In the film, Stan's character Edward eventually gets facial reconstructive surgery to remove the tumours, but he then becomes obsessed with an actor called Oswald (Adam Pearson) who gets a job portraying him in a play.

Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson opened up to PEOPLE about 'A Different Man,' in which both men portray people living with neurofibromatosis. "I always say that the two ways to lose your social anonymity in a society in 2024 are to either have some kind of disagreement or disability or to become a celebrity,

The director and cast describe why viewers may be made uncomfortable by A24's thriller, starring Sebastian Stan