Actor-musician and social media powerhouse Troye Sivan has joined the starry cast of Joel Edgerton‘s “Boy Erased.”
The memoir adaptation, billed as “coming-of-age and coming-out drama,” was written and directed by Edgerton, who also stars alongside Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman and “Manchester by the Sea” breakout Lucas Hedges.
Joining Sivan in this round of casting is buzzy French director Xavier Dolan, who will put on his acting hat, as well as Cherry Jones and Michael “Flea” Balzary from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The source material, Garrard Conley’s “Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family,” is the emotional tale of a young man outed as gay during his freshman year of college in Arkansas.