The film is the first gay romantic edy wh a mostly LGBTQ st to be given a wi release by a major stud. It took a disappotg $4.8 ln s first weekend.
Contents:
- 'BROS' STARS SAY 'S TIME FOR STRAIGHT PEOPLE TO ENJOY A GAY ROM
- COMMENTARY: THE REAL LSON OF ‘BROS’: IT’S OK TO LET GAY ART BOMB
'BROS' STARS SAY 'S TIME FOR STRAIGHT PEOPLE TO ENJOY A GAY ROM
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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---!
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Billy Eichner took to Twter this weekend to share his thoughts on the disappotg receptn his gay rom- Bros received at the natn's cemas. " Based on enthiastic cril reactn at the Toronto Internatnal Film Ftival, and robt social media attentn, Universal Pictur had expected Bros – which is the first gay romantic edy wh a mostly LGBTQ st to be given a wi release by a major stud — to open the range of $8-10 ln.
COMMENTARY: THE REAL LSON OF ‘BROS’: IT’S OK TO LET GAY ART BOMB
Eichner hted at broar acceptance issu, tweetg that at one pot a theater cha had "lled Universal and said they were pullg the trailer bee of the gay ntent.
"Everyone who ISN'T a homophobic weirdo should go see BROS tonight! 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.