What Went Into Adapting 'Boy Erased' For The Big Screen?

The source material for "Boy Erased" has an emotional intensity that makes adapting it for the screen a delicate task. The memoir's author (Garrard Conley) as well as writer/director Joel Edgerton, and actor Lucas Hedges sat down with Moviefone to discuss the process of bringing the story to the big screen.

"Boy Erased" stars Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Joel Edgerton, Troye Sivan, Xavier Dolan, Cherry Jones, and Michael "Flea" Balzary. Directed by Joel Edgerton.

Release date: November 2nd, 2018.

Plot Summary
Jared is the son of a small-town Baptist pastor who gets outed to his parents at age 19. He's soon faced with an ultimatum -- attend a gay conversion therapy program or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends and faith.

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