Media censorship in Singapore Movies with "strong homosexual themes" are typically given R21 ratings regardless of other content in the film. The American films "Milk", a 2008 biopic starring Sean Penn as gay rights activist Harvey Milk, and "Brokeback Mountain", a 2005 romantic drama about two homosexual cowboys played by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, both received R21 rating for depictions of homosexual sexual activities. However, the 2018 film "Love, Simon" about a gay teenager coming to terms with his identity and finding out which of his classmates is his anonymous online pen pal was given an R21 classification despite having no depictions of
Heath Ledger role in "Clowning Around" (1992), the first part of a two-part television series, and to work on the TV series "Sweat" (1996), in which he played a gay cyclist. From 1993 to 1997, Ledger also had parts in the Perth television series "Ship to Shore" (1993); in the short-lived Fox Broadcasting Company fantasy-drama "Roar" (1997); in "Home and Away" (1997), one of Australia's most successful television shows; and in the Australian film "Blackrock" (1997), his feature film debut. In 1999, he starred in the teen comedy "10 Things I Hate About You" and in the acclaimed Australian crime film "Two