New To Netflix: Boy Swallows Universe

Adapted from Trent Dalton’s iconic Australian novel, Boy Swallows Universe explores the crossroads where a boy becomes a man, good toys with evil, and the everyday meets the extraordinary.

What is Boy Swallows Universe about?

Coming to Netflix on 11 January, this is an epic coming-of-age story set in 1980s Brisbane that blends the magic and innocence of youth with the brutal reality of the adult world. A lost father, a mute brother, a recovering addict mum, a heroin dealer for a stepfather, and a notorious criminal for a babysitter. Eli Bell is just trying to follow his heart and understand what it means to become a good man, but fate keeps throwing obstacles in his way.

Who stars in Boy Swallows Universe?

Travis Fimmel (Vikings, Warcraft, Raised by Wolves, Black Snow) plays Lyle Orlik
Simon Baker (The Mentalist, Breath, High Ground) plays Robert Bell
Phoebe Tonkin (Babylon, Kid Snow, Transfusion, Westworld) plays Frances Bell
Felix Cameron (Penguin Bloom) plays Eli Bell
Lee Tiger Halley (The Heights, Featherweight) plays Gus Bell
Bryan Brown (Cocktail, Breaker Morant, Two Hands and Palm Beach) plays Slim Halliday
Anthony LaPaglia (Nitram, Florida Man, Without a Trace) plays Tytus Broz
Sophie Wilde (You Don’t Know Me, The Portable Door, Tom Jones) plays Caitlyn Spies
Christopher James Baker (True Detective, Ozark, New Gold Mountain) plays Ivan Kroll
HaiHa Le (Hungry Ghost, Back to the Rafters, Hardball) plays Bich Dang
Deborah Mailman (Offspring, The Sapphires) as Poppy Birkbeck
Ben O’Toole (Hacksaw Ridge, Detroit, Bloody Hell, The Water Diviner) as Teddy
Zachary Wan (Never Too Late, The Unlisted) as Darren Dang
Millie Donaldson as 17 year old Shelley Huffman
Eloise Rothfield as 13 year old Shelley Huffman