Over the last few decades, not much has changed for romantic comedy couples at the studio level.

“We’re not doing a sitcom.

“In my experience and the experience of my friends, that’s not how it works.

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Billy Eichner with the cast of ‘Bros.'.Universal Pictures

There’s some overlap in gay and straight relationships, but there’s a lot that’s different.”

It was also imperative that Eichner cast a gay man as his romantic interest.

And the search for the right actor to play Aaron, he says, was challenging at first.

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Billy Eichner with the cast of ‘Bros.'.Universal Pictures

“Hollywood did not allow for it.

We’re soulless, we have no romance, we’re just nightlife creatures.

Broshits theaters on Sept. 30.

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Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane in ‘Bros’.Nicole Rivelli/Universal Pictures

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