Bros: Meet the Cast of Billy Eichner's Historic Gay Rom-Com

Contents:

• THE ENTIRE CAST OF BILLY EICHNER’S GAY ROM-COM ‘BROS’ IS LGBTQ+
• ‘BROS’ STAR LE MACFARLANE TALKS MASCULY AND GAY INTY
• BROS: MEET THE CAST OF BILLY EICHNER'S HISTORIC GAY ROM-COM
• 'BROS' TRAILER: BILLY EICHNER TO LEAD FIRST GAY ROM- BY A MAJOR STUD
• WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT 'BROS,' THE FIRST GAY ROM- PRODUCED BY A MAJOR STUD

THE ENTIRE CAST OF BILLY EICHNER’S GAY ROM-COM ‘BROS’ IS LGBTQ+

The trailblazg lbian actrs, who publicly me out as gay 1993 and is bt known for her role as Marcy D'Arcy on Fox's long-nng s Children, is set to play the mother of Macfarlane's character Bros! GBilly Eichner already ma history when he first announced his upg gay rom- Bros was picked up by a major stud (Universal Pictur), the first time that's ever happened, and the achievements jt keep rollg Hollywood Reporter scrib the film as " a smart, swoony and heartfelt edy about two gay men maybe, possibly, probably, stumblg toward love. ”“And while Bros may be the first of s kd several ways, my real hope is that is only the first of many opportuni for openly LGBTQ+ ensembl to she and show the world all we are pable of as actors, beyond jt beg the wacky sikick, token queer or a straight movie star’s ‘gay bt iend.

‘BROS’ STAR LE MACFARLANE TALKS MASCULY AND GAY INTY

Bros, the first gay romantic edy om a major Hollywood stud, also has the distctn of havg an all-queer st playg s ma and supportg characters. The plot of Bros follows the plited love story between two jad gay men their 40s, both of whom are tryg to nvce themselv that they are fulfilled their liv whout romantic partners. While this is faiar ground for the genre, as the first gay rom- om a major stud wh an LGBTQ+ st, Bros highlights unique challeng of queer relatnships.

While some viewers may regnize Macfarlane om Killjoys, he is most regnizable om the sts of numero Hallmark movi, cludg their gural gay rom, Sgle All the Way — tertgly enough, Bros pok fun at such ma-for-TV productns wh several tongue--cheek referenc to "Hallheart" movi. Guy Branum (he/him) as Henry – Bobby’s ra on the datg scene, Henry livers amg and prsg acunts of his enunters as a middle-aged sgle gay man Bros. Several very proment and up-and-g actors the LGBTQ+ muny appear Bros smaller rol, cludg Harvey Fierste (Big Mouth), Peter Kim (The 40-Year-Old Versn), and Matthew Wilkas (Gayby).

Unfortunately his other half Bobby played by Billy Eichner who wrote Bros wh the Director Nicholas Stoller is one of the most irratg gay characters I've seen on screen a long 's Billy the character I found annoyg not Billy Eichner bee the character is far to "woke ". I'm sayg that as a mature age gay man that has experienced much of the LGBTQI history that Bobby Leiber nstantly refers to prervg the movie. I'm probably out of synch wh terms like Cisgenr, Genr Variant, Genr fluid and all the other current rrect pronouns plot is unrstandably simple for a rom- revolv Bobby Leiber, a born and bred New Yorker who hosts a queer history podst lled 11th Brick (bee as a cis whe gay man that's probably the brick he'd have thrown at Stonewall) as the director of the first natnal LGBTQ history mm is raisg money for The LGBTQI pl History Mm New York.

BROS: MEET THE CAST OF BILLY EICHNER'S HISTORIC GAY ROM-COM

His passn is LGBTQI + history and is passnate about the lack of tth historil characters and what he perceiv to be there "gayns" characters like Print Abraham meets his oppose temperament and physil appearance handsome Aaron and the differenc their terts and social patibily threaten to end their most important togetherns gift which is they make each other has been heavily marketed as the first Amerin gay romantic edy om a major stud featurg an entirely LGBTQ prcipal st (though Fire Island (2022) -also an gay romantic edy om a major stud featurg an LGBTQ prcipal st -was released earlier the same year Island did not get a full theatril release like Bros and my opn is a much better movie wh more believable characters. Hot Gay Guy.

Gayle Keller. 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).

'BROS' TRAILER: BILLY EICHNER TO LEAD FIRST GAY ROM- BY A MAJOR STUD

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. “When I first read the Bros script, I really nnected wh Aaron on the ia of, where do his masculy f to the gay spectm?

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.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT 'BROS,' THE FIRST GAY ROM- PRODUCED BY A MAJOR STUD

“It’s about more than gettg gay people out to see the movie, ” says Macfarlane.

Billy Eichner, Le Macfarlane, and Bros director Nicholas Stoller exclively tell EW how they vised their groundbreakg gay sex scene Universal's romantic edy, and volved a lot of improvisatn, lghs, but also reful nsiratn of how to prent a tenr, extremely specific, and kk-iendly moment to the mass. 'Renée Zellweger 'loved the joke' of Billy Eichner namg a fake gay app after her  BrosBilly Eichner got emotnal filmg Bros gay rom- scen 'the way Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan' didBilly Eichner 'actively pursued' Symone for her Bros role after seeg her talents on RuPl's Drag RaceBilly Eichner's LGBTQ+ st shatters rom- history  Bros trailer: 'Love is love… that is bulls---! ' Bros Bros Billy Eichner leads a predomantly LGBTQ st Universal's groundbreakg gay rom- about two men fdg love unexpected plac.

The movie is already settg makg history, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter, wh an entire st of LGBTQ+ dividuals, and Eichner himself is officially the first openly gay man to wre and star a major motn picture. Out Magaze has offered Diaz ample praise for his forward reprentatn of the LGBTQ+ muny and named him one of the top 100 most fluential gay men of 2013. Eichner is already the first openly gay man to -wre and star his own major stud film, and now the Universal Pictur feature has ma history by settg a historic all-LGBTQ prcipal st.

Bros, the first gay romantic edy om a major stud, is scribed as a smart, swoony and heartfelt edy about two gay men (Eichner, Le Macfarlane) maybe, possibly, probably, stumblg toward love. “And while Bros may be the first of s kd several ways, my real hope is that is only the first of many opportuni for openly LGBTQ+ ensembl to she and show the world all we are pable of as actors, beyond jt beg the wacky sikick, token queer or a straight movie star’s ‘gay bt iend.

Eichner has been an out gay man Hollywood for many years and helped fill that gap Stoller's knowledge to create a story personal to him and regnizable to many fellow gay people. Backed by edy veterans Stoller and producer Judd Apatow, and featurg an almost entirely LGBTQ+ st, Bros will be the blockbter edy the gay muny serv. In an terview wh the New York Tim durg the filmg of Bros, Billy Eichner lamented that gay actors have often been barred om rol playg themselv, cg films like Brokeback Mounta, The Birdge, and Pennsylvania.

The actor is most regnizable for his tense energy, large stature, and gay inty that uniquely shap his edy. Last holiday season, Macfarlane appeared the Christmas edy Sgle All the Way, another film about gay men wh a "queer" lead, Michael Urie.

Actor Brock Ciarlelli might be most regnizable to fans of the s The Middle, where he played Sue Heck's ex-boyiend and gay bt iend, Brad. Their relatnship is mostly played for lghs, as Sue seemgly unwtgly overlooks Brad's stereotypilly gay personaly tras. " while Bobby wish straight people were still ignorant to the specifics of gay sex.