Sebastian Stan and Leo Woodall were recently announced as the stars of a film where they will play a gay couple, reports Variety. In the upcoming thriller, Burning Rainbow Farm, Woodall will portray Tom Crosslin and Stan will be Rollie Rohm. They are the only two people who have been announced for the cast thus far.
The film follows the true story of Crosslin and Rohm, a gay couple in 1990s Michigan who built a “pot-friendly utopia” that was considered to be a “retreat for cannabis advocates and the LGBTQ+ community.” However, after a run-in with the police, Rohm was arrested, and their young son was taken from them by the authorities. Their story ends with a deadly standoff with the police.
The project is based on the book Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke by Dean Kuiper, which was published in 2006. The film’s director, Justin Kurzel (The Order) said in a statement to Variety that the movie is “a love story about two outliers who raise their middle finger to hate and declare ‘This is who we are, and we dare you to take it from us.’” He says he’s “excited to create this lovable and courageous couple with Sebastian and Leo, their union will be one to remember.”
Stan is fresh off the success of Marvel’s Thunderbolts* and receiving an Oscar nomination for portraying Donald Trump in The Apprentice. And this is not the first time playing gay for Leo Woodall, who stole hearts as a queer character in the second season of the hit HBO series The White Lotus. He also played a gay man earlier this year in the Apple TV+ show, Prime Target.
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