Luke Macfarlane Reacts to 'Bros' Disappointing Box Office Performance, Talks Lack of Diversity in the Movie
In an interview with Attitude, Luke discussed the disappointing box office performance for Bros.
“As Judd [Apatow] has said, it’s the best-reviewed movie he’s ever made, and in all the metrics of audience appreciation, the scores, and data, it’s done very well. The box office was not, however, what I had hoped and dreamed it would be,” Luke said.
He added, “I think it’s a really funny movie. Maybe we could have changed the marketing, but I don’t think it was that… Maybe it’s what we often say about living in a bubble because everybody I know really liked it. It’s a very big country, the United States.”
Luke was also asked about the lack of diversity in the movie, which focuses on two cis-white gay men despite feature a main cast of all queer actors.
“I understand that completely. I think that Billy wrote a story that was personal to him. If it was a story about Billy Eichner dating a Black man or Latino man, I think he would not have been the guy to write that story, that’s all I can say. I think it would be very challenging for Billy to voice somebody that he doesn’t know,” he said.
Luke added, “It needs to be everything. And in some parts, we came up a little bit shorter than we did in others. But that’s movie-making, that’s storytelling. We cannot address every single issue. There’s not enough time in the movie.”
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