Buckle in queer Disney fans! Emma Stone and Emma Thompson's upcoming film Cruella might be giving us the LGBTQ+ representation we've been wanting for DECADES!
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According to a tweet from film insider and YouTuber Grace Randolph, out actor John McCrea will be playing Artie, the first major LGBTQ+ character in a Disney flick.
"We have the 1st officially out and proud #Disney character in her gang!" Randolph wrote.
She continued: "It’s the character played by John McCrea. He has several scenes and plays a very important role, including saving another character!"
Like our sister publication The Advocate points out, McCrea has acted in several LGBTQ+ productions, including God's Own Country and Dracula, as well as starring in the filmed, 2018 stage version of Everybody's Talking About Jamie, the musical about a teen who becomes a drag queen.
Considering how long Disney fanatics have been waiting for actual, meaningful LGBTQ+ representation in a major Disney title, this news is extremely welcome!
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An origin story we've been waiting for eons for, Cruella is set in London in the '70s in the midst of the punk rock revolution, and "follows a young grifter named Estella, a clever and creative girl determined to make a name for herself with her designs," reads the film's official description.
"She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman (fellow Oscar winner Emma Thompson), a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable, and revenge-bent Cruella."
Cruella hits theaters on May 28!