Marvel's Tommy Maximoff won't necessarily be confirmed bisexual on screen when VisionQuest premieres next month, but the actor playing him hopes his own identity will shape the role anyway.
Speaking to SFX Magazine ahead of the series' 14 October debut, Mollica addressed whether the show will explore Tommy's sexuality directly.
I feel like myself as a bisexual actor embodying Tommy, hopefully that comes through in just personality and self and is something that can be explored in the future.
Ruaridh Mollica
A Character in the Comics, a Question on Screen
In Marvel Comics, Tommy Shepherd, better known as Speed, has already been written as bisexual, giving fans a real basis for hoping the MCU version follows suit. Mollica described his take on Tommy as
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