Heath Ledger Clapped Back at Haters of 'Brokeback Mounta's Gay Love

Contents:

• 'BROKEBACK MOUNTA' AT 15: JAKE GYLLENHAAL ON HOW FILMG GAY ROMANCE 'WAS UNFORTABLE AT TIM BUT WE KNEW THE BIGGER PICTURE'
• JAKE GYLLENHAAL DISCS GAY RUMORS, HEATH LEDGER DURG ‘INSI THE ACTOR’S STUD’ (VIO)
• 8 MOST REALISTIC GAY SEX SCEN
• JAKE GYLLENHAAL SAID HEATH LEDGER REFED TO PRENT AT THE OSRS BEE THE AMY WANTED THEM TO MAKE GAY JOK ABOUT 'BROKEBACK MOUNTA'
• MARVEL STAR JAKE GYLLENHAAL FOUND GAY SCEN WH DC ACTOR “UNFORTABLE” 2005 MOVIE THAT WON 3 OSRS
• HEATH LEDGER WAS ‘EXTRAORDARILY SER’ ABOUT GAY RIGHTS BROKEBACK MOUNTA
• JAKE GYLLENHAAL SAYS HEATH LEDGER HATED 'BROKEBACK MOUNTA' GAY JOK: 'HE WAS LIKE, "NO. THIS IS ABOUT LOVE."'
• JAKE GYLLENHAAL SAID HEATH LEDGER REFED TO PRENT AT THE OSRS BEE THE AMY WANTED THEM TO MAKE GAY JOK ABOUT 'BROKEBACK MOUNTA'

'BROKEBACK MOUNTA' AT 15: JAKE GYLLENHAAL ON HOW FILMG GAY ROMANCE 'WAS UNFORTABLE AT TIM BUT WE KNEW THE BIGGER PICTURE'

Though was often far oversimplified as “the gay wboy movie, ” Brokeback Mounta nohels beme a worldwi phenomenon upon s release 15 years ago today. Its $178 ln box office hl proved dienc thirsted to see gay stori reprented on the big screen. ”Brokeback Mounta is currently streamg on more on Yahoo Entertament:'A Nightmare on Elm Street 2' at 35: Robert Englund addrs homoerotic subtext of 'the gayt horror movie ever ma'MVP of Horror: Jon Abrahams looks back at notor 'Sry Movie' sex scene, reveals extra-rnchy moment that was snipped'Mallrats' at 25: Kev Smh on trashg his own movie, why he passed on Ree Wherspoon and the extra-rnchy scene he was forced to cut.

Apparently, “Brokeback Mounta” was so nvcg that some people thk Gyllenhaal is gay. Wh such popular actors volved, even some of the more homophobic members of the early ghts dience were willg to shell out for movie tickets to see what this gay wboy movie was all about. While the film would fally allow a lot of queer dience members to fally see a tenr and timate reprentatn of themselv a major motn picture, also received an unsurprisg luge of homophobic jok and sults.

Much of the ments stemmed om the film's sex scen, which, while rather tame when viewed today, were some of the more graphic gay love scen that many dience members had been exposed to at that pot.

JAKE GYLLENHAAL DISCS GAY RUMORS, HEATH LEDGER DURG ‘INSI THE ACTOR’S STUD’ (VIO)

For Ledger, he didn't thk of as a "gay" love scene, as many actors of that time surely would have.

It’s hard to believe but 15 years have passed sce the inic gay film Brokeback Mounta was released. The tragic love story of Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) "Brokeback Mounta" has been ptivatg viewers — gay and straight alike — sce the film me out 2005. Has she jt told this paful story so many tim that she's grown numb to , or is actually fictn, signed to ver up the embarrassg circumstanc of Jack's ath — nnected to his homosexualy, maybe?

The 2005 film was forward-thkg s portrayal of a gay relatnship between two wboys, promptg some viewers to sctize the off-screen liv of s stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger. Scene om Freier Fall, a German film about gay ps Marc and Kay. Queerty recently did a great roundup of the most realistic gay sex scen morn cema — verg everythg om Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger’s magil moment that tent on Brokeback Mounta to some newer offergs like Blue is the Warmt Color, which jt premiered Philly at the Philalphia Film, you’ll fd clips (when available) of all the selectns wh lks to where you n fd them on Netflix (when available.

8 MOST REALISTIC GAY SEX SCEN

Jake Gyllenhaal told Another Man magaze that Heath Ledger refed to prent at the 2006 Osrs bee the Amy wanted "Brokeback Mounta"-related jok at the expense of gay people.

