Brokeback Mountain had a interesting amount of social ramifications on both Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger. The amount of political pressure that this film placed on its main actors influenced the personal and professional lives in very notable ways. Both Gyllenhaal and Ledger both choose roles alongside this film that would both exhibit and reaffirm their masculinity. In "Jarhead" Gyllenhaal plays the the epitome of the manly soldier bent on tracking and killing his enemy, what better way to state to the world that you are most certainly "not gay". Heath Ledgers choice of Casanova, just read the synopsis of the film and it will be painfully clear the three sixty he takes from "Brokeback Mountain". Both men avidly defend their sexuality in all interviews that take place during and after the film.
Health Ledger's affair during its filming (and his lack of discretion) could be seen by many as a unconscious attempt to reaffirm to the public 100% that he is not gay. The actions and reactions from both actors stem from a fear of being labeled by society as homosexual. Why is this fear so intense in these successful and accomplished individuals? This is the question we should ask ourselves, have really made it such a taboo in modern America to be homosexual?
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