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I love this movie. After I'd moved to the UK it was one of the first movies I watched with friends who are a gay couple and often reference how they are literal
by fennecbutt 1y ago
I love this movie. After I'd moved to the UK it was one of the first movies I watched with friends who are a gay couple and often reference how they are literally Withnail and Marwood.
- Joeboy 1y agoFun(?) fact - An actor that was supposed to play Marwood dropped out because they thought the film was homophobic. Robinson originally wanted Paul McGann, but he insisted on using his own accent, resulting in Robinson firing him and getting somebody else in. Then the somebody else dropped out, and McGann came back with a new Home Counties accent. Source: Some interview with Paul McGann I watched. No idea who the other actor was.
- fennecbutt 1y agoHuh that's really interesting! As one of them gays myself, I can see what they mean. The scenes with Monty being a gay "sex pest" are a hurtful stereotype, but given the time it was made in there was much worse depictions of gays in media at the time. To this day people seem to believe all gays are they feminine heeyyyyy type sex pests, whereas in reality the majority of us just regular dudes - hell I find most straight guys unattractive (not in looks, but definitely in behaviour).