Spoiler alert — the viewer cries!
On Wednesday, Focus Features dropped the first trailer for its upcoming tearjerkerSpoiler Alert, the film adaptation of Michael Ausiello’s heartfelt and critically acclaimed memoirSpoiler Alert: The Hero Dies.
The film tells the true story of Ausiello’s 13-year relationship with photographer Kit Cowan, who died in February 2015 at the age of 43 after an an 11-month battle with a rare and brutal form of cancer.
Now, viewers are finally getting a peek at the film, which stars Parsons as Ausiello andFleabagbreakout Ben Aldridge as Cowan.
Oscar winnerSally Fieldand Tony winner Bill Irwin also star in the film, as Cowan’s parents.
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The trailer shows the beginnings of Ausiello and Cowan’s romance, including Ausiello’s fears when they first started dating.
“I think you’re very cool and I’m worried that you’re going to break my heart,” he tells Cowan.
Cowan does, in a way, break Ausiello’s heart down the line — though as the journalist says in the trailer, “he broke it open.”
“I’ve always imagined that my life was like a typical romantic comedy,” Parsons says in the trailer. “Looking back, this is less of a rom-com and more of a love story. And like all love stories, it never actually ends.”
Kit Cowan
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Spoiler Alertcomes from director Michael Showalter (Wet Hot American Summer,The Big Sick,The Eyes of Tammy Faye). Jeffery Self, Tony winner Nikki M. James, Tara Summers, Paco Lozano, andQueer Eye’s Antoni Porowski also star.
David Marshall Grant and Dan Savage penned the film’s screenplay.
Spoiler Alerthits theaters in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco on Dec. 2, ahead of a Dec. 9 domestic open. A worldwide release is scheduled for Dec. 16.
source: people.com
