Jack Whitehall's role as first major gay Disney character sparks row

The actor and comedian is reportedly playing the gay brother of Emily Blunt’s character in Disney film Jungle Cruise

A row has broken out on social media after reports that Jack Whitehall will play the first major openly gay character in a Disney film.

Whitehall announced on Instagram that he was working on Jungle Cruise, a film based on the Disney theme park ride of the same name, starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. Whitehall is to play the brother of Blunt’s character, and according to a report in the Sun, “he is playing a gay man – one who is hugely effete, very camp and very funny”.

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