Agatha all along Actor Joe Locke opens up about portraying a gay character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The next Marvel Studios TV show to come out of the MCU timeline this fall is Agatha all alongServe as the first WandaVision Spinoff series following Kathryn Hahn’s debut as Agatha Harkness. The Marvel TV series will explore Agatha after the events of WandaVision And her way to get her powers back after what Scarlet Witch did to her in the finale.
In a new feature piece by VarietyLocke shared his thoughts on joining the MCU, as well as some of the responses to him playing a gay character in the franchise. To Locke, who is openly gay, he felt it was counterproductive for Marvel fans to initially call for “Genuine Casting,” Only then call his character “a campy gay stereotype,” Share the following:
I never thought about it. It’s one of those things that gets a little stressful if you think about it too much. But being in a Marvel series is the most pinch me thing. […] I thought you get cast in a Marvel show, you get paid to get really musical and hanging out. ‘We want you to be small and twink-y’ is basically what they said, in a very corporate way.
It was like, ‘Oh, what did Marvel do to this campy gay stereotype?’ It really honored me because I was like, ‘You can’t ask for genuine casting and then be upset if you have a stock character.’ I am fully aware that the Marvel fandom is far less nice than the Heartstopper fandom. There’s going to be a lot of people who just hate everything about the character and everything about what I’ve done with him, and I just have to be okay with that. Marvel fans are very open with their opinions. But they’re not in a Marvel show, like that [blows a raspberry]. I’m doing the one thing they really wish they could be doing. Sorry!
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Who was Joe Locke actually playing in Agatha all along?
The actor is currently credited as ‘Teen’
For the longest time, Locke’s character was one of the biggest mysteries in the Agatha all along Figure. As of now, Marvel Studios and Disney+ only refer to his character as “Teen,” which Locke echoed in all of his interviews leading up to the release of Agatha all along. All that is known about “Tin” is that he is an acquaintance who will be part of Agatha’s coven on her journey to walk the Witches’ Road.
Agatha all along Premieres Wednesday, September 18 on Disney+, with the first two episodes dropping on the same day.
However, there have been rumors that Locke is actually playing a very key Marvel character and one that fans have already met in the franchise. While Disney+ and Marvel Studios have not confirmed it, Locke is believed to play Billy Kaplan, aka Wiccan, one of Scarlet Witch and Vision’s twins. The MCU first featured a younger version of Billy Inn WandaVision As part of Wanda’s Westview takeover, along with his brother Tommy, aka Speed, whose variants later returned in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Agatha all along is supposed to have an older version of Billy.
If Locke is indeed playing Billy, it will be exciting to see what the MCU does with the character after the events of Agatha all along. If it’s a proper introduction of Billy, that means Tommy’s arrival can’t be far off, as it would make sense if they save him for the next one. WandaVision spinach, Vision. But now, the world will have to tune in on September 18 to find out what Locke is actually playing at Agatha all along.
Source: Variety