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See also: What LGBTQ+ support events at major companies looked like now versus ten years ago\u2014and some of these regressions are huge.<\/strong><\/p>\n Sony Pictures Classics \/ Courtesy of the Everett Collection<\/p>\n \u00a9Sony Pictures\/Courtesy of Everett Collection<\/p>\n \u00a9TriStar Pictures\/Courtesy of Everett Collection<\/p>\n Bettmann\/Getty Images\/Jim Smeal\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/p>\n \u00a9 Lions Gate Films \/ Courtesy of the Everett Collection<\/p>\n \u00a9 Lions Gate Films \/ Courtesy of the Everett Collection<\/p>\n See also: 64 Celebrities Who Are Currently In Same-Sex Relationships, And Some Of Them Might Surprise You.<\/strong><\/p>\n Courtesy of the Everett Collection \/ Everett Collection \/ Everett Collection<\/p>\n A24 \/ Courtesy of the Everett Collection<\/p>\n 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n \u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy of Everett Collection<\/p>\n \u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy of Everett Collection<\/p>\n \u00a9Sony Pictures\/Courtesy of Everett Collection\/\u00a9Sony Pictures\/Everett Collection\/Everett Collection<\/p>\n Related: People are going hysterical over Sesame Street's message about pride.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a9Off White Productions\/Courtesy of Everett Collection<\/p>\n \u00a9Academy Entertainment\/Courtesy of Everett Collection<\/p>\n Courtesy of the Everett Collection.<\/p>\n Universal Pictures \/ Courtesy of the Everett Collection<\/p>\n Universal Pictures \/ Courtesy of the Everett Collection<\/p>\n Giles Keith \/ \u00a9 Universal Pictures \/ Courtesy of the Everett Collection<\/p>\n Laurie Sebastian \/ \u00a9 Universal \/ Courtesy of the Everett Collection<\/p>\n \u00a9 Universal \/ Courtesy of the Everett Collection<\/p>\n On the topic: Two Trump-supporting states just unveiled a bizarre new counter-proclamation supporting the LGBT community, and people are pointing out the hypocrisy of the statements.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a9 First Run Features \/ Courtesy of the Everett Collection<\/p>\n \u00a9 First Run Features \/ Courtesy of the Everett Collection<\/p>\n Vera Anderson\/WireImage\/Getty Images<\/p>\n \u00a9Focus Films\/Courtesy of the Everett Collection<\/p>\n Warner Bros. \/ Via youtube.com<\/p>\n Courtesy of the Everett Collection.<\/p>\n Charlotte Gomez\/BuzzFeed<\/p>\n Your Daily Brain Workout: Most People Won't Finish the Mega-Word Chain This Weekend\u2014Can You?<\/strong><\/p>\n Also in the LGBT section: This Tap Reveal quiz will tell you about the most popular and iconic gay anthems of the year you were born.<\/strong><\/p>\n Also in the LGBT section: It's Pride Month, and these 20 tweets about it are funny, a little crazy, and totally right.<\/strong><\/p>\n Read about it on BuzzFeed.com<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Happy Pride Day! 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Call Me by Your Name was originally conceived not as a standalone story, but as the beginning of a longer series chronicling the characters' lives over time. Director Luca Guadagnino has said in interviews that he wanted to return to Elio and Oliver at different stages of their lives, with the next film set several years after the events of the first film. Early plans described the project as part of a trilogy, with each film following the characters as they matured, similar in structure to Richard Linklater's films "Before.". <\/h2>\n
Guadagnino also suggested that the sequel would expand beyond Italy and show the characters navigating new locations and historical moments, including the HIV\/AIDS epidemic and the changing cultural and political landscape of the late 20th century. Andr\u00e9 Aciman, the author of the book on which the film is based, even wrote a sequel expanding on the same storyline. However, for various reasons, including the controversy surrounding Armie Hammer, a sequel will likely never happen. <\/h2>\n
4. Steel Magnolias is arguably one of the best films of all time in terms of cast and a true classic. But if a Hollywood legend had taken over, the film would have looked completely different, but with an equally iconic cast. Before it became a film, it was an off-Broadway hit by playwright Robert Harling, which quickly caught the attention of Hollywood. After seeing the play, Elizabeth Taylor gave it a rave review and reportedly recommended it to others in the industry, including Bette Davis. According to Harling, Davis called him one day and invited him to tea at the hotel where she was staying in New York. At first, he thought it was a friend playing a prank on him, until Davis introduced herself again, at which point he realized it was really her. <\/h2>\n
Harling met with Davis for tea, where she told her she wanted to play Weezy and even suggested other casting options, including Elizabeth Taylor as M'Lynn and Katharine Hepburn as Claire. When it was time to leave, Davis told Harling, "You can give Weezy to someone else. But you and they will hear from Bette Davis." Of course, the roles ultimately went to Olympia Dukakis, Shirley MacLaine, and Sally Field, and, as Huffpost wrote, "Luckily for Harling, it was someone else who told Davis that younger women would be in the film.". <\/h2>\n
