Garrard Conley turned down the opportunity to write the adaptation himself as he believed a filmmaker would be better fit to translate his memoir to the big screen.
By the time Garrard Conley's memoir was released in 2016, only a handful of states had banned gay conversion therapy, those being Vermont, California, New Jersey, Illinois, and Oregon, along with Washington, D.C.
Actor and singer Troye Sivan who plays the character named Gary in the movie, has also contributed two original songs to the movie: "Revelation" and "The Good Side."
The film was supposed to be released theatrically in Brazil on January 31, 2019 by the United International Pictures; however, the distributor canceled the release. When questioned by many media outlets and future viewers who were concerned about a possible case of censorship (due to the film's topics), the reason given was the weak box-office results in U.S. and lack of nominations for the Oscars (when it had a clear chance during the awards season).
This was the first film to feature longtime friends Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe. They were previously set to co-star in a 2005 adaptation of the Australian novel "Eucalyptus," which would have been directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse. The troubled production was shut down during table reads of the script and Kidman and Crowe had looked for a new shared project ever since.
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