Jack Whitehall Opens Up About His Important Coming Out Scene in 'Jungle Cruise'

Disney’s Jungle Cruise is the studio’s latest release, and one of just a handful of Disney flicks to feature a queer character.

What can’t he do? Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson pushed Jungle Cruise to a gigantic opening weekend this past week. Disney’s newest effort saw incredible growth over the weekend, unlike any competitive movies this summer. From Friday, July 30, to Saturday, July 31, Downtown Disney saw a 15 percent growth.

Jack Whitehall, one of the stars of Disney’s new movie, Jungle Cruise, auditioned for Harry Potter!

The Disneyland-inspired adventure film grossed $13.3 million on Friday, ahead of the $7.7 million opening day of “Cruella” back in May. The full financial outlook of the film isn’t clear yet as “Jungle Cruise” is also being released as a $30 premium paid streaming title on Disney+, but the film has won over Johnson’s fans and family audiences with an A- on CinemaScore and a 94% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes to go with a 62% critics score.

on Premier Access on Disney+, bringing fans to the Amazon with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. It took years to get here, but Disney has finally gotten another of its original rides onto the big screen.

another of its theme park rides and churned out a bland, quasi-pleasant, extremely derivative film based on it. Truth be told, it’s a wobbly base to begin with. The “Jungle Cruise” attraction at Disney World doesn’t have much of an arc to speak of; you hop aboard a boat and stare at old mechanical animals while a skipper makes wisecracks. Running time: 127 minutes.

Before he starred in Jungle Cruise as McGregor, Jack Whitehall auditioned for The Little Mermaid, and has opened up about his odd audition for the role of Prince Eric.

Jungle Cruise has been criticised for a “blink-and-you’ll-miss-it” coming out scene involving Jack Whitehall’s character.According to Variety, his character – Emily Blunt’s brother and assistant in the film – says he broke off several engagements as his “interests happily lay elsewhere”.Several fans took to social media to condemn the scene, criticising Disney for the lack of “genuine representation” when it comes to LGBTQ+ characters.“A blink-&-you’ll-miss-it moment,” tweeted one person.

Disney’s “Jungle Cruise” has many sights that awe its adventurers—a cove of towering waterfalls that empties from below, a spindly mega tree that sprouts luminescent red flowers in the moonlight, a violent set of rapids ready to suck boats over the edge. On the other hand, viewers will only see numerous uncanny valleys, related to when a visual is recognizable but distractingly not real.

Édgar Ramirez is opening up about losing his grandmother to COVID-19 days ahead of the premiere. Ramirez told ET's Matt Cohen that despite the excitement surrounding the Disney film, it's been a hard week for his family.«I brought my entire family, my mom is here, my dad is here.

Jack Whitehall is opening up about his “Jungle Cruise” character. 

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorJack Whitehall says he didn’t know that his character McGregor in “Jungle Cruise” was gay when he originally auditioned for the film.“When I first read the script, there was only a like a couple of sides,” the British actor told me at the movie’s premiere at Disneyland. “So yeah, there wasn’t any indication of that.

Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson are hitting the red carpet!

Before, During & After Baby, which was posted on July 22, the founder revealed that she began seeing a therapist with her eldest child when she was just 11 years old.“I felt like my relationship really suffered with my parents because they didn't know how to communicate with me and how I needed to be parented,” told Schwarzenegger.

Jessica Alba appeared on the latest edition of Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt’s Instagram series “Before, During & After Baby”, where she discussed the importance of parents having honest communication with their kids.

Joshua Jackson is opening up about his daughter with Jodie Turner-Smith!