Worried About the Boy (2010)
"Man to Boy, Boy to Icon"

Title: Worried About the Boy
Original Title: Worried About the Boy
Release Date: 2010-05-16
Status: Released
Rating: 6.316/10 (from 38 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Unknown
In 1980 young George O'Dowd baffles his parents with his love of frocks and make-up and moves into a squat with kindred spirit Peter, who dresses as Marilyn Monroe and calls himself Marilyn. They make a splash at Steve Strange's trendy Blitz Club where George gets a job in the cloakroom but George is unlucky in his relationships with men until he meets wannabe musician Kirk. Through Kirk George meets the handsome drummer Jon Moss, on whom he develops a crush, but sacked by the Blitz and spurned by Kirk, George turns to Sex Pistols' manager Malcolm McLaren to further his music career. George's spell with McLaren's group Bow Wow Wow is short but fan Mikey North is impressed and asks George to sing in a group he is forming, where George again meets Jon. They will have an affair and the group will become the very successful Culture Club. Four years later, however, hounded by the tabloid press amid stories of his drug addiction, an unhappy George turns to Jon for advice on his future.
Cast

Douglas Booth
Boy George

Mathew Horne
Jon Moss

Francis Magee
Jerry O'Dowd

Richard Madden
Kirk Brandon

Freddie Fox
Marilyn

Marc Warren
Steve Strange

Mark Gatiss
Malcolm McLaren

Jonny Burt
Roy Hay

Dean Fagan
Mikey Craig

Neil Toon
Rusty Egan