Dave Fran Is A Gay Frat Bro In 'Neighbors 2' - VIDEO - Towleroad Gay News

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• WHY DAVE FRAN'S NEIGHBORS 2 CHARACTER WILL BE GAY
• THIS IS WHY DAVE FRAN'S CHARACTER IS NOW GAY IN 'NEIGHBORS 2'
• DAVE FRAN'S CHARACTER IS GAY IN "NEIGHBORS 2"THERE'S EVEN A WEDDG PROPOSAL!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY DAN AVERYMAY 6, 2016/9:51 AMBY DAN AVERYMAY 6, 2016 / 9:51 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DAVE FRAN'S CHARACTER IS GAY IN \"NEIGHBORS 2\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-05-06T13:51:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-05-06T13:51:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIKE HIS BROTHER JAM, ACTOR DAVE FRAN IS NO STRANGER TO HOMOEROTIC SHENANIGANS. NOW WORD THAT HIS CHARACTER OUT AS GAY NEIGHBORS 2, OUT MAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE ORIGAL NEIGHBORS, THE YOUNGER FRAN PLAYED PETE, ZAC EON'S AT-BRO SIKICK. IN THE SEQUEL, HE'S AN OUT GAY MAN AND PLANNG ON GETTG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"CLEARLY, WE’RE PLAYG WH THE HOMOEROTIC TENSN [ THE FIRST FILM], AND I WAS LIKE, 'HE SHOULD JT BE GAY.’" DIRECTOR NICHOLAS STOLLER TELLS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THEN THIS ONE, ME UP AGA. [CO-WRER] EVAN GOLDBERG BROUGHT UP, AND HE SAID, 'I THK HE SHOULD BE GAY, AND PART OF [HIS ARC] SHOULD BE THE PROPOSAL.' IT WAS KD OF ALL OF G TO THE SAME NCLN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STOLLER ADMS HE CID TO MAKE FRAN'S CHARACTER GAY WHEN A REPORTER CHALLENGED HIM ON WHY HE NEVER CLUD AN LGBT CHARACTER ANY OF HIS MOVI, AND HE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WAS LIKE, 'I DON’T KNOW WHY. I LERALLY DON’T KNOW. I HAVE NO GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT,’” THE DIRECTOR SAID. "SO THIS SEEMED LIKE AN ANIC WAY TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STOLLER HAD TOYED WH THE IA OF MAKG EON THE ONE WHO ME OUT, BUT HE SAYS "A LOT OF ZAC’S MOTIVATNS THE FIRST MOVIE, PECIALLY WH HIS GIRLIEND AND STUFF, SEEMED PRETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE SAYS WOULD FEEL LIKE TOO MUCH OF A "STUNT" TO MAKE TEDDY THE ONE WHO ME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRAN'S CERTALY NOT SHY ABOUT EMBRACG A GAY ROLE—HE DID QUE MORE THOSE FUNNY OR DIE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"EVEN THOUGH I’M NOT ON SCREEN FOR A SIGNIFINT AMOUNT OF TIME, HOPEFULLY WILL BE VERY MEMORABLE," SAYS THE ACTOR. "AND OF URSE I WAS EXCED TO TRY SOMETHG NEW WH THE CHARACTER WHILE STILL MATAG HIS SENCE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• DAVE FRAN’S CHARACTER OF PETE IS OFFICIALLY GAY “NEIGHBORS 2: SORORY RISG’
• HOW THE GAY TWIST NEIGHBORS 2 TURNS THE “BROMANCE” ON ITS HEAD
• DAVE FRAN IS A GAY FRAT BRO ‘NEIGHBORS 2’ – VIDEO
• MORE COMEDI SHOULD BE AS PROGRSIVE ABOUT FEMISM AND GAY RELATNSHIPS AS ‘NEIGHBORS 2′
• 'NEIGHBORS 2' DIRECTOR NICHOLAS STOLLER EXPLAS WHY DAVE FRAN'S CHARACTER COM OUT AS GAY THE SEQUEL

WHY DAVE FRAN'S NEIGHBORS 2 CHARACTER WILL BE GAY

This may make slightly surprisg that Neighbors 2: Sorory Risg, Dave Fran’s character will actually be gay. However, the sequel, he will play a man a homosexual relatnship on the verge of gettg married.

THIS IS WHY DAVE FRAN'S CHARACTER IS NOW GAY IN 'NEIGHBORS 2'

Clearly, we’re playg wh the homoerotic tensn [ the first film], and I was like, 'He should jt be gay. [Co-wrer] Evan Goldberg brought up, and he said, 'I thk he should be gay, and part of [his arc] should be the proposal. Nicholas Stoller also says that he was fluenced to turn one of the characters Neighbors 2: Sorory Risg gay after he realized that he’d never had a gay character any of his films.

