For the tenth anniversary of Brokeback Mountain's release, Out has an oral history of the film. As expected, it's full of loving remembrances of the late Heath Ledger, who, besides being one of the best actors of his generation, comes off like an absolute mensch. In his co-star Jake Gyllenhaal's memory, Ledger hated the way the movie was turned into a meme — "the gay cowboy movie" — which he felt diminished its resonance. "He was extraordinarily serious about the political issues surrounding the movie when it came out," Gyllenhaal says. "A lot of times people would want to have fun and joke about it, and he was vehement about being serious, to the point where he didn’t really want to hear about anything that was being made fun of." As the cast and crew recall, the intense emotions on set were aided by Ang Lee's decision to house...
- 7/28/2015
- by Nate Jones
- Vulture
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