Prime Video is doubling down on BookTok-fueled adaptations, and Chloe Walsh's beloved college romance series is next in line. According to Deadline, Boys of Tommen is among the streamer's most anticipated upcoming projects, riding a wave of social media enthusiasm that has made Walsh's books a phenomenon among young adult readers.
Why This Adaptation Has Fancasters Buzzing
For anyone who hasn't fallen down the BookTok rabbit hole, Boys of Tommen centers on a cast of Irish college rugby players and the messy, emotionally charged relationships that define their lives at Tommen College. That setup is fancasting gold — you've got brooding athletes, fierce love interests, and a sprawling ensemble of characters who each deserve exactly the right face to bring them to life on screen. The Irish setting also adds an interesting wrinkle: will Prime Video commit to authentic casting with genuinely Irish or Irish-adjacent talent, or will they cast wide? That question alone is enough to spark a serious debate.
With 57 distinct roles to fill, this is one of the more ambitious ensemble casts Prime Video will have to assemble for a YA series. Every character has a passionate fanbase with strong opinions, which means the casting process is going to be watched very, very closely.
What myCast Fans Are Already Saying
The myCast community hasn't wasted any time. There are already multiple fan-cast stories live on the platform, and the picks reveal some genuinely interesting instincts from the fandom.
The most comprehensive fan cast lives at Boys of Tommen, where the community has mapped out all 57 roles. For the pivotal role of Johnny Kavanagh — the brooding, complicated heart of the series — fans have put forward Corrado Martini as their early choice. Joey Lynch, the charismatic Lynch brother whose arc drives so much of the drama, has Chad Michael Murray in the frame, a pick that will absolutely divide the fandom given Murray's iconic early-2000s energy. For Shannon Lynch, both this story and the separate Boys Of Tommen fan cast agree on Gracie McKenna — making her arguably the closest thing to a consensus pick the community has right now, having picked up votes across multiple stories.