"For the show to openly explore his attraction to both men and women onscreen was a big deal given how the character had previously been portrayed," Peter Nagy says of Matt Ryan's character. "Constantine’s bisexuality was first alluded to in John Smith’s 1992 issue Hellblazer: Counting to Ten and then touched on periodically in subsequent comics. But other adaptations—including the 2005 Hollywood film Constantine and the short-lived NBC television series by the same name (starring Ryan)—either erased or ignored the character’s sexual history. Fans who were frustrated by this consistent 'straight-washing' may have felt some relief when the Legends executive producer Phil Klemmer promised his show wouldn’t repeat this mistake."
TOPICS: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The CW, Constantine, Matt Ryan, LGBTQ