‘Reservation Dogs’ Star D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai Joins Netflix’s ‘Breakers’ With Antony Starr

Key Highlights

• In “Breakers,” Woon-A-Tai will play Elliott, described as a working-class, shy teen from Rhode Island to comes to an Australian commune for a surf trip before “adult life.” Edis will play Flynn and Wolfe plays Harper.
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• Popular on Variety Production on “Breakers” is currently underway in Western Australia.
• Here’s the logline: “Two best friends go backpacking in Australia and are soon drawn into a seemingly perfect community of surfers led by a charismatic but mysterious figure.” Pete Jackson (“The Death of Bunny Munro,” “Somewhere Boy”) is the writer and executive producer; besides Starr and Jackson, other EPs include Gavin O’Grady (“Somewhere Boy,” “This Way Up”), Petra Fried (“Baby Reindeer,” “End of the F-ing World”) and Wim De Greef (“Baby Reindeer,” “End of the F-ing World”).
• Mary Nighy (“Say Nothing,” “Industry”) and Ng Choon Ping (“What It Feels Like For A Girl,” “Femme”) are directors and Nick Pitt (“Black Mirror – Hang The DJ”) is a producer.