Culkin, who won a Golden Globe for 'A Real Pain' almost pulled out of the project until producer Emma Stone flew him to the set

Nickel Boys is a harrowing drama, skilfully adapted for the screen by director RaMell Ross and co-writer Joslyn Barnes from Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, which is based on a real-life reform school in Florida where historical allegations of abuse were confirmed by the discovery of unmarked graves using ground-penetrating radar.