The first thing that stood out to me was the relationship between the brothers; something that I can relate to…. Brad and Brett Land — this is based off Brad Land’s memoir — and it’s just an amazing story about masculinity and what it looks like today, and [my character’s] journey through fraternity culture and his experience with hazing which really got out of hand. I knew it was a role that would challenge me and help me grow and thankfully they cast me in it….
“I think that all of us were really conscious of making sure that we didn’t make a movie that was an indictment of fraternity culture, because there’s a lot of good things in it. Even in filming the movie, being around the other brothers, both the biological brothers and the brothers in the fraternity, you see that there are some things that can help you grow and become a better person, but a lot of things that make it challenging….
“What I saw, and I can only speak to my experience in making the movie… I didn’t have a traditional college experience… what I saw was when you get a bunch of young men together without any real consequences for their actions, it is kind of a battle to be alpha and be the best and bad things happen in that scenario. My little brother just started college this year and I said, ‘Look, man, before you decide to pledge in a fraternity, I’d love for you to see this movie, just as a bit of an educational tool: That’s the worst case scenario.” — Nick Jonas, in an interview with The Today Show’s Matt Lauer, discussing his role in the upcoming film Goat, a cautionary tale about college fraternities and testosterone run amok.
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PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
What is the criteria operating here that sees some films get their own dedicated post–often a whole slew of em–while others are regulated to also-ran status and buried in a perfunctory general post — that’s if they’re even covered at all. I know it’s not artistic merit let alone LGBT-relatedness. Just curious.
ingyaom
It’s clearly pay-to-play on QUEERTY.
jheryn
@PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID: The criteria, I believe, involves the names Jonas, Efron and Franco.
redcarpet30
Sorry, the only fraternity stuff I care to see is FraternityX.
ChrisK
@jheryn: That’s not true. Queerty is just trying to expose us to some high art. Jonas being in it is just mere coincidence. Unlike most of you commenting treating it like some cheap trashy dick rag I respect this site.
ErikO
The book was not even that good. The movie will not be any better.
jdboston617
The book is terrible!! Sorry, Nick. Did you read it?
This is not about masculinity. That’s the joke. It’s whack off movie for the violent spoiled uneducated bullies looking to be validated. Enjoy it. You have four year then you graduate, get fat, marry so poor woman and talk about the golden years that never existed in the first place.
jheryn
@ChrisK: I stand corrected. I now see that it could never be as base as I implied. Please forgive my lack of understanding.
Harley
Nick, I really admire the Ph.D intelligence and your deep insight in the modern college experience as illustrated in your clearly Oscar worthy performance in you up-coming soon to be Hollywood classic. Now get your damn clothes off and get in bed.
Xzamilloh
So is this some kind of passing of the proverbial torch in regards to gay baiting? Is James Franco officially endorsing Nick Jonas as his replacement?