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Bros Actor Guy Branum Blasts The Whale and Brendan Fraser's Casting

Guy Branum says he has "real problems" with Darren Aronofsky casting "a straight actor who is not very fat" for the lead role in The Whale.

“I think that the source material of The Whale is problematic. I think that it’s trying to use extreme fatness as a metaphor for gay pain. And as an actual fat gay person, I feel like my life doesn’t need to be a metaphor for somebody else’s pain."

“I also have real problems with the fact that they cast a straight actor who is not very fat, and [who] used prosthetics to represent fatness, in the film. I think it allows people to talk about that character as an object in a way that wouldn’t be possible if it were an actual fat person who you had to look in the eyes.”

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by Anonymousreply 28October 6, 2022 6:36 AM

He has problems alright.

by Anonymousreply 1October 6, 2022 2:39 AM

Mustard on his face.

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by Anonymousreply 2October 6, 2022 2:39 AM

Roll eyes.

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by Anonymousreply 3October 6, 2022 2:41 AM

See it because the tranny is hilarious. Yes, because trannies are known for their sense of humor.

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by Anonymousreply 4October 6, 2022 2:42 AM

He’s so angry and his insecurities are transparent.

by Anonymousreply 5October 6, 2022 2:44 AM

Uh oh.

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by Anonymousreply 6October 6, 2022 2:44 AM

Him and Billy are acting like sore losers.

by Anonymousreply 7October 6, 2022 2:46 AM

Acting like it?

by Anonymousreply 8October 6, 2022 2:47 AM

If I were he, I'd worry much less about my weight or my gayness and much more about the huge moles on my head. YUCK. they are likely going to turn cancerous.

by Anonymousreply 9October 6, 2022 2:51 AM

R7, "Him and Billy are acting like sore losers."

Yup, him sure are.

by Anonymousreply 10October 6, 2022 3:00 AM

"It's objectifying fat gay men."

SO WHAT? It's just a goddamned movie. It won't hurt you if you don't watch it. It probably won't hurt you if you do watch it but I don't know, you're kind of a bitch.

by Anonymousreply 11October 6, 2022 3:06 AM

[quote] Acting like it?

Billy is not THAT good of an actor.

by Anonymousreply 12October 6, 2022 3:07 AM

Eichner isn’t white.

This person’s “observations” can be discarded.

by Anonymousreply 13October 6, 2022 3:12 AM

Definitely has no fats and no fems on his Grindr profile, with a profile pic from about 15 years ago.

by Anonymousreply 14October 6, 2022 3:13 AM

Daniel Franzese had a similar response to this. To me, it just screams of entitlement. "I am fat AND gay, therefore that role should be MINE."

by Anonymousreply 15October 6, 2022 3:15 AM

[quote] In talking about how cruelly @billyeichner, white, cis, rich, hot- or not-hot-enough-to-be-a-movie-star (depending on who's tweeting) demanded the queer community support his movie, a thing that is rarely mentioned is the rest of the cast.

And Billy’s guaranteed it stays that way, by lashing out he’s made sure the discourse/coverage about this movie is about the box office and nothing else.

by Anonymousreply 16October 6, 2022 3:19 AM

R7 - Oh, dear.

by Anonymousreply 17October 6, 2022 3:29 AM

This whine fest is just getting worse.

The might as well be please see this insufferable film with insufferable actors and feel Woke. Pass

by Anonymousreply 18October 6, 2022 3:37 AM

[quote] —And we wonder how and why Trump got elected.

Because of bad grammar on gay social media??

[italic]Really??[/italic]

by Anonymousreply 19October 6, 2022 3:40 AM

And nose hairs shooting out of his nostrils r2!

by Anonymousreply 20October 6, 2022 4:07 AM

This FAT QUEEN really needs to give it a rest....

by Anonymousreply 21October 6, 2022 4:10 AM

[quote] Eichner isn’t white.

He isn’t white like Italians aren’t white.

by Anonymousreply 22October 6, 2022 4:14 AM

I find it hysterical when people like to proclaim that Jews “aren’t white”. For all intents and purposes, yes, they very much are (as R22 notes). “White” does not merely describe people with Northern European ancestry.

by Anonymousreply 23October 6, 2022 4:19 AM

OP is worse than Hitler's girdle.

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by Anonymousreply 24October 6, 2022 4:20 AM

If he has seborrheic keratoses like that NOW, he’s going to look like a melting chocolate chip cookie THEN.

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by Anonymousreply 25October 6, 2022 4:44 AM

This guy is a whinging fool. “Extreme fatness” IS a manifestation of internal pain for 99% of people who are obese or morbidly obese. You don’t just magically get that fat from slight overeating—you become morbidly obese by being a food addict, which almost always manifests from a place of hurt. Morbidly obese people by and large are people who have experienced a lot of trauma and/or abuse in their lives. Food is their coping mechanism/drug of choice.

by Anonymousreply 26October 6, 2022 4:56 AM

I sent this to a friend who was thinking of reaching out to Guy’s reps for a role. Now she’s over him. The whiney bitch thing is really unappealing.

by Anonymousreply 27October 6, 2022 5:21 AM

The only thing I remember him from was the Chelsea handler talk show.

by Anonymousreply 28October 6, 2022 6:36 AM
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