"Bros" actor Billy Eichner mentioned over the weekend that it was "disappointing" to see the dearth of assist for the romantic comedy he co-wrote — which follows the story of two homosexual males — after it struggled in its field workplace debut.
"Bros" sat in fourth amongst this weekend's films after raking in $4.8 million, based on Field Workplace Mojo. Horror flick "Smile" dominated with $22 million.
Eichner, 44, tweeted Sunday that he was "VERY pleased with this film" and listed a few of its early accolades, however mentioned, "Even with glowing opinions, nice Rotten Tomatoes scores, an A CinemaScore and so forth, straight individuals, particularly in sure components of the nation, simply did not present up for Bros. And that is disappointing however it's what it's."
"Everybody who ISN'T a homophobic weirdo ought to go see BROS tonight!" he added.
The film follows the story of two males – Bobby, performed by Eichner, and Aaron, performed by actor Luke Macfarlane – who fall for one another regardless of their dedication points. The movie additionally has an "fully LGBTQ+ principal forged," Common Photos mentioned.
Eichner, who Common mentioned was the primary overtly homosexual man to co-write and star in his personal main studio movie, acknowledged the importance of the film's forged and inspired individuals to observe it.
"You should have a blast! And it *is* particular and uniquely highly effective to see this explicit story on an enormous display screen, esp for queer of us who do not get this chance typically. I like this film a lot," he mentioned.
In an interview for "CBS Sunday Morning" with CBS Information correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti forward of the movie's launch, Eichner mentioned why he believes it is taken so lengthy for Hollywood to launch a movie like "Bros."
"Properly, the true reply to that's that the world, together with Hollywood, has been very homophobic," Eichner mentioned. "And it is a sophisticated matter, as a result of in some methods Hollywood has typically led the cost when it got here to LGBTQ points and illustration. And but, beneath all of it, I believe there was all the time a concern that the quote-unquote mainstream viewers wasn't essentially prepared for the sort of film. And I believe, due to that, quite a lot of our tales weren't informed."