Chloe Zhao Is Working To Make Sure 'Eternals' Isn't Censored in Overseas Markets Over Its Gay Scenes

Chloe Zhao is trying to make sure that Eternals screens in every country around the world possible.

During a recent interview with IndieWire, the Oscar winning director opened up about her ambitions to make the movie uncensored, even in those countries which prohibit gay moments on-screen.

Click inside to see what Chloe shared…

“I don’t know all the details but I do believe discussions were had and there’s a big desire from Marvel and myself — we talked about this — to not change the cut of the movie,” she explained about her mission for the Marvel movie. “Fingers crossed.”

The movie features Phastos, which is the MCU’s first-ever openly gay hero. He is played by Brian Tyree Henry.

“The way Phastos’ story plays out in the film is that he’s someone who only sees humanity as a whole and believes that technology’s going to solve the problem. Obviously, he lost faith in us for some very tough things that we’ve done,” Chloe shared about the character and his arc.

Chloe continues, “Then he had to stop looking at us as a whole and look at one person he falls in love with, and one child, to regain the face of humanity. It’s like us turning on the news and thinking it’s completely hopeless and then going home, looking at our lover and our child and going like, ‘Well actually this is worth fighting for.’”

Eternals is also going to feature the MCU’s first-ever sex scene.

“From that moment to what you see onscreen there was definitely a lot of discussion about how to do it,” she says. “But I think the desire to do something different is a very natural desire for where Marvel Studios is right now. I think it’s like Westerns coming into the revisionist period of the 70s. I think it’s happening to superhero films — or at least we’re on the edge of that. And so these scenes just started to happen naturally.”

“For us to be able to show two people who love each other, not just emotionally and intellectually but also physically, and to have a sex scene that will be seen by a lot of people that shows their love and compassion and gentleness — I think it’s a really beautiful thing.”

Eternals will debut in theaters in the US on November 5.