Luke Macfarlane pumps iron as he reveals the one sex act he said “no” to in ‘Bros’
this is how you promote a movie!Less than a month away from the release of Billy Eichner‘s historic gay rom-com Bros, star Luke Macfarlane hits the gym with Variety‘s Marc Malkin for an interview that gives us everything we want: Bulging biceps, tea from the movie set, more bulging biceps….
Everybody say, “Thank you, Variety!”In the film, the Juilliard-trained actor plays Eichner’s love interest, Aaron, a “a straight-acting and -appearing attorney with serious commitment issues.” Apparently, that includes a serious issue with committing to a shirt, because Mcfarlane is said to spend much of Bros shirtless.
Or more.Related: Michael Sam and Vito Cammisano Plus 11 More Historic Televised Gay Lip LocksWhile discussing the film’s many sex scenes—which Malkin says includes a foursome, poppers, topping, bottoming, etc…—Macfarlane shares that there was an LGBTQ intimacy coordinator on set who really helped navigate it all, making sure the actors felt safe as they bared their all.“It’s like any scene with any actor,” he says. “You figure it out with your scene partner, what you’re going to be comfortable with.” A post shared by Luke Macfarlane (@ten_minutes_younger)But even still, Macfarlane reveals there’s one place where he decided to draw the line: “I’ve always been really comfortable with Billy, and comedy is funny that way because you want to push it a little bit.
I think there was a moment where he was like, ‘Should we spit on each other?,’ and I was like, ‘Nope!'”As the interview reminds us, Bros also represents a pretty big breakthrough moment for the 42-year-old actor who has been acting steadily for the past two decades, most notably in a number of Hallmark holiday movies and the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters.
