Fans are reveling over the possibility Marvel's Thor may be crushing on Guardians of the Galaxy hero Star-Lord—aka Peter Quill—based on what they saw in the new trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder.
In the Marvel comics, Star-Lord has already come out as bisexual.
Marvel Studios dropped the trailer for the movie directed by Taika Waititi–who directed 2017's Thor: Ragnarok–on Monday.
The preview featured a scene where Thor–played by Chris Hemsworth—gave Star Lord–played by Chris Pratt—a gaze long enough to exceed the acceptable time limit beyond a casual glance.
Here it is. + pic.twitter.com/PImDUFzM04— Marvel Studios (@Marvel Studios) 1650290411
As Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mind" underscored the preview, Star-Lord asked Thor, "You ever feel lost?" and added, "Just look into the eyes of the people that you love" as he looked at his Guardians of the Galaxy crew.
The song abruptly cut off as Thor gradually leaned into Star-Lord's sightline of the crew to meet his eyes.
Star-Lord asserted to Thor, it wasn't him to whom he was referring.
To which Thor quickly brushed off his lingering look and replied, "What? Just listening."
THOR IS GAY !!!!!!!! WE WONpic.twitter.com/q3OPmdCNqn— karina (@karina) 1650294810
People praised the director for his vision and for subty confirming their suspicion that Thor is not strictly heterosexual.
everyone say thank you taika waititi!— Jane \ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f (@Jane \ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f) 1650295196
god bless taika waititi— jay \ud83d\udca6 (@jay \ud83d\udca6) 1650295053
@bunnigraveyard LOOKpic.twitter.com/wrRXRqiqJR— karina ZZZ (@karina ZZZ) 1650294895
always has beenpic.twitter.com/VrzTEWtsi7— dane \ud83d\udcab drawin (@dane \ud83d\udcab drawin) 1650295843
Meanwhile some fans advised Pratt—who met with backlash for his affiliation with a scandal-ridden and aggressively anti-LGBTQ+ Evangelical Christian organization, Hillsong Church—to stay offline to avoid reading about the speculation involving his character.
Crisp rat is seething and raging I bet you smoke was coming out of his ears when he read the gay script— paprika (@paprika) 1650316380
Ik Chris Pratt was kicking and sobbing when he read that script— gl!may \ud83c\udf26 (@gl!may \ud83c\udf26) 1650295926
chris pratt after taika waititi told him he had to do subtley gay scenes with chris hemsworth:pic.twitter.com/qOdkSp1ucd— n \ud83d\udcab ceo of han "leias concubine" solo (@n \ud83d\udcab ceo of han "leias concubine" solo) 1650293220
We need to fill his comment sec with "bi icon"— Stephanie Faith G. Balanag (@Stephanie Faith G. Balanag) 1650329189
ik chris was throwing a hissy fit over this scene— bones :D (@bones :D) 1650316515
In 2019, Pratt defended the church despite its allegations of homophobia and defended Hillsong by stating it was "a church that opens their doors to absolutely everyone."
And while Pratt played the character in the first two Guardians of the Galaxy films in 2014 and in 2017, fans wondered if he would reprise the role after a 2020 issue of the Guardians of the Galaxy comic indicated Star-Lord–whose real name is Peter Quill–was bisexual.
With no further details on his character development in the upcoming third Guardianssequel, however, Pratt and the rest of his castmates are currently in production in Atlanta for the Infinity Saga's end after a significant delay due to the pandemic and the firing and rehiring of director James Gunn.
