Jungle Cruise
Thesecond trailerfor Disney’sJungle Cruisewas just released but like the first , Jack Whitehall ’s controversial gay fiber , McGregor , was featured only minimally . Ever since the first prevue dropped last year at D23 , excitation has been build forJungle Cruise , Disney ’s next unrecorded - natural action film . Jungle Cruiseis notable for several reasons , one of which is the fact that it ’s not a remaking or sequel to a classic Disney picture . Instead , it ’s establish on the darling attraction found at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World .
Starring Emily Blunt as Lily and Dwayne " The Rock " Johnson as Frank , the film is set in the early 20th century and tells the story of a woman ( Blunt ) who enlist the assistance of a riverboat captain ( Johnson ) to sail down the Amazon and track down a mystic bloom that is said to have healing properties . consider Jungle Cruise ’s star world power and scope , there ’s been quite a scrap of speculation that Disney is attempting to re - create the succeeder of another ride - ground film franchise , pirate of the Caribbean .
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Both trailers sport a number of callbacks to the original ride , and the tone of the picture show seems to be taking a self - depreciate action - drollery road , which keeps the tone of the pun - fill Disney attraction , as well as hearken back to similar genre classics likeThe MummyandRomancing The Stone . However , while the lagger is entertaining , there ’s one major aspect of the motion-picture show that ’s missing - Jack Whitehall ’s fictional character McGregor Houghton , who is countersink to be the first major gay type in a Disney film .
There was a sizable amount of controversy when Whitehall ’s cast and character detail were first harbinger . Some Conservative groups expressed letdown at Disney including anLGBTQ+ theatrical role in their films , while others on the progressive side of the spectrum argue that McGregor should be playact by a jocund actor . Adding fuel to the fire were reports that Whitehall ’s character , McGregor ( who is the brother ofEmily Blunt ’s character Lily ) is " enormously effete " and " very refugee camp , " which set up concerns that Disney ’s first major festal persona would be a walking stereotype . It ’s still hard to know whether or not those descriptions are precise , since Whitehall appear to be advisedly being keep out of theJungle Cruisetrailers .
Although Jack Whitehall has appeared in many behind the scene photos with Blunt and Johnson and is also featured onpromotional cloth like posters , McGregor had no railway line in the first drone , and his onscreen appearances were easygoing to pretermit . His lack of screentime heighten conjecture that the character is being sweep under the carpet to minimize backlash . The trend has go on with the handout of the 2d prevue . He does get a line this time ( although it ’s easy to miss upon first viewing , and will likely require a rewind to get that it is , in fact , McGregor speaking ) , but McGregor is still something of an enigma in theJungle Cruisetrailers .
Given thatDisney ’s gay momentshave been so minuscule in the yesteryear that they ’re easily edited out of foreign expiration to pass international film standards , make McGregor a prominent theatrical role inJungle Cruiseis a big step for Disney , so his absence from the trailers seems to be send sundry messages about how much Disney want to showcase a innovational fictional character . Unless he takes a more cardinal function in another trailer , fans will have to hold off until July to see McGregor Houghton in action in Disney’sJungle Cruise .
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