5. The film But I'm a Cheerleader was initially given an NC-17 rating by the MPAA, which director Jamie Babbitt said surprised her given the film's tone and premise. At the time, the NC-17 rating was often considered commercially restrictive, as many theaters and video stores refused to show such films. In an interview, she explained that the film was intended as a satirical, stylized comedy, but the ratings board focused on brief scenes of sexuality between women. <\/h2>\n
Babbitt also discussed how she felt the film was treated more harshly because it focused on gay characters and same-sex relationships, especially compared to straight teen comedies of the same era. She cited films like American Pie, with similar or even more explicit sexual content, that still received an R rating. To ensure a wider theatrical release, she had to make minor changes, including toning down a sex scene and removing a brief line. This experience shaped her view of the ratings system and how it policed the portrayal of LGBT characters in film at the time. <\/h2>\n
6. Moonlight made history at the 89th Academy Awards, becoming the first film with an all-Black cast and the first LGBTQ+-themed film to win the Oscar for Best Picture. Directed by Barry Jenkins, the film follows Chiron through three stages of his life, his struggles with his identity, sexuality, and his upbringing in Miami. <\/h2>\n
The screenplay was adapted from Tarell Alvin McCraney's unpublished semi-autobiographical play "In the Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue," with whom Jenkins shared many life experiences, including growing up in the same Miami neighborhood. McCraney had written the play approximately 10 years earlier before pitching it to Jenkins for collaboration. Jenkins contributed a storyline about Chiron's mother's struggle with drug addiction, drawing on his own life. This modern classic was filmed in the neighborhoods where Jenkins grew up and cost less than $5 million to make, becoming one of the lowest-budget films to win the Academy Award for Best Picture in history. <\/h2>\n
7. The Devil Wears Prada isn't just one of the most iconic fashion films of the 2000s; it's a landmark in the history of fashion cinema as a whole. Despite the film's fashion setting, the costume budget was modest\u2014just $100,000\u2014prompting legendary costume designer Patricia Field (best known for her work on Sex and the City) to tap into her extensive fashion connections. Field understood she would essentially have to borrow a ton of clothes and accessories, but she encountered resistance, as designers feared providing pieces for the film would upset Anna Wintour. However, Prada lent the designers the pieces, stating they believed Wintour wouldn't be upset. <\/h2>\n
Field also envisioned Andi Sachs as the "Chanel girl" and personally contacted the fashion house, leveraging her long-standing connections and sharing the script. Chanel responded enthusiastically, eager to see their designs on a younger character (unusual for the time). This collaboration, of course, led to Andi's famous Chanel boot moment. Field ultimately purchased nearly a million dollars' worth of clothing for the film. Her work on the film also earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Costume Design. <\/h2>\n
8. When The Rocky Horror Show was released in 1975, it bombed at the box office and struggled to find an audience in traditional theaters. Adapted from Richard O'Brien's play, the musical comedy blended science fiction, horror, kitsch, and gender-bending humor in a way that was way ahead of its time and confused many critics and audiences. <\/h2>\n
Of course, rather than disappearing entirely, the film found a new life thanks to late-night and midnight screenings, where audiences dressed up as characters, shouted lines at the screen, and performed skits along with the film. These interactive screenings transformed The Rocky Horror Picture Show from a box office flop into a cultural phenomenon and helped define what constitutes a "cult film." As a result, more than 50 years after its debut, The Rocky Horror Picture Show remains one of the longest-running films in cinema history, still showing regularly around the world. <\/h2>\n
9. The documentary Paris Is Burning began almost by accident when director Jennie Livingston was taking a summer photography and filmmaking course at New York University. She was walking through Washington Square Park and noticed a group of young men dancing in a style she'd never seen before. She wanted to photograph them, but they told her no, saying they were voguing. Intrigued, Livingston started talking to them and soon learned about New York's underground ballroom scene. They invited her to attend a mini-ballroom if she wanted to learn more. She had a documentary assignment for the course, so she figured she could film the mini-ballroom for it. <\/h2>\n
Everyone in the class loved what she filmed. Encouraged by the class's reaction and captivated by the culture and sense of community, she began attending more and more balls and meeting artists, many of whom later became central figures in the documentary. A friend, an intern at WNYC radio, edited her footage into a VHS trailer and showed it to his boss, who then showed it to the station's director, Madison Davis Lacy. Impressed by what he saw, Lacy gave Livingston funding to make a full-length documentary. <\/h2>\n
10. Before becoming one of David Lynch's most acclaimed films, Mulholland Drive was originally developed as a television series for ABC. In 1999, Lynch filmed a pilot episode that was intended to be the beginning of a Hollywood detective drama about an aspiring actress and a woman with amnesia whose lives intertwine. However, ABC executives were reportedly confused by the unconventional storytelling approach and ultimately decided not to produce the series. <\/h2>\n
