25 fascinating facts about the landmark AIDS drama ‘The Normal Heart’

Matt Bomer and Mark Ruffalo in ‘The Normal Heart’ | Image Credit: HBO

HBO’s 2014 film adaptation of The Normal Heart—written by activist Larry Kramer based off his play of the same name and directed by mega-producer Ryan Murphy—is a blistering attack on the lack of action by the government in the early days of the AIDS crisis. In it, Ned Weeks (Mark Ruffalo) fights to stop the rapidly escalating HIV/AIDS epidemic from killing every gay man in its wake in the early 1980s.

Click through for 25 facts you may not know about the award-winning HBO film.

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