The newcomers to Boy Erased join a cast that includes Academy Award nominee Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea), Academy Award winners Russell Crowe (Gladiator) and Nicole Kidman (The Hours), and Joel Edgerton (Warrior).
Emmy and Tony Award winner Cherry Jones (Transparent, 24) and Grammy Award winner Michael “Flea” Balzary, from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, have joined the cast of Boy Erased, the coming-of-age and coming-out drama from writer/director Joel Edgerton based on Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family by Garrard Conley, who serves as a consultant on the film.
Boy Erased is being produced by Edgerton and Anonymous Content’s Kerry Kohansky-Roberts and Steve Golin, an Academy Award-winning producer of Best Picture Oscar winner Spotlight.
The film will tell the story of Jared (Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who is outed to his parents (Kidman/Crowe) at age 19.