Apparently, today’s the day for catching up on articles I missed, like this one from NYMag.com...
Channing Tatum on Why The Eagle Is Not Homoerotic, Even If He and Jamie Bell Are Having Sex
It seems like it was only a matter of time before the bulked-up Channing Tatum played a Roman soldier: His head seems like it was crafted for a helmet, and his physique made for short tunics and giant swords. In The Eagle, which opens today, he appears as a commander who has a power switch with his slave (Jamie Bell) while on a mission. We talked to Tatum about the inevitable whispers of homoeroticism that come with any sword-sandal-and-slave movie, as well as the bad, cruel press for his Sundance movie, The Son of No One. And, of course, we check in with his scalded penis, because it would be rude not to.
In The Eagle, there are two male leads but no female love interests. Would you say there’s a homoerotic element to the film?
Well there are swords, and two guys are sword fighting. There’s a metaphor there I’m sure. And back in the Roman day I think it was probably more accepted than it is now. But there’s none in the movie. Me and [director Kevin Macdonald] talked a lot before we started filming: There is no love story in the movie, but it’s a relationship movie for sure.
There’s been a lot of buzz about the master-slave relationship going on there. Seems a little BDSM.
I think Jamie had a lot of fun having me as a slave. I don’t think I took advantage of it like I should have when he was my slave. But Jamie, yeah — he abused me. So maybe there was some frustration coming out a little bit here and there.
But would you say there’s a bromance aspect to it? They need each other even though they resent each other — that’s the basis for a lot of love stories.
I think there’s love in any relationship, whether it’s between a man and a woman, an animal and a person. Look, you have a need to be understood, humans gather around each other and they need to help each other through things. Jamie’s character and my character through trial by fire had to figure out how to understand each other. So I guess you could call it a bromance.
How about in real life?
Jamie and I have a bromance. We’ve been having sex for a few years now.
How’s that going?
Going fantastic.
He’s a lot smaller than you. He’s really small.
He’s a goer though.
What’s a goer?
I don’t know. I just made it up.
3 comments:
Channing Tatum would look very much like a Roman soldier except for his cut penis;Roman soldiers were not circumcised!
So in real life Channing Tatum has a bromance with Jamie Bell, with lots of sex;who is top, who is bottom, or they take turns? And who gives head?
Channing Tatum has a gorgeous bubble-butt (seen on the Internet) and a boiled cut penis(he burnt it with boiling water,ouch!)
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