When we talked Friday, Sleiman recalled how it was his idea to have his character speak some Arabic in the film. I wish! Can you imagine how many lives this is going to be saving - kids, young queer folk, who are being bullied, committing suicide and not seeing themselves being represented? And now they get to see this - it’s above and beyond.” “I wish I had that when I was a kid, to see this. “Beyond a dream come true, it’s lifesaving,” he told me. when he was 21, came out as gay in 2017 after first gaining attention playing Tarek, an undocumented Syrian immigrant in 2007’s “The Visitor.”Īt the “Eternals” world premiere last month, Sleiman spoke passionately about how much representation and visibility matter. Sleiman, who was raised in a Muslim family in Lebanon before moving to the U.S. Not only is Phastos the MCU’s first gay superhero, but he and Ben are married and fathers to a young son. In the Chloé Zhao-directed movie, Sleiman plays Ben, the husband of Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry).
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