While Marvel rooter still do n’t know exactly who Joe Locke is playing inAgatha All Along — officially his character ’s name is “ Teen , ” though speculationhas narrow down it down a lot more than that — theHeartstopperbreakout is very confident about what he ’s bring to the table intheWandaVisionspin - off . In a new interview , he talked about flirt a queer character reference in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , and what it mean to him both personally and professionally .
talk toVariety , Locke saysAgatha All Alonghas made him less interested about being type as a gay quality , because the role he has is so complex and multi - faceted . “ The show never shies away from his queerness , but it ’s not a defining characteristic of his type , ” he secern the trade . “ It ’s just one stratum of him as a person . ”
Elsewhere in the article , Agatha Harkness herself , Kathryn Hahn , recalls how presently after she started working with Locke she was impressed with his sense of self . “ He corrected me ahead of time on , because I said , ‘ ’ hese witches and this gorgeous wizard , ' ” she return to Variety . “ And he was like , ‘ No , we’reallwitches . ’ That really stuck with me . ”
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Though Locke consider being in a Marvel series “ the mostpinch mething , ” he ’s also ready to face up naysayers — even fellow fellow member of the LGBTQ+ community of interests — who have get hold of from theAgatha All Alongtrailers that his performance as “ Teen ” ( or whoever he ends up being ) will be a “ camp gay stereotype . ” He explained why that did n’t sit around right with him .
“ It really rag me because I was like , ‘ You ca n’t ask for authentic cast and then be overturned if you have a camp quality ’ … I ’m to the full cognizant that the Marvel fandom is far less prissy than theHeartstopperfandom , ” he said . “ There ’s go to be a set of people that just hate everything about the character and everything about what I ’ve done with it , and I just have to be OK with that . ”
And ifAgatha All Alongincludes musical numeral , as has been rumored , Locke ’s theatrical talents will add up in extra handy ; earlier this year , he star as Tobias Ragg — followingStranger Things ‘ Gaten Matarazzo — in the Broadway revival ofSweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street .
Agatha All Along , which also star Sasheer Zamata , Ali Ahn , Patti LuPone , Debra Jo Rupp , Emma Caulfield Ford , and Aubrey Plaza , was created by Jac Schaeffer(Black Widow , WandaVision ) . It will run a total of nine episode , and will debut with a two - sequence premiere September 18 on Disney+ .
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