Jack Whitehall`s role as first major gay Disney character sparks row
(The Guardian Culture News)

The actor and comedian is reportedly playing the gay brother of Emily Blunt´s character in Disney film Jungle CruiseA row has broken out on social media after reports that Jack Whitehall will play the first major openly gay character in a Disney film.Whitehall announced on Instagram that he was working on Jungle Cruise, a film based on the Disney theme park ride of the same name, starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. Whitehall is to play the brother of Blunt´s character, and according to a report in the Sun, `he is playing a gay man - one who is hugely effete, very camp and very funny`. Continue reading...