Rather than scrap the material, Lynch secured additional funding from the French production company StudioCanal and reworked the pilot into a feature-length film, filming new scenes and creating a different ending. Although the original pilot episode of Mulholland Drive is unavailable for legal viewing, it has been leaked online for years, though Lynch disliked it, stating, "All I know is that I enjoyed making it, ABC didn't like it, and I don't like the version I submitted. I agreed with ABC that the longer version was too slow, but I had to screw it up because we had a deadline and didn't have time to do anything.". <\/h2>\n
11. Long before The Wicked Witch became one of the most popular Broadway musicals of all time, Universal had already acquired the rights to Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel Wicked Witch: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West and planned to adapt it for the screen. Producer Marc Platt spent years trying to figure out how to translate the book's complex plot to the screen, but he felt something wasn't quite right. As he later recalled, the material seemed to be missing an element that could fully convey the emotional relationship between Elphaba and Glinda. <\/h2>\n
The turning point came when composer Stephen Schwartz, learning that Universal owned the rights, called Platt and asked if he'd ever considered turning the story into a stage musical. Platt said he was immediately hooked, calling it an "eureka moment" that completely changed his perspective on the project. He teamed up with Schwartz to develop "Wicked Witch" for the stage, believing that if the musical proved successful enough, it could be adapted into a film. <\/h2>\n
12. When the Julie Newmar project was being developed in the mid-'90s, several major Hollywood stars, including Robert Downey Jr., Kyle McLaughlin, Robin Williams, John Cusack, and Willem Dafoe, expressed interest and even auditioned for the role of Vida Boh\u00e8me. Ultimately, the role went to Patrick Swayze, who landed it thanks to his walk. He truly took the role very seriously. <\/h2>\n
Despite the participation of such renowned stars as Swayze, Wesley Snipes, and John Leguizamo, and the backing of a major Hollywood studio, the production faced resistance from some companies who did not want their products associated with drag performers. According to those involved in the production, several brands refused to feature their products in the films, fearing backlash from conservative audiences. <\/h2>\n
13. When Cheryl Dunye's The Watermelon Woman was released in 1996, it so effectively blurred the line between fiction and documentary that some viewers believed the central historical figure was real. The film follows a fictionalized version of Dunye as she explores the life of a little-known Black actress from the 1930s and 1940s known only as "The Watermelon Woman"\u2014a nickname rooted in the racist "mammy" stereotypes that shaped many roles for Black actresses in Hollywood. <\/h2>\n
To make the story believable, Dunye created fake archival photographs, film clips, interviews, and historical documents for the character, constructing an entire Hollywood backstory from scratch. The fictional actress, Faye Richards (played by Lisa Marie Bronson), was so convincingly woven into real film history that some viewers assumed she actually existed and began searching for information about her. This confusion was intentional, as Dunye wanted to highlight how many Black actors and LGBTQ stories have been erased from history. <\/h2>\n
14. Before Ang Lee joined the project, Brokeback Mountain had been in development for several years, and director Gus Van Sant was briefly attached to the film. According to Van Sant, finding actors willing to play the romantic lead proved difficult, as several major stars turned down the leading roles. He later revealed that actors such as Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, and Ryan Phillippe all dropped out of the project at various stages. <\/h2>\n
At the time, a Hollywood drama centered on the romantic relationship between two men was still considered a significant commercial risk, and many in the industry were unsure about audience response. Before Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal signed on to play Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, development on the film moved slowly, partly because studios were unsure how widely it could be promoted. Once the leads were cast, the project gained momentum and was redefined as a prestige drama rather than a niche release. <\/h2>\n
15. And finally, the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" was almost cut from The Wizard of Oz. I know, it's hard to believe anyone would cut one of the most iconic songs in film history, but MGM executives considered removing the scene because they felt it was slowing the film's pace. They feared this quiet moment would slow down the plot just when it was picking up steam. <\/h2>\n
Some also felt that the setting\u2014a simple barnyard\u2014didn't suit the film's grand, colorful spectacle. Furthermore, they found the song itself sad, and they feared audiences wouldn't react well to something so melancholy; they wanted something captivating and vibrant. Fortunately for us all, the executives ultimately made the right choice. <\/h2>\n
Looking for more LGBTQ+ or Pride-related content? Check out all of BuzzFeed's coverage of Pride 2026. <\/h2>\n