Billy Eichner On ‘Bros’ & Makg History Wh His Gay Rom-Com – Hollywood Life

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.

‘BROS’ STAR LE MACFARLANE TALKS MASCULY AND GAY INTY

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!

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

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? 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.

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

“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.

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

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. ”But two s the entertament dtry had tght him that as a gay man, the Tom Hanks rol were not available to him.

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

And that even gay rol — “In & Out, ” say, or “The Birdge, ” or “Brokeback Mounta, ” which “Bros” briefly satiriz — were often played by straight actors. ” 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. ”Bee gay rights are so often unr threat, “Bros” never lacked for relevance.

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

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.

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

“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.

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

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).

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

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.

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

” “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.