Meet the All-LGBTQ+ Cast of 'Bros,' Billy Eichner's New Gay Rom-Com

Contents:

• THE ENTIRE CAST OF BILLY EICHNER’S GAY ROM-COM ‘BROS’ IS LGBTQ+
• ‘BROS’ STAR LE MACFARLANE TALKS MASCULY AND GAY INTY
• CRAFTG A ROM-COM THAT’S TE TO 21ST-CENTURY GAY LIFE
• BROS: MEET THE CAST OF BILLY EICHNER'S HISTORIC GAY ROM-COM
• 'BROS' STARS SAY 'S TIME FOR STRAIGHT PEOPLE TO ENJOY A GAY ROM
• BILLY EICHNER ON HIS HISTORY-MAKG GAY ROM-COM ‘BROS’: ‘IT’S THE BT THG I’VE EVER DONE’
• LE MACFARLANE ‘BROS’: THE HOTTT MOVIE STAR OF THE YEAR IS A GAY MAN. FALLY!
• 'BROS' TRAILER: BILLY EICHNER TO LEAD FIRST GAY ROM- BY A MAJOR STUD
• WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT 'BROS,' THE FIRST GAY ROM- PRODUCED BY A MAJOR STUD
• BILLY EICHNER IS LOOKG FOR LOVE RNCHY GAY ROM-COM "BROS"
• 'BROS' CAST DISCS MAKG LGBTQIA+ HISTORY AT TIFF WH GAY ROM-COM

THE ENTIRE CAST OF BILLY EICHNER’S GAY ROM-COM ‘BROS’ IS LGBTQ+

GBilly Eichner already ma history when he first announced his upg gay rom- Bros was picked up by a major stud (Universal Pictur), the first time that's ever happened, and the achievements jt keep rollg Hollywood Reporter scrib the film as " a smart, swoony and heartfelt edy about two gay men maybe, possibly, probably, stumblg toward love. ”“And while Bros may be the first of s kd several ways, my real hope is that is only the first of many opportuni for openly LGBTQ+ ensembl to she and show the world all we are pable of as actors, beyond jt beg the wacky sikick, token queer or a straight movie star’s ‘gay bt iend. The trailblazg lbian actrs, who publicly me out as gay 1993 and is bt known for her role as Marcy D'Arcy on Fox's long-nng s Children, is set to play the mother of Macfarlane's character Bros!

Now, more than a later, the actor will make his theatril film but — the first-ever gay rom- om a major stud (the ma st is entirely ma up of LGBTQ actors).

He stars Universal’s Bros, om Billy Eichner (also the first openly gay man to -wre and star his own major stud film) and director Nicholas Stoller (Neighbors). Their meet-cute happens at a gay club, where a shirtls, ripped, baseball-hatted Aaron mak cheeky nversatn wh the phy and perennially sgle-on-purpose Bobby. “When I first read the Bros script, I really nnected wh Aaron on the ia of, where do his masculy f to the gay spectm?

‘BROS’ STAR LE MACFARLANE TALKS MASCULY AND GAY INTY

Macfarlane says he me of age, and to the bs, at a time when gay men felt the ways which they were allowed to exprs themselv, and search for succs, were very narrow. “There was somethg about growg up the ’90s, our ias of masculy me om Abercrombie & Fch or Calv Kle ads, and that was very nfg to gay people of a certa age, ” he says, also rellg how an after-school viewg of the Chippendal dancers on The Phil Donahue Show exemplified the emphatilly mascule msagg of the time. “It’s about more than gettg gay people out to see the movie, ” says Macfarlane.

”The scene ntued, as Bobby walked through the exhib, liverg a lecture that enpassed homophobia, Nazis and, eventually, AIDS. It isn’t exactly the first major-stud gay rom-, that rabow lrel probably go to 2018’s “Love Simon, ” distributed by 20th Century Fox. Which means that the movie shoulrs two rponsibili: to liver a edy as r and rnchy as fans of Stoller, and Judd Apatow, a producer, would expect, and to te viewers, gay and straight, on the past and prent of queer liv and relatnships.

CRAFTG A ROM-COM THAT’S TE TO 21ST-CENTURY GAY LIFE

”But two s the entertament dtry had tght him that as a gay man, the Tom Hanks rol were not available to him. And that even gay rol — “In & Out, ” say, or “The Birdge, ” or “Brokeback Mounta, ” which “Bros” briefly satiriz — were often played by straight actors.

BROS: MEET THE CAST OF BILLY EICHNER'S HISTORIC GAY ROM-COM

” Bee makg a gay romantic edy isn’t as simple as swchg out an X chromosome here and there. Universal Pictur“That’s not reflective of how gay relatnships functn, at least the on that my iends have, at least the on that I’ve had, ” Eichner said. “Gay men, particular, we have our own l, we have a certa way we behave.

) It also meant tg Stoller on the soclogy of gay male relatnships. “I thk he’d heard of Grdr, ” Eichner said, referrg to the gay datg app. ) But “Bros” felt different, he said, that he was hired bee he is gay and not spe of Rivelli/Universal Pictur“This wasn’t jt another character, ” he said.

'BROS' STARS SAY 'S TIME FOR STRAIGHT PEOPLE TO ENJOY A GAY ROM

”Bee gay rights are so often unr threat, “Bros” never lacked for relevance.

