'It makes me blissful': Chris Evans stands by same-sex kiss in Lightyear

Actor Chris Evans welcomed the same-sex kiss within the film Lightyear, wherein he voices the lead character.

Because the titular character Buzz Lightyear, Evans was blissful that Disney opted to maintain the kiss within the movie. The actor lamented that the scene was thought-about "information" in any respect.

"It makes me blissful," Evans stated of the kiss. "It’s robust to not be somewhat pissed off that it even must be a subject of dialogue."

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES BANS PIXAR'S LIGHTYEAR

"The aim is that we are able to get to some extent the place it's the norm and that this doesn’t should be some uncharted waters — that finally that is simply the way in which it's," Evans went on. "Look, it’s an honor to be part of one thing that's taking these steps, however the aim is to look again on this time and simply be shocked that it took us this lengthy to get there."

Between the time Evans made the assertion and when it was revealed, the United Arab Emirates introduced it might be banning the movie as a result of kiss, which is shared by two feminine characters who're married. Saudi Arabia additionally subsequently banned the movie.