TORONTO – Contrary to popular belief, there have been more gay romantic comedy movies than you might think. Many of them were released independently and a few even by the mini-majors (Searchlight, Focus Features, Sony Classics, etc).
You can even argue that studio releases such as “Too Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything” or “The Birdcage” qualified as rom coms to some degree.
Granted, those examples were released decades ago. Taking all that into account, however, you can absolutely make the case there has never been an R-rated gay romantic comedy like Universal Studios’ “Bros.” We’ll give the star and co-writer Billy Eichner that, for sure.