DAVE FRAN'S CHARACTER IS GAY IN "NEIGHBORS 2"THERE'S EVEN A WEDDG PROPOSAL!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY DAN AVERYMAY 6, 2016/9:51 AMBY DAN AVERYMAY 6, 2016 / 9:51 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DAVE FRAN'S CHARACTER IS GAY IN \"NEIGHBORS 2\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-05-06T13:51:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-05-06T13:51:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIKE HIS BROTHER JAM, ACTOR DAVE FRAN IS NO STRANGER TO HOMOEROTIC SHENANIGANS. NOW WORD THAT HIS CHARACTER OUT AS GAY NEIGHBORS 2, OUT MAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE ORIGAL NEIGHBORS, THE YOUNGER FRAN PLAYED PETE, ZAC EON'S AT-BRO SIKICK. IN THE SEQUEL, HE'S AN OUT GAY MAN AND PLANNG ON GETTG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"CLEARLY, WE’RE PLAYG WH THE HOMOEROTIC TENSN [ THE FIRST FILM], AND I WAS LIKE, 'HE SHOULD JT BE GAY.’" DIRECTOR NICHOLAS STOLLER TELLS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THEN THIS ONE, ME UP AGA. [CO-WRER] EVAN GOLDBERG BROUGHT UP, AND HE SAID, 'I THK HE SHOULD BE GAY, AND PART OF [HIS ARC] SHOULD BE THE PROPOSAL.' IT WAS KD OF ALL OF G TO THE SAME NCLN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STOLLER ADMS HE CID TO MAKE FRAN'S CHARACTER GAY WHEN A REPORTER CHALLENGED HIM ON WHY HE NEVER CLUD AN LGBT CHARACTER ANY OF HIS MOVI, AND HE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WAS LIKE, 'I DON’T KNOW WHY. I LERALLY DON’T KNOW. I HAVE NO GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT,’” THE DIRECTOR SAID. "SO THIS SEEMED LIKE AN ANIC WAY TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STOLLER HAD TOYED WH THE IA OF MAKG EON THE ONE WHO ME OUT, BUT HE SAYS "A LOT OF ZAC’S MOTIVATNS THE FIRST MOVIE, PECIALLY WH HIS GIRLIEND AND STUFF, SEEMED PRETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE SAYS WOULD FEEL LIKE TOO MUCH OF A "STUNT" TO MAKE TEDDY THE ONE WHO ME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRAN'S CERTALY NOT SHY ABOUT EMBRACG A GAY ROLE—HE DID QUE MORE THOSE FUNNY OR DIE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"EVEN THOUGH I’M NOT ON SCREEN FOR A SIGNIFINT AMOUNT OF TIME, HOPEFULLY WILL BE VERY MEMORABLE," SAYS THE ACTOR. "AND OF URSE I WAS EXCED TO TRY SOMETHG NEW WH THE CHARACTER WHILE STILL MATAG HIS SENCE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Durg the prs junket for the origal Neighbors, Stoller was asked by a reporter why he had never clud a gay character prev movi. Director Nicholas Stoller said a reporter's quiry prompted his cisn to have the character of Pete Regazolli (Dave Fran) e out as gay "Neighbors 2: Sorory Risg.

News that at a prs junket for 2014's "Neighbors, " the reporter, whom he did not name, asked him why he's never clud a gay character any of his films, which clu "Fettg Sarah Marshall” and "The Five-Year Engagement. The origal "Neighbors, " Stoller said, played up the "homoerotic tensn" between Pete and Teddy Sanrs (Zac Eon), so was "kd of all of g to the same ncln" when the film's -wrer Evan Goldberg suggted makg Fran's character a gay man. Although Eon has long been a favore the LGBT muny, the team never nsired makg his character, Teddy, gay.

DAVE FRAN’S CHARACTER OF PETE IS OFFICIALLY GAY “NEIGHBORS 2: SORORY RISG’

"It felt like might seem like a stunt if we ma him gay. ”Much like his olr brother, Jam, Fran has never shied away om gay them, teasg fans wh homoerotic "Funny or Die” vios, cludg one which he told "Superbad" actor Chris Mtz-Plasse that he was gog to "eat his a**hole.

HOW THE GAY TWIST NEIGHBORS 2 TURNS THE “BROMANCE” ON ITS HEAD

" Fran says he hop his gay turn "Neighbors 2: Sorory Risg" will be "very memorable.

Like his brother Jam, actor Dave Fran is no stranger to homoerotic shenanigans.

DAVE FRAN IS A GAY FRAT BRO ‘NEIGHBORS 2’ – VIDEO

Now word that his character out as gay Neighbors 2, out May the origal Neighbors, the younger Fran played Pete, Zac Eon's at-bro sikick. In the sequel, he's an out gay man and planng on gettg married.

"Clearly, we’re playg wh the homoerotic tensn [ the first film], and I was like, 'He should jt be gay. "Stoller adms he cid to make Fran's character gay when a reporter challenged him on why he never clud an LGBT character any of his movi, and he didn't have a good answer.

"Stoller had toyed wh the ia of makg Eon the one who me out, but he says "a lot of Zac’s motivatns the first movie, pecially wh his girliend and stuff, seemed pretty says would feel like too much of a "stunt" to make Teddy the one who me 's certaly not shy about embracg a gay role—he did que more those Funny or Die clips. We love gay subtext here at Decir.

MORE COMEDI SHOULD BE AS PROGRSIVE ABOUT FEMISM AND GAY RELATNSHIPS AS ‘NEIGHBORS 2′

Did I image the subtext my speratn for more gay leadg characters on screen? Gay subtext film is absolutely nothg new, but the g of the famo bromance offered straight men a quick exce when nonted wh the reali of their iendships.

'NEIGHBORS 2' DIRECTOR NICHOLAS STOLLER EXPLAS WHY DAVE FRAN'S CHARACTER COM OUT AS GAY THE SEQUEL

Both characters then lnch to a strange gay panic when Pete gets an erectn. It be even more tratg the sequel, Neighbors 2: Sorory Risg, which ma the unlikely reveal that Pete is gay and engaged to his boyiend, Darren, the first thirty mut. By havg an unapologetilly femist msage and cidg to wre Pete as gay, broke down some ser aterny/sorory storytellg nventns.

Nicholas Stoller, the director, even said that the reason they wrote Pete as gay had been bee of the very clear “homoerotic tensn” om the first film. It would have been an important moment – a mastream movie not takg the easy way out, and drivg home the sentiment that gay characters don’t always have to be Gay Characters.