Actor Billy Eichner on co-writing and starring in the gay rom-com Bros
Comedy is not exactly in vogue among big studios, so when filmmakers Judd Apatow and Nicholas Stoller approached actor Billy Eichner about making \u2018Bros,\u2019 the first big-studio, big-screen LGBTQ+ rom-com for Universal Pictures, he was skeptical.\xa0\u201cI have an openly gay man in comedy for over 20 years,\u201d he said, \u201cand I am telling you that even the most gay-friendly execs at a major studio are not going to greenlight this movie. And even if they do, they're not going to let me tell it in an authentic, honest way.\u201d\xa0The movie was greenlit, and now Eichner talks about starring on a feature film for the first time, the thrill of co-writing the script with Stoller and how a major movie studio came on board to make a gay romatic comedy came to life.\xa0But first, Kim Masters and Matt Belloni look into the return of The Golden Globes to NBC in 2023, and what it means for next year\u2019s awards season.