It’s great to know that gay actors will have a chance to play straight in this film, as it is much less common than seeing straight actors play gay characters to critical acclaim such as Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain, or more recently, Timothée Chalamet’s breakout performance as Elio in Call Me By Your Name.Įichner, who is also known for his web series Billy On The Street and several appearances in recent American Horror Story seasons, has the distinction of being the first openly gay man to write and star in his own major studio film. It also features an all-queer cast playing both the queer and heterosexual characters in the film’s script. The film is co-written by its main star Billy Eichner and veteran blockbuster comedy director Nicholas Stoller, who is also directing and producing the hilarious-looking film.īros is an important, and somewhat surprisingly late, achievement in Hollywood as the very first major studio romantic comedy about gay men. The rom-com Bros from Universal released its first trailer today.
