Jack Whitehall to play Disney’s first-ever gay character in Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson movie The Jungle Cruise

Jack Whitehall is to play Disney’s first ever gay character. The British comic’s role is being hailed as a “turning point” in film history. Jack, 30, plays a “fun, effete” young man in the forthcoming blockbuster The Jungle Cruise, co-starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, 46, and Emily Blunt, 35. The Walt Disney Pictures movie — due for release next year — is set in the 19th century. In it the Bad Education star

makes clear he has no interest in women. A source said: “This is a huge gig for Jack and has landed him his biggest ever pay cheque. “But, more excitingly, he is playing a gay man – one who is hugely effete, very camp and very funny. “It’s a dream role. “Disney’s always been incredibly supportive of the LGBTQ community. READ MORE