The Transporter is Originally a Gay Character

I realize this is a dead thread but id like to say for posterity. First of all for those saying the director was being political. He was speaking about subverting the heterosexual male gaze that is omnipresent in action movies, that is a cinema commentary. Also get over it, cinema is often inherently political
Secondly for those acting like hes trying to retcon the character, he directed the first movie as well, so that’s completely moot. Thirdly, for those saying it doesnt matter, then immediately commenting that there are practically no gay action heroes, thats the exact point the director was making, congratulations. Fourth, someone who is bisexual is often considered “gay” or “queer” (mostly due to homophobia) so his statement or his heterosexuality in the first film is not at all contradictory to this statement. Yall scrambling like d**n fools because its hard to process that an action protagonist is gay. That was literally the entire point. You bit the onion.

Wooley said most of what I was going to.

Bond's defining characteristic is to do anything to accomplish his mission. Seducing men despite not being attracted to them would be completely in keeping with the character. I'd even go so far as to say it'd be out of character for him to refuse to.

I really liked that line from Skyfall, partially because of the reasoning above, but also because even if he's lying, it's exactly the kind of self-assured repartee he'd offer up anyway. There's a few ways to interpret it and all of them fit.

When would Chappelle, Gervais and Louis C.K. ever consider toning down their style for instance?

Saying something without criticism, maybe not. But not being able to say it at all, not really true.

Bird Bod

We're basically one reply away from this completely leaving the original topic, so let's try to drag it back to that if we can.

All this talk about The Transporter Frank Martin possibly being gay, but none about the possibility that Benoit Blanc may be gay in the Knives Out series.

That maybe a more interesting topic.

All this talk about The Transporter Frank Martin possibly being gay, but none about the possibility that Benoit Blanc may be gay in the Knives Out series.

That maybe a more interesting topic.

Possibility?!

I think that was as explicitly addressed as needed in the second installment, though, via the great HG.

I figured, but I also don’t want to presume two guys living together means they’re automatically gay.

God, I don’t know. It’s not so much that as the way the dialogue came off.

God, I don’t know. It’s not so much that as the way the dialogue came off.

"Are you in the bathtub again?" LOL.

I always like it when detectives have significant others, be it on screen or off (a la Mrs Columbo). It gives a great way to ground their humanity.