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Contents:
- THE ENTIRE CAST OF BILLY EICHNER’S GAY ROM-COM ‘BROS’ IS LGBTQ+
- ‘BROS’ STAR LE MACFARLANE TALKS MASCULY AND GAY INTY
- LE MACFARLANE ‘BROS’: THE HOTTT MOVIE STAR OF THE YEAR IS A GAY MAN. FALLY!
- 'BROS' STARS SAY 'S TIME FOR STRAIGHT PEOPLE TO ENJOY A GAY ROM
- BILLY EICHNER ELOQUENTLY EXPLAS WHY HE DIDN’T ST CHRIS EVANS AS GAY MAN BROS
- BROS: MEET THE CAST OF BILLY EICHNER'S HISTORIC GAY ROM-COM
THE ENTIRE CAST OF BILLY EICHNER’S GAY ROM-COM ‘BROS’ IS LGBTQ+
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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. 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).
‘BROS’ STAR LE MACFARLANE TALKS MASCULY AND GAY INTY
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 * bros actors really gay *
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.
LE MACFARLANE ‘BROS’: THE HOTTT MOVIE STAR OF THE YEAR IS A GAY MAN. FALLY!
“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.
'BROS' STARS SAY 'S TIME FOR STRAIGHT PEOPLE TO ENJOY A GAY ROM
“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.
BILLY EICHNER ELOQUENTLY EXPLAS WHY HE DIDN’T ST CHRIS EVANS AS GAY MAN BROS
“It’s about more than gettg gay people out to see the movie, ” says Macfarlane. 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! 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.
BROS: MEET THE CAST OF BILLY EICHNER'S HISTORIC GAY ROM-COM
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).