Hollywood has its first major gay rom-com with two gay leads as Luke Macfarlane joins Billy Eichner for Bros
Billy Eichner in romantic comedy Bros, the first gay rom-com from a major studio – and now the first one to have cast two openly gay male leads.According to Collider, Macfarlane has been The Lion King star Eichner’s top choice as his co-lead for more than two years, although others involved with the project had been interested in pursuing a bigger name.Macfarlane, 41, who came out in 2008, is best known for playing Scotty Wandell, husband of Matthew Rhys’s character Kevin Walker on Brothers & Sisters.He has also appeared in Kinsey, and medical dramas The Night Shift and Mercy Street.Bros will focus on two gay men with commitment issues who attempt to pursue a relationship with one another, from a screenplay written by Eichner and Forgetting.
