Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story

Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story
	Poster
Genre	Drama
Based on	Saving Alex: When I Was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That’s When My Nightmare Began; by Alex Cooper with Joanna Brooks
Screenplay by	Michelle Paradise
Directed by	Jeffrey G. Hunt
Starring	Addison Holley; Nicolette Pearse; Sara Booth; Ian Lake; Kate Drummond; Wilson Cruz; Steve Cumyn; Elisa Mooncherry;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Kyle A. Clark; Jeffrey D. Hunt; Lina Wong;
Producers	Mark Costa; Mary Anne Waterhouse;
Running time	87 minutes
Production company	Silver Screen Pictures
Distributor	Lifetime
Release
Original network	Lifetime
Original release	September 28, 2019;
External links
	Website

Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story is a 2019 American biographical drama television film directed by Jeffrey G. Hunt. Produced by Lifetime as part of its "Ripped from the Headlines" feature film,[1] it aired on September 28, 2019.[2]

The film stars Addison Holley, Nicolette Pierce, Sara Booth, Ian Lake, Kate Drummond, Wilson Cruz, Steven Cumyn, and Elisa Mooncherry. The screenplay by Michelle Paradise is based on the 2016 memoir Saving Alex: When I Was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That’s When My Nightmare Began by Alex Cooper and Joanna Brooks, which documents Cooper's experience in being sent to a conversion therapy home and the brutalities she endured while there.[3]

Plot

In Victorville, California, 15 year old Alex Cooper (Addison Holley) comes out to her Mormon parents (Kate Drummond and Steven Cumyn) as a lesbian and that she has fallen for her friend Frankie (Nicolette Pierce). This leads to them taking her to Utah to live with the Simms who Alex's grandparents (Roger Dunn and Lynne Griffin) told her parents about. Johnny and Tiana (Ian Lake and Sara Booth) abuse her for being a lesbian where they also beat her and punish her by having her wear a backpack full of rocks while facing the wall as a way to get her to become straight.

Cast

Addison Holley as Alex Cooper
Nicolette Pierce as Frankie Jackson
Ian Lake as Jonathan "Johnny" Simms
Sara Booth as Tiana Simms
Kate Drummond as Mrs. Cooper
Wilson Cruz as Paul C. Burke
Steven Cumyn as Mr. Cooper
Elisa Moolecherry as Carol Lynn
Stephen Joffe as Jason
Kaleb Horn as Damon
Dante Scott as Henry
Sofie Michal Maiuri as Mary
Emma Victoria Jackson as Emma
Alexander Elliot as Spencer
Leo Orgil as Wyatt
Alexandra Chavez as Daniella Lopez
Humberly González as Hannah Lopez
Lynne Griffin as Grandma
Michelle Arvizu as Sister Lopez
Roger Dunn as Grandpa
Laurie Murdock as Bishop Carver
Natalie Liconti as Colette
Nile Seguin as Mr. Lewis
Pip Dwyer as Sandra
Agueda Cardenas as Cleaning Lady
Sharon McFarlane as Administrator
David Frisch as Teacher
Drew Haytaoglu as Elder Thompson
Jamillah Ross as Cop
Konima Parkinson-Jones as Officer Janney
Nicolas James Wilson as Elder Sanders
Art Hindle as Church Leader
Jon H. Epstein as Bus Driver
Marie Dame as Sister Young (uncredited)

References

"'Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story' Lifetime Movie Premiere: Cast, Trailer, Date".
Messman, Lauren (September 28, 2019). "What's on TV Saturday: 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Midsomer Murders'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
Cooper, Alex; Brooks, Joanna (2016). Saving Alex: When I Was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That's When My Nightmare Began. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0062374608.

External links

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[1] "'Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story' Lifetime Movie Premiere: Cast, Trailer, Date".

[2] Messman, Lauren (September 28, 2019). "What's on TV Saturday: 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Midsomer Murders'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

[3] Cooper, Alex; Brooks, Joanna (2016). Saving Alex: When I Was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That's When My Nightmare Began. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0062374608.