But Apatow, who mentned the recently passed Florida tn law, nicknamed “Don’t Say Gay, ” felt that would arrive at a particularly urgent moment. How we handle rrectnsA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn AR, Page 21 of the New York edn wh the headle: Beg Te to Gay Life, a Rom-Com.

Eichner is already the first openly gay man to -wre and star his own major stud film, and now the Universal Pictur feature has ma history by settg a historic all-LGBTQ prcipal st. Bros, the first gay romantic edy om a major stud, is scribed as a smart, swoony and heartfelt edy about two gay men (Eichner, Le Macfarlane) maybe, possibly, probably, stumblg toward love. “And while Bros may be the first of s kd several ways, my real hope is that is only the first of many opportuni for openly LGBTQ+ ensembl to she and show the world all we are pable of as actors, beyond jt beg the wacky sikick, token queer or a straight movie star’s ‘gay bt iend.

BILLY EICHNER ON HIS HISTORY-MAKG GAY ROM-COM ‘BROS’: ‘IT’S THE BT THG I’VE EVER DONE’

Bros, the first gay romantic edy om a major Hollywood stud, also has the distctn of havg an all-queer st playg s ma and supportg characters.

The plot of Bros follows the plited love story between two jad gay men their 40s, both of whom are tryg to nvce themselv that they are fulfilled their liv whout romantic partners. While this is faiar ground for the genre, as the first gay rom- om a major stud wh an LGBTQ+ st, Bros highlights unique challeng of queer relatnships. While some viewers may regnize Macfarlane om Killjoys, he is most regnizable om the sts of numero Hallmark movi, cludg their gural gay rom, Sgle All the Way — tertgly enough, Bros pok fun at such ma-for-TV productns wh several tongue--cheek referenc to "Hallheart" movi.

Guy Branum (he/him) as Henry – Bobby’s ra on the datg scene, Henry livers amg and prsg acunts of his enunters as a middle-aged sgle gay man Bros. Several very proment and up-and-g actors the LGBTQ+ muny appear Bros smaller rol, cludg Harvey Fierste (Big Mouth), Peter Kim (The 40-Year-Old Versn), and Matthew Wilkas (Gayby).

LE MACFARLANE ‘BROS’: THE HOTTT MOVIE STAR OF THE YEAR IS A GAY MAN. FALLY!

The movie is already settg makg history, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter, wh an entire st of LGBTQ+ dividuals, and Eichner himself is officially the first openly gay man to wre and star a major motn picture.

Out Magaze has offered Diaz ample praise for his forward reprentatn of the LGBTQ+ muny and named him one of the top 100 most fluential gay men of 2013. Romantic edy fans who have been cravg a new addn to the non that breaks the heteronormative mold will see their wish e te this month wh “Bros, ” the first gay rom- to premiere by a major stud.

” “Gay edians like me, we haven’t had a real chance to tell our stori like this a big way, on the big screen, ” he said. ”Both Eichner and Macfarlane said they hope straight people will watch and enjoy their gay rom- — jt like gay people have long watched and enjoyed straight love stori. “As a gay man, I’ve watched those movi, and I cried and I lghed, and I took somethg away om , ” Macfarlane said of straight rom-s.

'BROS' TRAILER: BILLY EICHNER TO LEAD FIRST GAY ROM- BY A MAJOR STUD

“So I thk maybe askg some of our straight iends to watch a gay uple fall love and cry and lgh and take somethg om , too. Bros is the first gay rom- ever released by a major stud and the first major stud film wh an all LGBTQ+ prcipal st, even the straight rol.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT 'BROS,' THE FIRST GAY ROM- PRODUCED BY A MAJOR STUD

We’d worked together a few tim, and he me to me and said, ‘I want my next movie to be a rom-, but I thk would be ol if was about a gay uple.

’ But he acknowledged he wasn’t gay, which I knew. I have been an openly gay man my entire adult life, and I’ve been sgle for long parts of .

BILLY EICHNER IS LOOKG FOR LOVE RNCHY GAY ROM-COM "BROS"

I have my gay iends.

“We’ve seen many, many straight actors over the years do a great job at playg a gay character, and they’ve gotten a lot of acclaim and won awards, but there’s somethg special about actual LGBTQ people brgg their life experienc to the screen. It will be hilar and somethg that everyone — straight people, gay people, no matter what you are — will appreciate.

'BROS' CAST DISCS MAKG LGBTQIA+ HISTORY AT TIFF WH GAY ROM-COM

“It was very important to om the begng that my love tert would be played by an openly gay actor, ” Billy revealed.

So many of the stori Hollywood has given about LGBTQ people, pecially major studs, are about tragedy and sufferg and seeg LGBTQ people, pecially gay men, as victims some way.

Brokeback [Mounta] and Philalphia, the are all great, great movi, but is time for a movie like Bros which shows people that the experience of beg gay is somethg really joyful and fun and ’s about love and edy and upliftg people. Given what we’re discsg—the explic sex scen and filthy, flirty dialogue between gay men that happens the new movie Bros— the next words that e out of his mouth are unexpected: “I’ve kissed a lot of women on Hallmark. Is a Big Gay Deal, and Macfarlane and I have nvened to talk about Big Gay Thgs.