Ezra Miller says Jesus was a ‘queer radical’
Ezra Miller attends the Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
Fantastic Beasts actor Ezra Miller has referred to Jesus as a “queer radical.”
The actor, who himself identifies as queer, made the comments in an interview with ES MagazineĀ on Thursday.
Miller said: “Iād like to chill with Jesus. He seemed like a queer, radical, person of colour who was resisting an occupying empire.”
Alluding to anti-LGBT evangelicals, he added: “I donāt know how itās gotten so twisted up, you know what I mean?”
The actor continued: “I identify with every single faith in the world and none because theyāre all f***ed-up. Quote me!”
Fantastic Beasts star Ezra Miller, who said Jesus was a “queer radical” (Roy Rochlin/Getty)
AĀ college professor previouslyĀ sparked controversy by suggesting that Jesus Christ was a genderfluid drag king who had sex with men.
Professor Tat-siong Benny Liew, who teaches New Testament Studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts, documented his unorthodox theories in a 2009 compilation of Biblical criticism.
āI am suggesting that Johnās constant references to Jesus wanting water, giving water, and leaking water speak to Jesusā gender indeterminacy and hence his cross-dressing and other queer desires,ā the professor wrote, before also suggesting Jesus had a gay lover in the form of a Roman centurion
Letters claiming to have been written by Jesus were posted through letterboxesĀ inĀ Sydneyās gay district in October,Ā threatening to inflict stormsĀ onĀ the areaĀ if gay marriage was not banned.
Ezra Miller (Jamie McCarthy/Getty)
Ezra Miller on his sexual orientation and gender IDENTITY
Ezra Miller is set to reprise the role of Credence Barebone in the upcomingĀ Harry Potter spin-off filmĀ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,
Elsewhere in the interview, Ezra Miller opened up about facing negative attitudes in the film industry after coming out as queer in 2012.
He said: “There were people [in the industry] who gave me a rough time for coming out. Still, the years of exploration since have been āa beautiful, ongoing and very sexy journey.'”
Ezra Miller on the cover of ES Magazine.Ā The full interview appears in this weekās issue ofĀ ES Magazine, out Thursday (November 8).
In an interview withĀ The Hollywood ReporterĀ earlier this week, Miller saidĀ heĀ doesn’t see himselfĀ as a man or a woman.
He said:Ā “I don’t identify. Like, f**k that.
“Queer just means no, I don’t do that. I don’t identify as a man. I don’t identify as a woman. I barely identify as a human.”
HeĀ also opened up about his ownĀ #MeTooĀ moment, which came at the hands of a director and producer he declined to name.
“They gave me wine and I was underage,” said Miller. “They were like: ‘Hey, want to be in our movie about gay revolution?’ And I was like: ‘No, you guys are monsters.'”
The 26-year-old actor added that one shining light of the current period is the ability to call out “unacceptable” actions like these.
“We f***ing survived it. That’s what Hollywood is. I thought we all knew we were sex workers.”
