Jeremy Allen White will star in a limited series adaptation of André Aciman’s Enigma Variations, Variety reports.
Aciman’s novel, published in 2017 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, follows Paul, a bisexual man whose life is marked by a series of love affairs and sexual encounters. A critic for Kirkus called the book “an eminently adult look at desire and attachment, with all the usual regrets and then some—but also with the knowledge that such regret ‘is easy enough to live down.’”
White, known for his Emmy-winning turn as chef Carmy in the series The Bear and for his roles in films including Fremont and The Iron Claw, will star as Paul in the Netflix series, which will be written by Amanda Kate Shuman (The Blacklist, The Wheel of Time) and directed by Oliver Hermanus (Beauty, Living). White, Aciman, Shuman, and Hermanus are among the series’ executive producers.
Aciman’s novel Call Me by Your Name was adapted into a 2017 film directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer; the movie earned four Academy Award nominations.
White has another literary adaptation in the works: He is set to star as Bruce Springsteen in the biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere, based on Warren Zanes’ 2023 book.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
