Nicholas Galitzine will play male model Hoyt Richards in Gus Van Sant’s new film.
Details of his story are being kept under wraps, but Richards is known for becoming the world’s first male supermodel, and has traveled the world posing for fashion brands such as Versace, Ralph Lauren, and Burberry. Richards, 64, is the subject of a new HBO documentary, “Bring Me the Beauties.” The three-part series chronicles how Richards became involved in a doomsday cult called “Eternal Values” led by Friedrich von Mielas that preyed on young male models and donated millions of dollars to them.
The role is another chance for Galitzine to break out into blonde hair. He recently rocked his long flaxen hair and showed off his manchops as Prince Adam, aka He-Man, in Masters of the Universe. The Canadian actor broke out in Amazon’s romantic comedy “Red, White and Royal Blue,” and co-starred in Amazon’s “Cinderella” remake alongside Camila Cabello and Netflix’s “Purple Hearts.” Galitzine will next be seen in the Red, White and Royal Blue sequel, Red, White and the Royal Wedding, as well as Pete Berg’s World War II sports drama The Mosquito Bowl.
Van Sant is known for “My Own Private Idaho,” the historical drama “Milk,” starring Sean Penn, and “Good Will Hunting,” which launched the careers of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, who were both in their 20s. He recently directed the crime drama “Dead Man’s Wire,” starring Bill Skarsgard as an ambitious small-town entrepreneur-turned-outlaw folk hero.
