Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, the new movie adaptation of the hit West End musical.Based on a true story, the musical follows 16-year-old Jamie, an outcast gay boy in the British equivalent of high school.
Jamie dreams of stardom, of a career performing on stage, but even his teachers discourage him from pursuing it. Jamie takes solace in his friendship with Pritti, a fellow school outcast bullied for being Muslim.
Together the two begin to hatch an outrageous plot: Jamie will start performing in local drag clubs, before hitting up the prom in drag too.Related: A drag queen?
In a Disney movie!? It’s true…The new film version, produced by Disney and 20th Century Films, stars newcomer Max Harwood, Lauren Patel and Oscar-nominee Richard E..