Alex Truelove is on a quest to lose his virginity, an event eagerly awaited by his patient girlfriend and cheered on with welcome advice by his rowdy friends. But Alex, a super gregarious dude, is oddly unmotivated. A magical house party throws Alex into the presence of Elliot, a hunky college guy, who pegs Alex as gay and flirts hard. Alex is taken aback but after a series of setbacks on the girlfriend front he takes the plunge and learns some interesting new facts about himself.

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Cast

Daniel Doheny

Alex Truelove

Madeline Weinstein

Claire

Antonio Marziale

Elliott

Daniel Zolghadri

Dell

Fred Hechinger

Josh

Nik Dodani

Blake

Dante Costabile

Dakota

Annie Q. Riegel

Sophie Hicks

Kathryn Erbe

Helen

Joanna Adler

Holly Truelove

Daniel Doheny — Alex Truelove

Daniel Doheny is a Canadian actor known for starring in the 2017 Canadian comedy film Adventures in Public School and the 2018 Netflix films Alex Strangelove, a coming-of-age story, and The Package, a raunchy comedy.

Madeline Weinstein — Claire

Madeline Weinstein was born in New York City and graduated from Northwestern University with a BA in Theater. In 2014 she made her Broadway debut alongside Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ewan McGregor, Cynthia Nixon, and Josh Hamilton in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing directed by Sam Gold. She is based in New York City. She would also like everyone to know she is not related to Harvey Weinstein.

Antonio Marziale — Elliott

Antonio Marziale (born September 28, 1993) is an American actor, best known for playing Elliot in the original Netflix movie "Alex Strangelove." He also portrays the character of Benicio in Brian Jordan Alvarez's popular YouTube series, "The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo."