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Contents:
- THE ENTIRE CAST OF BILLY EICHNER’S GAY ROM-COM ‘BROS’ IS LGBTQ+
- CRAFTG A ROM-COM THAT’S TE TO 21ST-CENTURY GAY LIFE
- ‘BROS’ STAR LE MACFARLANE TALKS MASCULY AND GAY INTY
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!
”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.
” Bee makg a gay romantic edy isn’t as simple as swchg out an X chromosome here and there.
‘BROS’ STAR LE MACFARLANE TALKS MASCULY AND GAY INTY
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.