The First Look At Billy Eichner’s Groundbreaking Gay NSFW Rom-Com ‘Bros’ Is Here: ‘It’s Taken Way Too Long’
18.05.2022 - 21:25
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The first trailer for “Bros”, a rom-com about two gay men stumbling towards love, has been released by Universal Pictures.
The milestone film, written by and starring Billy Eichner, is the first by a major studio to feature a gay storyline and an entire LGBTQ principal cast. Eichner is also making history as the “first openly gay man to ever write and star in his own major studio film.”
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The movie’s plot seems to mimic the real-life script: a gay man named Bobby Leiber, played by Eichner, who writes a rom-com about gay people.
In the trailer Eichner’s character falls for Luke Macfarlane’s character but their busy lives make it difficult for them to reach love.
The upcoming picture also stars Ts Madison, Monica Raymund, Guillermo Díaz, Guy Branum and Amanda Bearse. The film is directed by Nicholas Stoller; Judd Apatow serves as producer.
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Eichner addressed the “LGBTQ+ elites” in a note he wrote alongside the trailer:
Hi! It’s your very gay friend Billy Eichner here. This is a very exciting day! It is my pleasure — and truly one of the most thrilling moments of my life — to share the world premiere of the first trailer for my movie, “Bros”, with you. Specifically, you. From the very beginning of developing “Bros”, I let everyone involved know that, while I wanted to make a movie that was hilarious and relatable to everyone, first and foremost I wanted to make a movie that felt authentic for the LGBTQ folks that the movie is about — and who have been so profoundly