Written and directed by Joel Edgerton, and based on the memoir by Garrard Conley, Boy Erased stars Edgerton along with Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, Jesse LaTourette and Britton Sear. There’s a new poster and trailer for the film out in the wild.
We spoke to writer/director Joel Edgerton and star Nicole Kidman at the world premiere of the film at Toronto last month. They talked about the importance of bringing this story to the screen, and subsequently to a wide audience. Here are the interviews.
Boy Erased World Premiere Interviews
Boy Erased Trailer
BOY ERASED tells the story of Jared (Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who is outed to his parents (Kidman and Crowe) at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith. Boy Erased is the true story of one young man’s struggle to find himself while being forced to question every aspect of his identity.