The Rumors Aren’t True — There Won’t Be A Lesbian Version of ‘Brokeback Mountain’

Lesbian Movie

2024-04-08
11:36

Rumors about a lesbian version of the iconic ‘Brokeback Mountain’ surfaced (or resurfaced) last March 29, but unfortunately, as much as we hate to burst everyone’s bubble, the rumors were just rumors with no truth in them.

The hashtag ‘#brokeback2’ trended on X (formerly Twitter) alleging that a lesbian version of the 2005 Western gay film was in the works starring Emma Watson who is said to take Heath Ledger’s role and Ennis Del Mar as Jake Gyllenhaal’s counterpart.

The said rumor first came out eight years ago created by a satirical website called The Portly Gazette in 2016 with a claimed release date of 2017. However, none of the said rumors are based on fact, and, as PinkNews reports, nothing has changed since the rumor first came out.

While it may have led to disappointment among queer — especially lesbian — audiences, this signals an existing demand for a movie that is of similar themes, one that could explore sapphic romance in a Western setting.

‘Brokeback Mountain’ came out in 2005 and starred Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger as a queer couple who had to hide their relationship because of stigma and an unaccepting society. The film served as a breakout film for both actors as they both received their first Oscar nominations for the film.

Ledger, however, passed away three years after the film came out after an accidental drug overdose. He was 28.

In an interview with People Magazine in 2016, Gyllenhaal revealed that his co-star’s death affected him “in ways [he] can’t put into words.”

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