In the upcoming film, Sleiman will play an architect who is married with a child to Phastos – the first openly gay superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
In an interview with Out Magazine, Sleiman said his casting was “very smart” as he will “humanise the hell” out of LGBTQ+ families.
He said: “I feel lucky, and I’m grateful. And…I don’t want to sound arrogant, but I feel like Marvel, they were very smart to cast me in it because I got to humanise the hell out of it. “I got to humanise an LGBTQ+ family and show how beautiful they are.” Sleiman, who came out publicly in 2017, said he is excited about how LGBTQ+ storytelling is changing in television and film. “The most exciting thing is the stories that are being told in