"He is not."
I thought it was the other hottie who was really gay? Actually, it seemed to me I was hearing they were all gay, and then I just put my hands over my mental ears and started thinking "LALALALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU" and that was that.
I can't deal with all this gayness, and if these gay fellows thing the public will pay to see them romancing each other they are way wrong. 10% (at MOST) of the populace does not a film audience make. And make that 5%, since I sincerely doubt the lesbians will be interested.
Ian McKellen who played Gandalf is openly gay.
Viggo Mortensen is a heterosexual, used to date some actress - Cameron Diaz? Gwyneth Paltrow? - who split with him because of his inattention to 'personal hygiene'. So maybe his hairstyle in LOTR was for real! Believe he also has a son by one of his former flames.
Me, I loved Miranda Otto (Eowyn) and Cate Blanchett!
Of course "Brokeback Mountain" will star two straight men portraying gay cowboys. Some one missed the boat on what people want to see when they go to westerns.