It is the rom-com way to make bitter rivals fall hard for one another amidst the verbal sparring. What’s special in The Thing About Harry, however, is that it offers two gay men the opportunity to portray love interests in a genre where they are typically relegated to the role of BFF. Isn’t It Romantic?, a parody film about rom-coms, mocked this particular trope mercilessly. The switch is what appealed to executive producers Paige (who got his start acting on Queer As Folk) Greg Gugliotta, and F.J. Denny about the project, according to a joint statement.