Director Gus Van Sant reveals many A-listers who turned down lead roles in 'Brokeback Mountain'

[masterofmystery]

“Nobody wanted to do it,” says Van Sant https://t.co/9oAHm9Nchf
- Variety (@Variety) July 19, 2018

While promoting his new movie "Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot," director Gus Van Sant (of 'Good Will Hunting' fame) admitted that he was originally attached to direct 2005's 'Brokeback Mountain' (before Ang Lee was brought on), and revealed many

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[carolpd]

i wonder why

[masterofmystery]

see i'd argue that but leo's played gay characters on more than one occasion, and i totally remember it being graphic when he did 'total eclipse' forever ago with david thewlis. also making out with armie hammer in 'j. edgar' so i don't get why he turned it down

the others i could see being more 'ewww gay' like a bunch of assholes

[masterofmystery]

girl i wouldn't have posted this if he didn't name names! marky mark is the scum of the fucking earth.

[deformschool]

I really cannot believe marky mark is never confronted over his disgusting behavior. Like this man is really just accepted in Hollywood.

[felicityhaircut]

I live in MA and whenever ppl tell me they eat at and like Wahlburger's I cancel them from my life. One was my old boss who was all "OMG why do you hate him?" (she was fucking dumb as shit so it figures) and the other person was ASIAN and said she loved their food. Ppl are so stupid and ignorant.

[scriptedending]

Ryan Phillippe in Brokeback Mountain... can you imagine? Bc I can't.

I thought it was interesting what he said about CMBYN and how he wouldn't have made the ending so "artistic" so it was good he didn't get it. A Van Sant CMBYN would have been a very different film.

[alf_alf]

CMBYN is flawless so thank god he didn't direct it tbh

[supernature_971]

Yeah, it was for the best...

[sucha_handful]

I’m happy with BBM. I couldn’t imagine anyone else.