Editor's note: This story contains soft spoilers for Together, now playing in theaters.Dave Franco has a couple of naked scenes in Together, his latest film with costar and real-life wife Alison Brie. One particular scene in the movie shows Franco's penis on-screen, prompting the age-old question among online gays: Real or prosthetics?Sign up for the Out Newsletter to keep up with what's new in LGBTQ+ culture and entertainment delivered three times a week straight (well) to your inbox!While discussing the use of practical effects vs. CGI in the movie, Together writer and director Michael Shanks told Out in an exclusive interview that "having practical effects throughout probably 80 percent ofthe film was amazing." He added, "The practical effects people would be wheeling in puppets, crazy prosthetics, or a shoebox full of human genitals."Given that the conversation naturally progressed to the actors' use of prosthetics in comparison to parts of their bodies that were actually exposed Out's Gil Macias asked about one specific naked scene from Franco. Did the actor expose his penis, or was that also prosthetics?"I think I can reveal that it was prosthetic. But that was such a crazy shot to bring up to the producers," Shanks told Out in the interview. "We had such a limited prosthetics budget, and that was a shot that I added a little later. I was like, 'Guys, we can't afford to add prosthetic genitals.'"Thankfully, Shanks' then-partner used to work for a sex toy company and offered to give him a few ultra-realistic genitals that were "just lying around in a drawer in my home office." The filmmaker took the offer, and all it took was for the crew to paint over it (for color adjustment).Ultimately, Shanks recalled that this "became maybe my favorite shot in the film."Moviegoers who have seen Together in theaters have been slowly realizing that the film is actually much more queer-inclusive than one would expect. When asked about and praised for the way he introduced and a gay character (played by Damon Herriman) in the film, as well as a gay wedding between him and his partner, Shanks was taken aback with gratitude."Thank you so much. That means a great deal," Shanks replied. "Even when I was writing stupid stuff back in Australia back in the day, I was always keen to write queer characters just as any other character that you would write who isn't queer, because there is no difference between us, really."Out reporter Macias underscored how the inclusion of two gay men committing to each other and taking "that next metaphysical leap" also implied that the director's "interpretation of the Plato's Symposium myth about the split four-armed humans searching for their soulmate isn't solely restricted to a male and female.""Absolutely," Shanks agreed. "It's just about finding the person that you love the most and committing to them fully. That's really what the film's about, no matter who you are."Together is now playing in theaters.