X-Men: Days of Future Past star Nicholas Hoult is to star in Kill Your Friends, an adaptation of John Niven’s 2008 novel.
Hoult will star as Stephen Stelfox, a 27 year old A&R man carving out a career in the London music industry, trying to find the next massive hit powered by cocaine, alcohol and prostitutes.
Black Mirror director Owen Harris is set to direct as his first feature, with Jim Piddock (Family Tree) playing Derek Summers, the managing direct of Stelfox’s record label.
The book has an American Psycho-esque tone to it and if Hoult can bring the ferocious vulgarity of the character, we are in for a treat.
Originally published March 5, 2014. Updated April 11, 2018.