Jake Gyllenhaal said that his "Brokeback Mounta" star Heath Ledger refed to prent at the 2006 Osrs ceremony bee he didn't want to be part of any jok at the expense of gay people.

Eleven years later, "Moonlight, " which followed a gay character Miami, won bt picture at the 2017 more:The 31 bt pennt movi you n watch on Netflix right nowWatch Maggie Gyllenhaal put on a shirt while dog a handstand after her brother Jake ma look easyJake Gyllenhaal ma Tom Holland's handstand challenge look easy after Ryan Reynolds flat-out refed to take part. Neverthels, Brokeback Mounta found great succs at the box office spe beg crilly divisive for s gay them at the time.

JAKE GYLLENHAAL SAID HEATH LEDGER REFED TO PRENT AT THE OSRS BEE THE AMY WANTED THEM TO MAKE GAY JOK ABOUT 'BROKEBACK MOUNTA'

Durg an terview wh Yahoo Entertament, Jake Gyllenhaal entertaed the fact that he was very unfortable filmg timate gay scen wh Heath Ledger, but as they both knew the end rult would be rewardg, they phed through the whole filmg procs. Brokeback Mounta is regard by many as one of the most poignant LGBT films of all time – havg two straight a-list celebri portray the movg romance of two gay wboys would’ve been prevly unheard of. In an Osr-nomated performance, Ledger -starred alongsi Jake Gyllenhaal as Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist rpectively, two queer wboys who fall love while workg together the Wyomg untrysi spe already havg fai of their own and durg a time where homosexualy was an extreme 2005 wasn't that long ago, the release of Brokeback Mounta was still groundbreakg for dienc at the time and is often creded wh helpg advance queer storytellg the mastream film world.

MARVEL STAR JAKE GYLLENHAAL FOUND GAY SCEN WH DC ACTOR “UNFORTABLE” 2005 MOVIE THAT WON 3 OSRS

But, sce homophobia is such a tirels and ugly beast, the film was still subject to a lot of unjt cricism om homophob and nservativ, simply for showsg love between two men. But Ledger was more than fe wh lettg everyone know where he stood when to the film's pictns of gay love. It's obvly about two men love and 's obvly gay-themed and 's very easily labeled, but unfortunately, people are quick life to label somethg that they're unfortable wh.

RELATED | Jake Gyllenhaal Says Heath Ledger Hated Homophobic Brokeback Mounta Jok. ’”(Photo: Stephen Shugerman/Getty Imag)On the 10th anniversary of Brokeback’s release, Gyllenhaal told Out that Ledger hated that “I wish I knew how to qu you” — a pivotal and poignant moment the film — was turned to a meme and that the film beme known as “the gay wboy movie” bee dimished the story. Jake Gyllenhaal believed there was a stigma occurrg durg Brokeback Mounta, specifilly related to two straight men aaid of playg gay characters.

You know, was bdg, bee sometim a lot of that character is very specifilly the more overtly gay character of the two. Asked if there will e a time when stars n openly be gay, he said: “I wish I had that answer.

HEATH LEDGER WAS ‘EXTRAORDARILY SER’ ABOUT GAY RIGHTS BROKEBACK MOUNTA

But when will be OK for an actor to be gay?

JAKE GYLLENHAAL SAYS HEATH LEDGER HATED 'BROKEBACK MOUNTA' GAY JOK: 'HE WAS LIKE, "NO. THIS IS ABOUT LOVE."'

” And she was like, “Now all sophomor leave, ” and I was like, “I should go. GALLOWAY: It’s amazg how the world has changed bee, at that time, a lot of actors didn’t want to play a gay role. I had been brought up an elementary school where, my first few gras, I remember beg specifilly told that my teachers were gay.

JAKE GYLLENHAAL SAID HEATH LEDGER REFED TO PRENT AT THE OSRS BEE THE AMY WANTED THEM TO MAKE GAY JOK ABOUT 'BROKEBACK MOUNTA'

Ang gave a lot of books about wboys who had been gay or stori about and all that stuff. And that do not dismiss the fact that is about, really, primarily, the first kd of very profound gay love story. GALLOWAY: It’s still hard for a movie star to be gay.

It was so eply movg to me that day [when the Supreme Court gave a lg favor of gay marriage] when my mother — I remember I was at Ltle Shop of Horrors. Rad host Michael Medved praised the film's qualy but acced of phg "the gay agenda.