Michael Douglas as Liberace Director Steven Soderbergh has revealed his new Liberace biopic was made for TV because it was deemed “too gay” by every movie studio in Hollywood. Behind The Candelabra stars Michael Douglas as the flamboyant showman and Matt Damon as his young lover. “Nobody would make it,” Soderbergh tells New York Daily Post. “We went to everybody in town. They all said it was too gay.” “And this is after Brokeback Mountain, by the way, which is not as funny as this movie. I was stunned. It made no sense to any of us.” HBO ultimately picked it up. It will be Soderbergh’s final film.
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First published: Monday, 7th January 2013 - 10:57am