Do you fantasize about some of Hollywood's leading men dumping the girl and just having some man-on-man action on the big screen? No, everything doesn't have to be gay, but it could be a little bi, no?
Supposedly 'The Legend of Tarzan' was supposed to have a little more sexual tension than what was presented on screen. It also might have had a different leading man.
It seems the most interesting things about “The Legend Of Tarzan,” are the behind-the-scenes dealings as the picture was made. We found out earlier this week that producer Jerry Weintraub had eyeballed Olympian Michael Phelps for the lead role…before he was so thoroughly turned off by the athlete’s “Saturday Night Live” hosting duties, he cooled on the idea completely. And now comes word that ‘Tarzan’ was a bit more spicy at one time than the final version that hit the big screen.
David Yates has revealed that he had filmed a scene that featured a kiss between Christoph Waltz‘s villain and Alexander Skarsgard‘s hero (while the latter is unconscious), but snipped it because the tone of the sequence didn’t flow with the rest of the picture.
“We pared it back because it was almost too much. It was this really odd, odd moment when Christoph kisses him,” the director told The Times. “We loved it at the time. But early test audiences were perplexed by it and in the end it just felt too clever and overworked.”
But it wasn’t just Waltz’s baddie who found himself stirred by Tarzan’s wondrous six-pack — so did Jane, played by Margot Robbie. And Yates teased there were some more “primal” romance scenes between Skarsgard and Robbie. Oh, what could’ve been. – theplaylist.net
Would Michael Phelps done well on the big screen?
What would the gay kiss have added?
Do you agree it wasn't needed?
h/t: theplaylist.net
Remember the first Tarzan in
Remember the first Tarzan in fully talking pictures was Johnny Weissmuller the Olympic swimmer. Jane was played by Maureen O'Sullivan the mother of Mia Farrow.
Phelps has no acting training but he could have handled "me Tarzan you Jane" like Weissmuller, except that I'm not sure he could convincingly play sexy.
The old trope where the
The old trope where the villain is made more villainous by having him be gay or bi? No, thank you.
Alexander was perfect, and I
Alexander was perfect, and I am glad that the man – kiss was cut out. I agree that it would seem weird and out of place. Oh what a beautiful man Tarzan is! Lucky Jane!