'Willow' Series Showrunner Talks The Queer Relationship Between Dove & Kit

The full cast of Disney+’s Willow stunned at the premiere of the new show!

Original movie stars Warwick Davis and Joanne Whalley joined Ellie Bamber, Ruby Cruz, Erin Kellyman, Tony Revolori, Amar Chadha-Patel, Dempsey Bryk, Christian Slater, Annabelle Davis, Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, Adwoa Aboah, and Kevin Pollak on the red carpet in Los Angeles on Tuesday night (November 29).

In a new interview, series creator Jonathan Kasdan opened up about the queer relationship between Ruby‘s Kit and Ellie‘s Dove.

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Speaking with Polygon, Jonathan shared that there was no pushback from Disney about the relationship.

“What’s interesting is — I hope and I believe we’re at a moment where you’re going to see a paradigm shift in that,” he said. “Hopefully, the way that it’s gonna happen is that these kinds of [queer] stories, particularly like this one, that were just organic to the narrative we were telling, find their way in, and it becomes less of a surprising and unusual thing to see.”

Jonathan added, that “It’s a part of the landscape of the world around us, just like the diversity elements of casting.”

“If you look at the original Willow, by no fault of anyone, it’s not very diverse. And as we enter 2022, the world has changed, in the way we’re absorbing entertainment, and the faces we’re reflecting in entertainment have expanded enormously, and we hope the show can be growing as the world grows. Just as, frankly, the movie was.”

Willow is out TODAY on Disney+.

If you missed it, find out which roles Warwick‘s children play in the show.