Billy Eichner & Luke Macfarlane BROTHERS IN ARMS

WHO SITS DOWN WITH THE LEADING MEN FROM THE REFRESHING NEW MOVIE, BROS

- Jodie Wolf

Comedian Billy Eichner is best known for shouting questions at unwitting and, at times, unwilling contestants on the game show, Billy on the Street. But in the groundbreaking Bros, the first Hollywood-backed rom-com featuring gay men in the lead roles, we see Eichner – who also co-wrote it with director Nicholas Stoller – in a whole new way. Luke Macfarlane plays Eichner’s love interest, and the film sees the pair navigate a new relationship and learn to trust.

WHO caught up with the jet-lagged duo, who have been touring the world promoting the project, in Sydney. Eichner says, “The film’s characters need to admit they want love, which is hard to do in your 40s and you’re set in your ways.”

Was the chemistry between the two of you as real as it looked?