Brad Rowe's memories of "Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss"

I can't post my interview with Brad Rowe about his flick "Shelter" until Sunday because it is tied to publication of my newspaper column. But I figured I'd share with you some of what he told me about being in his breakthrough film "Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss" with Sean Hays a decade ago.

Plus, by highlighting this material early, it gives me a great excuse to run a buncha pictures from the movie!

Comparing the gay roles in "Shelter" and "Billy's," Brad says: "In "Billy," I was the pursued and now I as in the role of the comfortable out-of-the-closet guy pursuing the young cute guy,. it was a reversal of roes creatively."

Comparing the drama "Shelter" to the comedy in "Billy's" "The difference is, in sort of the colorful, comical farce that 'Billy's' was. You have a detatchment to the emotional side of it. Sean is trying to find love but there's a funny side to it. On this, even though there were some light moments, it's a much more dramatic piece."

On working on and promoting a gay indie film again: "It was totally easy and totally fun and I think that does translate onto the screen. With 'Billy's," I had the chance to be around some of the alternative press and promote a film like this and be in a situation that ("Shelter" co-star) Trevor Wright (w/Rowe, right) had never been in. I had a sort of mentoring role for him, almost a built-in relaitonship . My character helping him come out of the closet and in a real way, helping him in the process of doing his first gay-themed film."