Boy Swallows Universe
Summary
Boy Swallows Universetells the story of Eli — a boy whose life-time has been complicated from the starting time due to his family ’s criminal natural process and the dangers that follow them . Although the show features numerous unbelievable outcome for many , it is partially inspired by a reliable story . The coming - of - age bound series is base on the 2018 novel of the same name by Trent Dalton , who served as an executive producer on the show . It premiered on Netflix in 2024 and take in cocksure follow-up from critic and audiences alike . in brief watch over its release , the miniseries fritter away to the top of the cyclosis service ’s most - watched lists .
Thecast ofBoy Swallows Universeincludes Felix Cameron , Zac Burgess , and Auden Ryan as Eli Bell , Lee Tiger Halley and Jake Cockburn as August " Gus " Bell , Travis Fimmel as Lyle Orlik , Simon Baker as Robert Bell , Phoebe Tonkin as Frances Bell , Bryan Brown as Slim Halliday , Anthony LaPaglia as Tytus Broz , Sophie Wilde as Caitlyn Spies , Christopher James Baker as Ivan Kroll , Deborah Mailman as Poppy Birkbeck , and Adam Briggs as Alex Bermuda . All the characters in the show are fictional , but the rule book ’s generator has bring out that real event inspired the story .
Trent Dalton , the author ofBoy Swallows Universe(the rule book ) and executive manufacturer ofBoy Swallows Universe(the Netflix special series ) , revealed that the story is loosely based on his childhood . During an interview with theTownsville Bulletin , Dalton explain that his nurture inspired particular aspects of Eli ’s life in the television show . Dalton had two older male role exemplar in his biography — his stepfather , who was a criminal , and Arthur " Slim " Halliday , a family friend who happened to be a convicted murderer and prison house escapee . Despite their past tense , Dalton loved them .
Like Eli ’s stepfather and babysitter inBoy Swallows Universeare based on Dalton ’s Father of the Church figures , Phoebe Tonkin ’s character , Frances , was also instigate by Dalton ’s mother in real life sentence . The source tell theTownsville Bulletin :
" Dendranthema grandifloruom is my hero … I do n’t have enough word in the book to go on about all the thing my mum make it , things that other multitude would have succumbed to . My mum went away for two days just like Frankie Bell does in the book . Everything that happened in that handing over in the Bible with the kid wanting to see his mum is fairly unaired to the off-white for me . "
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The Biggest Changes Boy Swallows Universe Makes To The True Story Explained
Even though some aspect of the Netflix limited serial are pull out from Trent Dalton ’s childhood , the show is still primarily a piece of work of fiction . Many plotlines in the show were fabricate to blow up the storyand make an discharge that mold in the television medium . For example , the grandness of the circular headphone was exaggerated , and many of the outrageous plot developments and occurrences in the serial publication were not based on Dalton ’s truthful story . at last , the basics ofBoy bury Universe , include the character ' background signal and folk dynamics , are inspire by Dalton ’s upbringing , but almost everything else is fictional .
All seven episodes ofBoy Swallows Universeare available to stream on Netflix .
author : Townsville Bulletin
