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• 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
• HOW THE GAY TWIST NEIGHBORS 2 TURNS THE “BROMANCE” ON ITS HEAD
• THIS IS WHY DAVE FRAN'S CHARACTER IS NOW GAY IN 'NEIGHBORS 2'
• WHY DAVE FRAN'S NEIGHBORS 2 CHARACTER WILL BE GAY
• DAVE AN GAY

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

About $5 ln is how much Dave Fran is worth, makg him one of the wealthit young actors Dave Fran GayIs Dave Fran G@y? “It should e as no surprise that we’re toyg wh the homoeroticism here [ the first film], ” “Stroller remarked while they were dog promotn for the send stallment. After mullg over the possibily of makg Zac Eon’s character g@y, Stroller relled how he almost gave the character Pete, played by Jam Fran, a homos*xual orientatn the first eratn of asked about the first movie, he explaed, “I was thkg, ‘He should jt be homos*xual.

Wow, this is a great moment to be Dave Fran GayWho Is The Wife Of Dave Fran? Like his brother Jam, actor Dave Fran is no stranger to homoerotic shenanigans.

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

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.

[Co-wrer] Evan Goldberg brought up, and he said, 'I thk he should be gay, and part of [his arc] should be the proposal. "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.

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

"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. “I n’t thk of a movie that has more male nudy asi om gay porn.

Comedy about male iendship wasn’t new, but the movi and their mutually adorg hero felt like a shift after a of vilently homophobic at-pack flicks—Weddg Crashers, Dodgeball, etc. Before long, they beme a b of an assembly le themselv, and they brought their own problems, but they seemed at least to reject many of Amerin edy’s most toxic gay-panic stcts favor of newly trospective male relatnships. There are probably some jok Superbad that are borrg on blatantly homophobic at tim.

Or The Interview, wh s tly idtic scen where Emem out as gay and Jam Fran kiss Kim Jong-un. Neighbors self toggl between gay bag and gay panic, as when two at bros grasp each other’s balls durg a fight but then have a near breakdown when one of them gets an erectn. But even as they relied on the sometim-homophobic ctch, the movi really were gettg at somethg new.

WHY DAVE FRAN'S NEIGHBORS 2 CHARACTER WILL BE GAY

It uldn’t be a cince that the bromance h a zegeisy high at the same time Amerin pop culture began to qutn s ias about male closens and kneejerk ridiculg of gayns. Gay panic didn’t disappear om Hollywood edi, but this gentle progrs certaly ma a difference.

DAVE AN GAY

Goldberg was apparently the one who suggted that Pete “should jt be gay, ” sce he basilly was already. But the moment is still worth celebratg, bee shows how the movie’s homosocial progenors really did open up new possibili. " [they sg unison]Sometim we're not sure if they're makg fun of dus who say stupid stuff--whether straight or gay--or jt themselv.