Photo Illtratn by Kelly Camero/The Daily Beast/Getty “I’m no stranger to timacy,” says Le Macfarlane. 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.”In ways that might be difficult to unrstand, that is a powerful statement.Macfarlane and I are a SoHo hotel room to discs Bros, his new romantic ed
Contents:
- HOW BROS RECLAIMS THE FUNNY GAY SEX SCENE
- LE MACFARLANE ‘BROS’: THE HOTTT MOVIE STAR OF THE YEAR IS A GAY MAN. FALLY!
- 'BROS' TRAILER: BILLY EICHNER DELIVERS LGHS FIRST GAY ROM-COM FROM A MAJOR STUD
HOW BROS RECLAIMS THE FUNNY GAY SEX SCENE
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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.
(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.
LE MACFARLANE ‘BROS’: THE HOTTT MOVIE STAR OF THE YEAR IS A GAY MAN. FALLY!
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(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.
Out Canadian actor Le Macfarlane has revealed some tails about the gay sex scen his upg movie film, -wrten by and starrg Billy Eichner, is the first queer romantic edy to be backed by a major Hollywood stud. Related: Billy Eichner & Le Macfarlane on Makg Bros, a Historic Gay Rom-ComVariety scrib Macfarlane's character Aaron Bros as "a 'straight-actg and -appearg' attorney wh ser mment issu, " addg "[MacFarlane] spends most of his screen time shirtls or a T-shirt. They also ntend wh generatn-specific issu related to gay men their 40s, who me of age after the height of the AIDS panmic wh ltle posive media reprentatn.
'BROS' TRAILER: BILLY EICHNER DELIVERS LGHS FIRST GAY ROM-COM FROM A MAJOR STUD
Universal Pictur proudly prents the first romantic edy om a major stud about two gay men maybe, possibly, probably, stumblg towards love. Maybe. They're both very by. From the feroc ic md of Billy Eichner and the hmakg brilliance of filmmakers Nicholas Stoller and Judd Apatow, Bros, a smart, swoony and heartfelt edy about fdg sex, love and romance amidst the madns. * bros movie gay scene *
"Bros don't shy away om the sex at all, and pecially the gay sex. "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.
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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.