SkyWorld Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 http://us.blastingnews.com/showbiz-tv/2017/01/cole-sprouse-wants-to-play-jughead-as-asexual-for-riverdale-001399957.html Author: Amanda Joyce Date: 16 January 2017 Quote Cole Sprouse, when he was announced for the role of Jughead at the same time that the comic book reveal occurred, did plenty of research into sexuality and just what being asexual would mean for Jughead. As he explained to Hollywood Life at the TCA press tour, he has been “fighting… pretty heavily” for Jughead to be represented the same way on the show. While we know that Jughead will still have his healthy appreciation for burgers from the comics, Sprouse also confirmed that there will be romances with young women in store for the character as well, despite his wish for “the forms of representation that are otherwise lacking in our public media.” (Fans might want to remember that even though Sprouse might be fighting for Jughead’s sexuality, he’s not in charge of the scripts.) Link to post Share on other sites
ChillaKilla Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Man, the Sprouse twins are pretty cool. Link to post Share on other sites
WinterWanderer Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 At least he's trying! This gives me hope. Link to post Share on other sites
WinterWanderer Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Love this quote from the article: Quote The actor does not think the romances coming up preclude Jughead from realizing his sexuality at a later date, though. He went on to explain during his interview that, “Asexuality is not one of those things in my research that is so understood at face value and I think maybe the development of that narrative could also be something very interesting and very unique and still resonate with people, and not step on anyone’s toes. I think sexuality especially is one of those fluid things where often times we find who we are through certain things that happen in our lives.” Link to post Share on other sites
Jeena Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Here's hoping. Link to post Share on other sites
EmotionalAndroid Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I'm glad he's trying. I hope he succeeds! Link to post Share on other sites
ShyFeather Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 It's frustrating that if it was a canon gay character being portrayed as straight it would cause huge uproar, but it's okay to do it to an asexual character Link to post Share on other sites
ShyFeather Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 2 hours ago, gayasanaro said: It would actually not cause a huge uproar, considering how often gay characters are headcanoned as aroace, straight, or shipped into m/w pairings I think there is a difference between headcanon and fanwork versus official shows adopted from original work. Link to post Share on other sites
ChillaKilla Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 6 hours ago, ShyFeather said: I think there is a difference between headcanon and fanwork versus official shows adopted from original work. I agree with both of you, in that fanwork is different from canon, but it still pisses me off to see sexual minority characters get shoehorned into heterosexuality totally not a hypocrite the other way around with that, no of course I've never shipped a straight person in a gay ship But I do believe there's a difference between making an LGBTQ character straight, and the other way around. The former is more often done to make a work "less controversial" (thanks for the reminder that our existences are inherently a controversy ), and the latter is simply done because LGBTQ people don't see nearly enough good representation and having a character we like be like us is always a good feeling to have. Of course, a fair bit of the latter is done by heterosexual fans who fetishize gay relationships (yaoi fangirls, guys who watch lesbian porn, etc.) and that's super annoying. But I wouldn't say that that's a majority either. Link to post Share on other sites
Éadweard Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 You know I don't care if they come out and say I'm (haha) asexual or not on my (haha again) show. But I do mind if they try to make me have a girlfriend. Now that does break with Jughead's character historically. Link to post Share on other sites
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