Margot Robbie and Emma Watson had been rumoured to be starring in a lesbian Brokeback Mountain. (Getty)
Rumours of a gender-swapped, lesbian model of Brokeback Mountain have resurfaced as we speak (March 29), however sadly it’s all simply that – a hearsay.
Posts with the hashtag #brokeback2 began trending on X (previously referred to as Twitter), alleging {that a} remake of the 2005 Oscar-winning movie was within the works with Harry Potter‘s Emma Watson set to tackle Heath Ledger’s function as Ennis Del Mar and Barbie star Margot Robbie enjoying Jake Gyllenhaal’s character Jack Twist.
This hearsay really began approach again in 2016, when satirical web site The Portly Gazette reported that the sequel movie would “observe two lesbian lovers in rural USA and can retain a lot of the themes of the unique movie, other than the apparent gender swap”. It claimed the discharge date could be a while in 2017.
“Mega-stars Margot Robbie and Emma Watson have been forged to play the 2 lesbians struggling to compromise their secret lesbian relationship with their illiberal environment.”
Whereas a lesbian model of the enduring film, with two powerhouse actors like Watson and Robbie on the helm, could be superb, it’s nonetheless unfaithful. Nothing has modified since 2016, when the hashtag first trended.
Additionally, this isn’t the primary time folks have been fooled by a brand new remake or reboot lately, after a viral photoshopped poster that includes Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Lisa Kudrow, and Maya Rudolph as the brand new Golden Women in a reboot of the enduring 80s sitcom lately made the rounds.
Nevertheless, on condition that many individuals appear to be excited concerning the faux “lesbian Brokeback Mountain” film, perhaps it’s lastly time that Hollywood execs take be aware, and get began on convincing Robbie and Watson.
The unique Brokeback Mountain starred Gyllenhaal and Ledger as a queer couple who’ve to cover their relationship and face stigma and difficulties as homosexual males within the unaccepting society of their house in Wyoming.
Ledger died three years after the movie got here out of an unintentional drug overdose on the age of 28.
Gyllenhaal spoke out concerning the influence of his co-star’s demise in 2016, telling PEOPLE Journal that Ledger’s demise affected in methods he “can’t essentially put in phrases, and even would need to discuss publicly”.
“I miss him as a human being, and I miss working with him. And what an unlucky factor it’s that we received’t have the ability to see the fantastic thing about his expression.
“He was extremely particular, and that doesn’t even come near encapsulating who he’s — who he was,” Gyllenhaal added.