Warning: This story contains minor spoilers forNimona.
The cast and filmmakers ofNimonaare opening up about the film’s ground-breaking queer kiss.
“It just makes sense for the characters.
Ballister Boldheart (Riz Ahmed), Nimona (Chloe Grace Moretz), and Ambrosius Goldenloin (Eugene Lee Yang) in ‘Nimona’.Netflix
The whole time you see them, you’re like, well, y’all have definitely kissed a lot!
Y’all are kissing all the time whenever the camera’s not on you!
When we are honoring these characters as human, that’s when it feels real, you know?”
The film makes their bond more obvious, and whenNimonabegins, the two knights are already in a relationship.
These days, queer themes and characters aren’t a complete rarity in mainstream animation.
This month, Pixar also releasedElemental,featuring a minor character who’s non-binary.
(Both of those shows have ended in recent years.)
The film, kiss included, was later rescuedby Annapurna and Netflix, who distributed the final version.
“Fortunately, I was pretty sheltered from that.
It’s hard not to take it personally when someone is saying, ‘That’s not appropriate.’
And it’s like, ‘Well, that’s my life.
AmInot appropriate?'”
“Nick and Troy really fought for this,” Stevenson adds.
These characters don’t make sense without it.
It’s about the emotional truth of the characters, first and foremost."
“I love that it was almost just like: ‘Hey, babe.
I just got back from Trader Joe’s.
What are you up to?'”
Nimonais streaming now on Netflix.
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