Overview - Worried About the Boy

Overview

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

• Name: Douglas Booth

  Character: Boy George

  Popularity: 1.3336

  

• Name: Mathew Horne

  Character: Jon Moss

  Popularity: 0.6179

  

• Name: Francis Magee

  Character: Jerry O'Dowd

  Popularity: 1.4973

  

• Name: Richard Madden

  Character: Kirk Brandon

  Popularity: 1.7226

  

• Name: Freddie Fox

  Character: Marilyn

  Popularity: 3.6037

  

• Name: Marc Warren

  Character: Steve Strange

  Popularity: 4.172

  

• Name: Mark Gatiss

  Character: Malcolm McLaren

  Popularity: 2.4182

  

• Name: Jonny Burt

  Character: Roy Hay

  Popularity: 0.1905