Kiersey Clemons To Play Drag King In New Movie with Barbie Ferreira

Kiersey Clemons is getting into drag for an upcoming movie!

The 28-year-old The Flash actress has been cast in the dramedy, The Young King, accroding to Variety.

She will be joined in the film by Barbie Ferreira and Michael Shannon, who will play her father.

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Kiersey will be playing Jules, “an aspiring drag king who comes to Las Vegas to reconnect with her estranged dad Mick (Shannon), and to make her debut performance in America’s big-gest drag king revue.

Mick, a legendary gambler and part-time children’s party clown, is less than excited to see his daughter ‘Julia’ presenting as masculine, wearing suits and chasing after Ronnie (Ferreira), the no-nonsense dancer who he frequents regularly. During an unforgettable whirlwind week-end, Jules and Mick’s worlds collide.”

The film is set in 1990s Las Vegas and will begin production in early 2023 in Vegas.

Justin Tranter, who recently worked on music with Sofia Carson for Purple Hearts, will serve as executive music producer and create original music for the upcoming movie. Larin Sullivan wrote the script and will make her directorial debut.

If you didn’t know, Kiersey will also be voicing a character in an upcoming Freeform animated series.

Find out about Barbie‘s other upcoming movie, House of Spoils.