Catapult | In ‘My Bt Friend’s Weddg,’ I Found My Gay Role Mol:

Contents:

• IN ‘MY BT FRIEND’S WEDDG,’ I FOUND MY GAY ROLE MOL: JULIA ROBERTS
• THE GAY MY BT FRIEND'S WEDDG SEQUEL THAT ALMOST HAPPENED
• MY BT FRIEND'S WEDDG ALMOST HAD A GAY SEQUEL
• GAY IEND AS A BRISMAID

IN ‘MY BT FRIEND’S WEDDG,’ I FOUND MY GAY ROLE MOL: JULIA ROBERTS

The trope of the “gay bt iend” prov that not all reprentatn is created equally. In the 90s pecially, we fally got to see openly gay characters big Hollywood movi, specifilly romantic edi. While this reprentatn was a step forward, the typ of LGBTQ+ reprentatn were always the same: whe, cis gay men whout an terr life.

THE GAY MY BT FRIEND'S WEDDG SEQUEL THAT ALMOST HAPPENED

Gee Downs (Rupert Everett) embodi a lot of what is bad about the “gay bt iend” trope. In 1997, pecially romantic edi, gay bt iends were never sexualized. Y, we don’t get any terry to his actual sex life as a gay man.

MY BT FRIEND'S WEDDG ALMOST HAD A GAY SEQUEL

What do any gay bt iend do when they’re thst back to the closet for a scheme to break up a straight weddg? While reli on the stereotype of gays lovg mil extravaganzas, ’s an important moment that f Gee as a character, rather than a functn of the plot.

Y, this is an example of the gay bt iend beg a wise oracle for the heroe. Gay... Y, ’s still a man and a woman, but ’s the bond between a woman and her gay bt iend.

EW rned the st jt last year for a rnn verIt’s worth notg that was rare for this type of role to be played by an out gay man. By havg an out gay man play him, the character feels fully flhed out. Gee is still very much the prototypil gay bt iend.

GAY IEND AS A BRISMAID

Still, Gee is who I stantly thk of when I thk of a “gay bt iend. Which "gay bt iend" would you like to see vered this seri?

Instead of wdg up wh a suor, Julianne (Julia Roberts) ends the film dancg the night away wh her bt gay pal, Gee (Rupert Everett). My Bt Friend's Weddg almost had a gay 1997 romantic edy -- which Julia Roberts tri to break up the nuptials of her longtime iend, played by Dermot Mulroney, to Cameron Diaz -- beme a surprise h at the box office, grossg almost $300 ln succs sparked talks of a follow-up film, Entertament Weekly reports an terview that rned the origal st members and director P. Acrdg to Hogan, this sequel would have centered on the marriage of Gee (Rupert Everett), who portrays the gay bt iend of Julianne (Roberts) the film.