“I suppose I brought a character to the table who they could envision being probably gay-er than they originally envisioned … It’s very, very lovely that maybe young people who are embarrassed about the fact that they’re gay and they’re keeping it to themselves, can feel a little less uncomfortable about it by seeing a character like Klaus who is very out there and very colourful and unashamed about the fact that he is pansexual, or whatever you want to call it. But I just wanted to play the truth of it, man . . . Klaus is completely not your typical cape-wearing, Captain America-style superhero, he’s the far, far end of the, let’s say, the male spectrum. He’s not necessarily a man, he’s kind of just this creature that’s not bound by traditional societal norms like ‘man’, 'woman’, 'masculinity’, 'femininity’. He just sort of… is.”