'We're so often depicted as something so over-simplified and I think it's because that's what audiences have gotten used to, it's what Hollywood's gotten used to, and that's what everyone decided people were comfortable with, that version of us.'
— Eichner has made the movie of the moment. Now, it’s the audience’s turn to prove Eichner’s prediction of a “Bros” future correct.
“We’re so often depicted as something so over-simplified and I think it’s because that’s what audiences have gotten used to, it’s what Hollywood’s gotten used to, and that’s what everyone decided people were comfortable with, that version of us,” says Eichner. “You didn’t really have to deal with us as actual, complicated human beings.”
“Before ‘Bridesmaids’ came out, the whole industry was saying: ‘A comedy? Starring women? That’s not going to work,’” says Stoller. “Of course it worked! Half the people are women!” In the five seasons of “Billy on the Street,” in which Eichner quizzed and chastised New York passersby on their pop culture knowledge, the Queens native channeled his love-hate relationship with Hollywood into hysterical, rage-fueled encounters. But in writing “Bros” with Stoller, he wanted to make something more sincere.
“This movie tested higher than any movie I’ve worked on in its first test screenings,” says Stoller. “Immediately, the audience loved it. It was interesting because you feel like the gay audience will laugh at certain jokes that the straight audience doesn’t get, but then everyone’s laughing at certain things together.”
But “Bros” is trying to reach mainstream audiences in theaters within the very recognizable vehicle of an Apatow-produced comedy — to be 2022’s answer to “Knocked Up.” There’s already been some evidence of trolling on the film. IMDB this week removed hundreds of one-star reviews for “Bros” inTo Jim Rash, the “Descendants” writer and “Community” actor who plays a colleague of Eichner’s in the movie, the set of “Bros” was unlike any he had been on before.
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