Marvel Television’s Agatha All Along is nearing its premiere on Disney+. Jac Schaeffer, the show’s creator, has confirmed that some characters in Agatha All Along are openly queer.
In a recent interview with Zavvi, Schaeffer says that some characters in Agatha All Along are openly queer—and highlighted a strong historical overlap between the persecution of witches and the LGBTQ community.
She also revealed a significant intersection between the queer community and the horror genre—making queer representation feel like a natural fit for the show.
Schaeffer said, “I was tasked with the responsibility of defining witches in the MCU, and I set out to conjure characters who are multi-dimensional, who felt real whilst also being theatrical and charismatic. There is an enormous overlap between the history and persecution of witches and that of the LGBTQ community, just as there’s a lot of intersection between the queer community and the horror genre, so it was a very natural fit for there to be queer representation in the show.”
Schaeffer added, “In fact, I think of Agatha as a drag queen; not only is she an icon, but she’s a performer above all else, and a code switcher depending on who she’s with. With all of this in mind, the writing team as a group were unapologetic about making these characters openly queer.”
- Note: Agatha All Along is rated TV-14, indicating “intensely suggestive dialogue, strong coarse language, intense sexual situations, or intense violence.”
Schaeffer created the ‘WandaVision’ spin-off show, is based on the Marvel Comics character Agatha Harkness. The show stars Kathryn Hahn returning as Agatha Harkness, Joe Locke as Teen, Ali Ahn as Alice, Sasheer Zamata as Jennifer Kale, Aubrey Plaza as Rio Vidal, Patti LuPone as Lilia Calderu, Debra Jo Rupp as Sharon Davis/Mrs. Hart, Miles Guiterrez-Riley as Eddie, Paul Adelstein and Maria Dizzia as Jeff and Rebecca Kaplan, Emma Caulfield-Ford as Dottie Jones/Sarah Proctor, Evan Peters as Ralph Bohner, and Kate Forbes as Evanora Harkness.
Here’s the official synopsis of Agatha All Along:
The infamous Agatha Harkness finds herself down and out of power after a suspicious goth Teen helps break her free from a distorted spell. Her interest is piqued when he begs her to take him on the legendary Witches’ Road, a magical gauntlet of trials that, if survived, rewards a witch with what they’re missing. Together, Agatha and this mysterious Teen pull together a desperate coven, and set off down, down, down The Road…
‘Agatha All Along’ will premiere with two episodes on Disney+ on September 18, 2024. It will consist of 9 episodes, each with a runtime of 30 minutes.
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