Is alberto from luca gay
For queer folks who watched Disney and Pixar’s 2021 movie Luca, the homosexual subtext between main characters Luca and his friend Alberto were incredibly strenuous to miss.
So we’re not surprised at all that in an interview with The Wrap, Luca director Enrico Casarosa has revealed that the resourceful team behind the colourful film had actually “talked about” including a potential romance between the two main characters.
For those who don’t know, Luca released in June 2021 and follows the incredible friendship between two childish boys (Luca and Alberto). The two of them are sea monsters who reside in the ocean just outside of Portorosso, a fishing town that both hates and fears the being of the aquatic race. Even with danger surrounding them, the two of them take on the form of two ordinary-looking human boys and access the town in search of a Vespa – a scooter that they believe will grant them freedom away from the rules and regulations of their society.
It’s a heartfelt and fun film with a message about discovering yourself and embracing what you find. A letter that you could also argue is undeniably queer in how its conveyed throug
'Luca' director admits they 'talked about' making the leads same-sex attracted but decided to focus on a 'pre-romance' friendship
Since the first trailer for Pixar's "Luca" came out and showed two boy sea monsters who befriend one another as they try to be accepted above the sea in a small Italian fishing town, it has resonated with the LGBTQ+ community.
Watching the close bond the main characters Luca and Alberto have, many even went and declared it the animated version of the gay coming-of-age 2017 drama, "Call Me by Your Name," starring Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer.
Though "Luca" director Enrico Casarosa has always said while doing press that the story is based on his unbent relationship with his best friend growing up in Italy, in a recent interview with The Wrap he did admit that for a moment while developing the story they wondered if Luca and Alberto should be more than just friends.
"We talked about it," Casarosa said of the two having a romance. "I think the reason probably we didn't talk about it as much and, to a certain degree, we're slightly surprised by the amount of people talking about intimacy, is that we were really focusing on
Luca's Gay Romance Is Finally Canon, But Should Have Been All Along
Luca is an animated movie that can be interpreted in myriad ways. Director Enrico Casarosa is outspoken about the Pixar production being inspired by much of his own upbringing, while its themes of young children who can exist as either humans or sea creatures evokes themes of LGBTQ+ identity and the world’s prominent refugee crisis. Like many films of this ilk, your interpretation is oftentimes valid, even if not necessarily canon to the wider story, which in this case caused an uproar when it comes to two of its main characters.
Titular protagonist Luca Paguro and childhood friend Alberto Scorfano possess long been keen to investigate beyond the sea they were raised in, to discover what wonders the human world will hold, despite the fact their true identities might never be accepted. The duo interact with each other constantly throughout, growing their lifelong friendship through hardship, adversity, and new companions who call the land home. Through the film’s dialogue, themes, and even the animation, it can be easy to read Luca as a queer story, one where its main characters attempt to come to terms with no
Just like any other closeted queer, I ravishingly enjoyed Pixar’s “Luca.” Naturally, I forced my mom to drive to every nearby McDonald’s so I could have a plastic doll version of the Italian sea monster himself. Something about the blossoming partnership between protagonists Luca and Alberto urged me to buy a keepsake from the film, even if it was a Delighted Meal toy. Yet, there was one sentiment from the movie I could not get past.
In June, Director Enrico Casarosa explained at a press conference, this intention with the film: that Luca and Alberto are just friends, not the sweet, guiltless boyfriends many viewers took them to be. The LGBTQ community was distraught, talking to outlets enjoy Tik Tok to contribute their frustrations. How dare Pixar dangle, then get away the one culture piece they so longingly waited for?
“Luca” recounts two teen sea monsters on a mission to earn a Vespa scooter for Luca to escape his overprotective parents. The boys find themselves in a sea monster hunting town, Potorosso, where they must hide their true identities in order to fit in. The metaphor at play is clear enough for anyone’s gaydar to go off: Luca’s fish face is symbolic of his que