How Bros Reclaims The Funny Gay Sex Scene

Contents:

• HOW BROS RECLAIMS THE FUNNY GAY SEX SCENE
• GAY AND LGBTQ+ COMEDY MOVI TO WATCH IF YOU LOVED 'BROS'
• UNIVERSAL’S ROM-COM ‘BROS’ WILL PRE-EMPTIVELY SKIP MIDDLE EAST RELEASE DUE TO GAY SEX SCEN (EXCLUSIVE)
• BILLY EICHNER SAYS 'BROS' GAY SEX SCEN WILL BE 'EYE-OPENG FOR CERTA PEOPLE'

HOW BROS RECLAIMS THE FUNNY GAY SEX SCENE

Billy Eichner, Le Macfarlane, and Bros director Nicholas Stoller exclively tell EW how they vised their groundbreakg gay sex scene Universal's romantic edy, and volved a lot of improvisatn, lghs, but also reful nsiratn of how to prent a tenr, extremely specific, and kk-iendly moment to the mass. 'Renée Zellweger 'loved the joke' of Billy Eichner namg a fake gay app after her  BrosBilly Eichner got emotnal filmg Bros gay rom- scen 'the way Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan' didBilly Eichner 'actively pursued' Symone for her Bros role after seeg her talents on RuPl's Drag RaceBilly Eichner's LGBTQ+ st shatters rom- history  Bros trailer: 'Love is love… that is bulls---! ' Bros Bros Billy Eichner leads a predomantly LGBTQ st Universal's groundbreakg gay rom- about two men fdg love unexpected plac.

GAY AND LGBTQ+ COMEDY MOVI TO WATCH IF YOU LOVED 'BROS'

Bros may not technilly be Hollywood's first gay love story — films like Makg Love, Jefey and Fire Island all prece — but 's fely Hollywood's rnchit gay love story. Capturg that aspect of ntemporary LGBTQ life is somethg that was important for the film's out gay stars, and sets Bros apart om the typil Apatow/Stoller jot, where the central uple tends to be monogamo.

UNIVERSAL’S ROM-COM ‘BROS’ WILL PRE-EMPTIVELY SKIP MIDDLE EAST RELEASE DUE TO GAY SEX SCEN (EXCLUSIVE)

(Photo: ©Universal/Courty Everett Collectn)Those scen were also an tn for Stoller, who ps to beg a straight director helmg a gay rom-. The film is already gettg review bombed on IMDB by homophobic viewers, many of whom haven't even seen the movie, leadg Eichner to rpond on social how he feels about the possibily that ter trolls might claim that he's "rptg" Ameri's youth, Eichner says that ship has long sce sailed. (Photo: ©Universal/Courty Everett Collectn)Even as Bros reprents a breakthrough for gay storytellg at the major stud level, Eichner regniz that the muny he's a part of is far more diverse than the whe uple at the heart of the film.

Jon and Ldley both cred Glee wh beg one of the first mastream entertaments to expose dienc to the different lors that make up the famo gay pri rabow flag.

"This is the first time we get to explore a gay love story pth, but won't stop there. (Photo: Foc Films/Everett Collectn)Speakg of love stori, Bros n't rist lobbg gags the directn of one of Hollywood's most famo gay romanc: Brokeback Mounta, Ang Lee's Osr-wng 2005 drama starrg straight actors, Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, as doomed lovers. "That said, Brokeback Mounta is also the poster child for the kd of tragic gay romance — one ma by a largely straight st and crew — that Hollywood has too often favored tellg at the expense of other stori.

BILLY EICHNER SAYS 'BROS' GAY SEX SCEN WILL BE 'EYE-OPENG FOR CERTA PEOPLE'

"Bros" is very aware of the ways which movie studs try to market to the LGBTQ+ muny, specifilly cricizg attempts to jt force gay characters to the exact same stori they'd wre for straight on. Right the openg scene, Bobby talks on his podst ("The 11th Brick, " the name self a joke about when the first whe guy might have joed at the Stonewall rts) about rejectg an offer to wre a gay rom "that straight guys would enjoy, " jokgly pchg a movie where he has sex wh Jason Momoa while worryg about a volno.

Gay people's experience wh romance, Bobby argu, is different om straight people's, and jt swchg different actors to the same formulaic trop wouldn't be tthful.

" On TV, Bobby se ads for awkward attempts at bisexual ("Christmas Wh Eher") and polyamoro ("A Holly Polly Christmas") Hallheart movi; posters he pots and plas about on the street clu "Have Yourself a Heteronormative Christmas" and "Miracle on 34th Street But There's One Gay Guy.