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- ‘BROS’ STAR LE MACFARLANE TALKS MASCULY AND GAY INTY
- LE MACFARLANE ‘BROS’: THE HOTTT MOVIE STAR OF THE YEAR IS A GAY MAN. FALLY!
- GAY ROM- 'BROS' IS LIGHT AND BRIGHT WHILE MAKG MOVIE HISTORY
‘BROS’ STAR LE MACFARLANE TALKS MASCULY AND GAY INTY
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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). 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.
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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. “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. “It’s about more than gettg gay people out to see the movie, ” says Macfarlane.
LE MACFARLANE ‘BROS’: THE HOTTT MOVIE STAR OF THE YEAR IS A GAY MAN. FALLY!
“Bros," a gay rom- starrg Billy Eichner and Le Macfarlane, will make LGBTQ+ history on the big screen. * is luke from bros gay *
Eichner strsed the importance of this film’s equiy an terview wh Variety, sayg, “It’s about showg people, ’s great that a straight actor n w an Osr for playg gay, but look how funny and hilar and warm and lightful LGBTQ actors n be a wi variety of rol that we don’t normally get to play.
There’s a lot happeng Bobby’s life, begng wh his recent refal to wre a rom- about a gay uple. In the trailer, he appears to turn down an offer om a major Hollywood pany as he don’t believe he’s the right f to wre a gay rom- that appeals to “straight people.
Dpe Bobby’s apprehensn about lovg someone whom he scrib as a “gay Tom Brady, ” looks like romance uld be the air, even though both men have stggled wh mment. There have been gay rom-s the past, but Bros is the first to be released by a major Hollywood stud.
GAY ROM- 'BROS' IS LIGHT AND BRIGHT WHILE MAKG MOVIE HISTORY
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 * is luke from bros gay *
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. Is a Big Gay Deal, and Macfarlane and I have nvened to talk about Big Gay Thgs. It’s the first major stud theatril release starrg two gay men as the love terts.
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And I hope that that sort of crossover between gay and straight be easier for for queer actors movg forward.