Ansel Elgort has been offered the lead role in The Goldfinch, which is an adaptation of the Pulitzer-winning novel by author Donna Tartt.
Variety reports that Elgort has been offered the lead role of Theodore Decker in The Goldfinch, which will be helmed by Brooklyn filmmaker John Crowley.
The director had met with several candidates for nearly two months before giving the role to Elgort.
Theo finds a small Dutch Golden Age painting known as The Goldfinch covered in debris, which he keeps as a source of hope.