Home&nbsp;<\/em>star Marisa Tomei&nbsp;said she wanted her character, Aunt May Parker, to be a lesbian in the franchise\u2019s final installment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a moment, where I felt that May \u2014 maybe she should just be with a woman because, like, Ben is gone, and who should she be with?\u201d Tomei <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I0B2-nz99BA\">told<\/a> the Geeks of Color.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The actress was referring to her character\u2019s deceased husband, Ben Parker, who gets killed by a burglar in the comic books and films.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were kind of talking about it, and so I actually really wanted&nbsp;Amy Pascal from Sony to be my girlfriend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch Below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n[embedded content]\n<p>\u201cI was like, \u2018No one even has to know, Amy. I\u2019ll just, like, be in a scene, and you\u2019ll be over there, and I\u2019ll just be like, \u2018Hey!\u2019 You know? And it\u2019ll just be, like, a subtle thing,\u201d Tomei added. \u201cBut no one went for it at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tomei\u2019s lesbian proposal was blasted on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Let\u2019s forget completely about Uncle Ben and go straight to Aunt May being lesbian. Yeah, the fans will be super happy\u2019 \u2014 Said no one. Ever,\u201d one Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YukiYukio13\/status\/1476026174727864324?s=20\">reacted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hollywood brainlet, Marisa Tomei wanted MCU &#8220;Aunt May&#8221; to be lesbian, because &#8220;Ben was gone anyways.&#8221; These people have no idea who these characters are. Stop giving Marvel the benefit of the doubt just because they nostalgia-baited you. Full video is LIVE on YouTube! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpiderMan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SpiderMan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/93PkphVl7m\">pic.twitter.com\/93PkphVl7m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric July (@EricDJuly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricDJuly\/status\/1475596291866611722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs a bisexual I hate that,\u201d another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MavesSkyler\/status\/1475985088701767681?s=20\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t like being pandered to, changing a character to be a different way for diverse purposes is pandering pure and simple. Just make a new character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really does come off as lazy. Just make a new character instead changing anything about an already established character for the sake of diversity points,\u201d another Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bombshell104\/status\/1475992206691344384?s=20\">echoed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Marvel Comics is no stranger to creating LGBTQ comic book figures. Earlier this year, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/03\/17\/marvel-comics-latest-captain-america-is-a-gay-lgbtq-activist\/\">revealed<\/a> that it will be introducing a nose&nbsp;ring-wearing, gay Captain America for the character\u2019s 80th anniversary. The new Captain America will also be an LBGTQ activist.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana&nbsp;Mastrangelo on&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;and Twitter at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spider-Man: No Way Home\u00a0star Marisa Tomei\u00a0said she wanted her character, Aunt May Parker, to be a lesbian in the franchise\u2019s final installment. \u201cThere was a moment, where I felt that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1173221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1173221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1173221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1173221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1173221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}