Leo Woodall and Sebastian Stan to play lovers in queer true-life thriller Burning Rainbow Farm
Leo Woodall and Sebastian Stan are to star in real-life drama Burning Rainbow Farm. (Getty)
Leo Woodall and Sebastian Stan are to star in real-life drama Burning Rainbow Farm. (Getty)
Oscar nominee Sebastian Stan and The White Lotus heartthrob Leo Woodall are set to play a queer couple in true-life tale Burning Rainbow Farm.
Helmed by The Order director Justin Kurzel and based on the 2006 book of the same name by Dean Kuipers, Burning Rainbow Farm follows gay couple Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rohm on their pro-marijuana festival site in rural Michigan.
As occurred in real life, the weed-friendly utopia becomes the subject of a police investigation and Rohm’s son Robert is taken from him and put into foster care.
Refusing to bow to police demands, the couple stage an armed, on-site protest, leading to one of the “most dramatic sieges involving police and the FBI America has ever seen”, according to Deadline.
An early synopsis summarises: “A pair of marijuana advocates try to hold their own against the FBI in a brutal five-day standoff.”
The true events that form Burning Rainbow Farm garnered significant media attention at the time in early September 2001, but the story was eclipsed days later by the 9/11 attacks.
In Kurzel’s remake, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy star Leo Woodall will play Rohm, and Thunderbolts* star Sebastian Stan will portray Crosslin.
Announcing the project, Kurzel said in a statement: “Burning Rainbow 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’.
“I’m excited to create this loveable and courageous couple with Sebastian and Leo, their union will be one to remember.”
Burning Rainbow Farm looks set to become one of the most eagerly anticipated queer movies of the next few years, though it’s not the first time that Woodall or Stan have played a queer character.
British hunk Woodall made his TV breakthrough playing literal Jack the Lad Essex boy Jack in The White Lotus, during which he had a quasi-incestuous relationship with his on-screen uncle, Quentin (Tom Hollander).
Earlier this year, Woodall starred as gay maths geek Edward in Apple TV drama Prime Target.
Stan is best known for his role as Bucky Barnes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in a string of the franchise’s biggest hits, including Captain America: The First Avenger, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and recent Florence Pugh-starring film, Thunderbolts*.
The actor was critically lauded for his portrayal of president Donald Trump in 2024 film The Apprentice, gaining an Oscar nomination at the 2025 ceremony in the Best Actor category. In 2023, he starred as Tommy Lee in the controversial Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee TV biopic, Pam & Tommy.
Stan is also known for having starred as a number of LGBTQ+ characters, playing Martin Waters in 2006 drama The Architect, prince Jack in 2009 NBC drama Kings, and TJ in 2012 political comedy Political Animals.
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There is currently no release date for Burning Rainbow Farm, but The Hollywood Reporter suggests that film production company Rocket Science will introduce the film to international buyers at the Cannes Film Festival from 13 May.
Online, the prospect of Leo Woodall and Sebastian Stan playing lovers – no matter how harrowing the subject matter – has proven very popular indeed.
“How do I get a job on this film I’m so serious,” joked one social media user, as another quipped: “If they aren’t licking pits and toes like Fellow Travelers I don’t want it.”
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