I'm trying not to get myself all worked up like I did last time. Until last night I'd even managed to put it out of my mind. But... this afternoon... at 3:30pm actually, I'll be... presumably, if everything works out this time... I'll be seeing Brokeback Mountain.
Ahem. YAY!
Sorry... I get allowed one little "yay"... I am only human. I really think it will happen this time, though. FINGERS CROSSED.
So... there's that. Here's an article on BBM from Newsweek...
"The day Jake Gyllenhaal was cast in Brokeback, the chatter around the industry was not about what a wise choice he'd made. 'It's the most stupid move he could make,' said one top producer over lunch that afternoon. 'It'll alienate his teen-girl fan base and could kill his career. What a waste.' It's always been considered risky, if not career suicide, for actors with A-list aspirations to play gay roles. Tom Hanks's performance in Philadelphia helped a little, but even Hanks didn't kiss another man on screen. Gyllenhaal and Ledger don't dodge it. The kissing and the sex scenes are fierce and full-blooded. But if the actors were taking a risk, they sure don't seem to think so. 'I never thought twice about it,' Ledger insists. 'For one thing, I never felt like I had anything at stake, and I think if you make decisions based on society's opinions, you're going to make boring choices. What terrified me was self-doubt. I knew that if I was going to do justice to this character, to this story and to this form of love, I was really going to have to mature as an actor, and as a person.'"
That unnamed "top producer" is a jackass, and I really do think this movie, and Jake and Heath's long-hoped-for nonchalance towards taking a gay role will prove him so. It's not a big deal, it's not "brave" of them... or at least, it shouldn't be.
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