We know ‘Wicked’ is for the gays, but just how queer is Jonathan Bailey’s character?

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Wicked: Part One hits theaters Friday (November 22).The ginormous blockbuster — based on the beloved Broadway musical — is undeniably the biggest LGBTQ+ cinema event of the year.

Which is saying a lot, considering Gladiator 2 also hits theaters this month.Not only does director Jon M. Chu’s film include the pivotal gay karaoke classic “Defying Gravity,” but its cast is comprised of queer icons and allies like Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, and, of course, Jonathan Bailey.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.A post shared by Wicked Movie (@wickedmovie)But plot twist: the Fellow Travelers star portrays the handsome Fiyero, a debonair chieftain who wins the affection of good-witch-in-training Glinda (Grande).

So, he’s straight. Or is he?Well, if you ask Bowen Yang, who portrays Bailey’s snooty classmate Pfannee, Fiyero is actually “canonically bisexual.”With flirty mannerisms and an incredibly charming performance of “Dancing Through Life,” Yang teased that Bailey’s character has an “unspoken bisexual energy.”And don’t get us started on that nothing-but-boots photo that Bailey teased.Still, as Yang explained to Pink News, Bailey’s character choice may come from sexuality as much as it does from Fiyero’s self-absorption. “I feel like this is something that just like went over my head growing up watching Wicked, being like, ‘Well, Fiyero is just so dashing, and everybody loves him,’ but it’s because he kind of leans into these narcissistic qualities, or these seemingly narcissistic qualities about him,” Yang said.A sweet moment between Jonathan Bailey and Bowen Yang at the NYC premiere of Wicked via gelila.bekele pic.twitter.com/uLTcWHB3ggThat said, Yang, whose character in the flick is explicitly queer, admitted that “something about [Bailey] in [the film] is so… enthralling.”And while — spoiler alert — Fiyero spends the entirety of Wicked chasing after the.