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'Brokeback Mountain' at 20: Casting Director Wouldn't Cast Straight Actors Today

Ahead of Focus Features’ theatrical re-release of the Ang Lee film, we speak with Diana Ossana, Avy Kaufman and more.

“Brokeback” is remembered as a case study in Focus Features’ bringing urgent, visionary work to the screen, and it was a turning point for former teen actors Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway to take on more complex, adult roles. Reflecting on the lasting impact Jack and Ennis’ story had in Hollywood and LGBTQ+ entertainment at large, TheWrap spoke to creatives behind the cinematic milestone – along with GLAAD executives, the author of “Brokeback Mountain (American Indies)” and more – to weigh in on the film’s legacy and the powerful experience of revisiting the work two decades later. Kaufman, indeed, is responsible for the ensemble of last year’s Showtime critical darling “Fellow Travelers,” a limited series led by Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer and cast entirely with actors who identify as LGBTQ.

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