While Disney's action-adventure-comedy (now in theaters and Disney+ via Premier Access) revolves around Dwayne Johnson's punny Amazon River captain Frank Wolff and Emily Blunt's pioneering scientist Lily Houghton, two characters of note draw outsized attention in the film based on the famed Disneyland ride.īritish comedian Jack Whitehall plays Lily's brother MacGregor Houghton, who is gay, even coming out in a scene with Wolff (though notably without employing the word "gay"). This "Jungle Cruise" has some notable passengers. The film features a rebooted Trader Sam, a character recently removed from the Disney Parks’ Jungle Cruise after criticism over the ride’s racist depiction of Indigenous people. Whitehall’s MacGregor Houghton “comes out” in a “Jungle Cruise” scene with Dwayne Johnson’s Frank Wolff (never using the word "gay").British comedian Jack Whitehall plays a gay character in Disney’s “Jungle Cruise.”.
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