Bros producer Guy Branum didn’t trust straight director to make “hot” sex scenes

Bros producer Guy Branum opened up about his initial distrust of Nicholas Stoller directing the film’s gay sex scenes. 

At the end of October, LGBTQ+ moviegoers in the UK will finally be treated to the historic queer rom-com.

Written by Billy Eichner and Stoller (Neighbors), with the latter also directing the film, Bros has been billed as the first gay rom-com to be produced by a major Hollywood studio.

The film is also set to feature an entirely LGBTQ+ principal cast, including Jim Rash, Bowen Yang, Guillermo Díaz, Ts Madison, Miss Lawrence, Harvey Fierstien, Symone and Benito Skinner, among others.

With Bros now playing in the US, co-producer Branum spoke to Page Six about the LGBTQ+ comedy and making sure the film’s straight director created “hot” sex scenes.

“I was there every day for some of the sex scenes. Our director is straight, and I was like, ‘Someone needs to tell you [if it’s] hot or not,’” he told the publication. 

“I think a straight woman could do it. I think there’s some straight men who could do it… but I need to double-check Nicholas Stoller’s work.”

Towards the end of his interview, Branum praised the film for its authenticity, specifically regarding its gay club scene. 

“I do love that they made a gay club seem and feel like a real gay club. I thought it was very helpful that there was 500 writhing men there the whole time,” he added. 

Branum’s comments come a few weeks after the movie’s star, Luke Macfarlane, opened up about his own experience filming the aforementioned sex scenes. 

“Nowadays, there’s always an intimacy coordinator, so that’s really interesting. I think, specifically, we had an LGBT coordinator, so they were familiar with language that might be a little bit different,” Luke explained to Variety’s Mark Malkin.

“It’s like any scene with any actor, you figure it out with your scene partner; what you’re going to be comfortable with, and I’ve always been really comfortable with Billy. Comedy is funny that way, because you want to push it a little bit.”

Bros is now playing in US cinemas and due for release on 28 October in the UK.

Watch the trailer here or below.

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