Heath Ledger shut down homophobic jokes about Brokeback Mountain at the Oscars
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metro.co.ukJake Gyllenhaal opened up about how Heath Ledger stopped any homophobic jokes from happening at the Academy Awards. The two starred in Brokeback Mountain, a 2006 film about two men – who are both married to women – who fall for each other but have to hide their true feelings.
After it was released, the Oscars wanted Jake and Heath to do the opening monologue which included a lot of homophobic banter.
Heath refused. ‘I mean, I remember they wanted to do an opening for the Academy Awards that year that was sort of joking about it,’ Jake told AnotherMan. ‘And Heath refused.
I was sort of at the time, “Oh, okay… whatever.” I’m always like: it’s all in good fun. And Heath said, “It’s not a joke to me – I don’t want to make any jokes about it.”‘
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