

We all have these major trust issues we then have to deal with because we've grown up in an environment where we can't trust people, including our friends and family. So when we try to make connections as adults, we come up against all these fears." "But really what you find out as a gay man is that it's just the beginning.

"You come out of the closet, which feels like such a monumental achievement because you literally risk being disowned by everyone in your life, and you think your problems are solved," Ricamora says. It's a rare moment where Will and Noah let their guards down around intimacy, and one that "captures a truth about being a gay man," Ricamora says. While they might hit on something honest and truthful about the other character, at the end of the day, they're both a little bit wrong." "Writing that scene was a challenge because I didn't want anyone to come away thinking one of them was more right than the other. "Rom-com tropes are very precious to me and I wanted to honor that as much as possible," Booster says. Booster, who also wrote the film, has long loved Joe Wright's 2005 film adaptation of Jane Austen's novel and wanted to mirror the rain-soaked confrontation between Keira Knightley's Elizabeth and Matthew Macfadyen's Mr. The squally scene is a direct nod to "Pride and Prejudice," on which "Fire Island" is loosely based. How the rain scene pays homage to 'Pride and Prejudice'

Ranked: 15 best LGBTQ movies of the 21st century (including 'The World to Come') You expect everyone to reject you, so when somebody comes along and actually does, it doesn't hurt so much." "You think you've got the whole world figured out, but all you're doing is assuming the worst (about people)," Will says. Taken aback, Will counters by challenging Noah's romantic ambivalence. Tired and frustrated as they traipse through the storm together, Noah calls out Will's snobbery and apparent shame around being gay. Despite their initial attraction to each other, Noah feels betrayed after overhearing Will say Noah’s "not hot enough to be that annoying." Adding insult to injury, Will's condescending posse sabotages the burgeoning relationship between Noah's best pal, Howie ( Bowen Yang), and their doctor friend, Charlie (James Scully), by jetting in Charlie's ex to crash their beach getaway. The two are introduced while vacationing with their respective friends on New York’s Fire Island, the popular gay destination just off Long Island’s south shore. Midway through "Fire Island" (now streaming on Hulu), the defiantly single Noah ( Joel Kim Booster) finds himself stuck in a downpour with stoic lawyer Will (Conrad Ricamora), who volunteers to help find Noah's buddies after an underwear party devolves into chaos. What's a romantic comedy without a little rain? Spoiler alert! The following post details important plot points in Hulu's "Fire Island."
