Billy Eichner Says 'Bros' Gay Sex Scen Will Be 'Eye-Openg for Certa People'

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• OPENLY GAY BILLY EICHNER SAYS HE WAS ONCE BLD TO HOMOPHOBIA - WHO'S HIS PARTNER?
• BILLY EICHNER ON GAY-FOR-PAY ACTORS AND WHAT YOU WON’T SEE HIS NEW MOVIE ‘BROS’
• BILLY EICHNER IS THE FIRST GAY MAN EVER
• BILLY EICHNER PRAIS ‘SEX AND THE CY’ FOR ‘MORE AUTHENTIC’ AND ‘RADIL’ PORTRAYALS OF GAY MEN
• BILLY EICHNER ON HOW HIS LATE PARENTS' SUPPORT MA GROUNDBREAKG GAY ROM-COM 'BROS' POSSIBLE
• BILLY EICHNER LEADS FIRST BIG-STUD ROM- ABOUT GAY MEN: ‘ONLY TOOK 100 YEARS!’
• BILLY EICHNER SAYS 'BROS' GAY SEX SCEN WILL BE 'EYE-OPENG FOR CERTA PEOPLE'

OPENLY GAY BILLY EICHNER SAYS HE WAS ONCE BLD TO HOMOPHOBIA - WHO'S HIS PARTNER?

As Entertament Weekly pots out, as a Universal property, "Bros" is the first gay romantic edy to be released by a major stud. As Variety not, a profile of Billy Eichner, he's the first openly gay man to wre and star a major stud movie, which is as excg as is shockg. "I hear people talkg about diversy and cln, but I often see gay people left out of those nversatns.

The edy muny, which has always been such a straight man's game, has not been kd to openly gay men.

BILLY EICHNER ON GAY-FOR-PAY ACTORS AND WHAT YOU WON’T SEE HIS NEW MOVIE ‘BROS’

Likewise, the "Billy on the Street" star argued that there's still homophobia herent the stg procs, too. "I'm a middle-aged gay guy. I've been openly gay my entire reer.

Billy Eichner equently challeng Hollywood homophobia. If you're gay, be gay!

I've been gay forever & I love ! " As the Los Angel Tim pots out, the edian seemgly hted that Unrwood might be gay when he met him years prr.

BILLY EICHNER IS THE FIRST GAY MAN EVER

But as a kid wh a unique clatn, he was still bld to he grew up  New York, went to Stuyvant High School, and lived life on his terms, he didn't know that people wh different orientatns uld suffer om prejudice and Billy on the Street host ghed about his opn on homophobia durg an terview wh PBS 2016. Statg he was bld to such topics  his childhood, he mataed beg gay was not that big of a al for him. Now that Eichner knows homophobia exists, he social media to raise his voice agast .

BILLY EICHNER PRAIS ‘SEX AND THE CY’ FOR ‘MORE AUTHENTIC’ AND ‘RADIL’ PORTRAYALS OF GAY MEN

We talk a lot about homophobia, rightfully. — billy eichner (@billyeichner) March 4, 2020On Playg Gay Characters As an actor, Eichner has portrayed gay characters on screen.

The next project where he will portray a gay role is the upg show, Bros. Directed by Nicholas Stoller, Bros is the first drama of Universal Studs to feature gay romance. Its release on the schled date of Augt 12, 2022, will make Eichner the first gay man to -wre and star a major stud film.

BILLY EICHNER ON HOW HIS LATE PARENTS' SUPPORT MA GROUNDBREAKG GAY ROM-COM 'BROS' POSSIBLE

He then mocked homophobia prent Hollywood and wrote that took only "100 years" to release a typil romance-fyg movie.

Eichner has always been vol about homophobia persistg Hollywood. "I hear people talkg about diversy and cln, but I often see gay people left out of those nversatns, " he told Variety 2019. Eichner and Taylor met  the Sophomore year at Northwtern Universy and beme separable.

BILLY EICHNER LEADS FIRST BIG-STUD ROM- ABOUT GAY MEN: ‘ONLY TOOK 100 YEARS!’

From gog to the mall, shoppg, watchg movi, to htg gay bars together, they enjoyed each other's pany. Bee of their iendship and the fact that they are gay, many speculated if they were datg. 30, is radil s skewerg of the fer pots of gay culture like Grdr etiquette and poppers, as well as s repeated referenc to LGBTQ history.

He’s the first openly gay man to wre and star a major stud film; ’s arguably the biggt movie to e out of the stud edy system to trace a relatnship’s formatn the morn world of gay men. He’s e a long way sce wrer-director Nicholas Stoller (Fettg Sarah Marshall, Neighbors) approached him to ask whether he’d want to wre and star a gay rom . Stoller brought a faiary wh the nuts and bolts of screenwrg, whereas Eichner had “over 20 years of experience” unr his belt as an openly, sexually active gay man.

Beyond the polil implitns of gog ep about gay life, he also strove to create somethg “that lived up to the standards of great romantic edi. But given attacks on trans rights and Clarence Thomas’s Dobbs opn suggtg that the Supreme Court may set s sights on rollg back gay-marriage rights, have those “idts” been aquately nvced to warrant exposg the phrase’s fallacy? This particular anxiety shows up on screen durg an emotnal scene set on a beach the gay mec of Provcetown, Mass., where Bobby laments: “I was always too gay or too niche or I ma people unfortable.

BILLY EICHNER SAYS 'BROS' GAY SEX SCEN WILL BE 'EYE-OPENG FOR CERTA PEOPLE'

Even my dad who was so wonrful and supportive, I remember him sayg, ‘You know not everyone wants to hear this gay stuff all the time. ” Though his specific experience as someone the public eye for nearly 10 years may prent a kd of rarefied sp on the urban whe gay experience, Eichner rejects the ia that fame has gotten the way of his bro-dom. Bobby adms wh self-pretn at one pot that he’s “jt a borg, old cis whe gay, ” and yet the surroundg script seemgly disagre—he’s not borg at all, Bros argu.

” Ultimately, he said, he wrote the script as a vehicle for himself and he is, fact, a cis whe gay.