' ▁piece , ▁with ▁produ cers ▁including ▁Sarah ▁Green , ▁Col in ▁F irth , ▁Ged ▁D oh ert y , ▁Nancy ▁Bu ir ski , ▁Marc ▁T urt le ta ub , ▁and ▁Peter ▁Sar af . ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁L oving , ▁director ▁Nich ols ▁spoke ▁briefly ▁of ▁his ▁influence ▁for ▁the ▁film , ▁such ▁as ▁Nancy ▁Bu ir ski ' s ▁The ▁L oving ▁Story ▁( 2 0 1 1 ), ▁to ▁which ▁Nich ols ▁stated , ▁" I ▁was ▁struck ▁by ▁the ▁simplicity ▁of ▁The ▁L oving ▁Story , ▁and ▁I ▁hope ▁to ▁make ▁this ▁a ▁pain fully ▁beautiful ▁film ." ▁ ▁On ▁September ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁Vari ety ▁officially ▁reported ▁that ▁Michael ▁Sh annon ▁had ▁been ▁cast ▁to ▁play ▁Grey ▁V illet , ▁the ▁Life ▁Magazine ▁photograph er ▁who ▁shot ▁the ▁icon ic ▁images ▁of ▁the ▁Lov ings ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Nick ▁K roll ▁in ▁an ▁as - of - y et ▁un named ▁role . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁Sh annon ▁and ▁K roll , ▁on ▁September ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁Bill ▁Camp , ▁Mart on ▁Cs ok as , ▁and ▁Jon ▁Bass ▁were ▁cast ▁as ▁Frank ▁Be az ley , ▁Sher iff ▁Bro oks , ▁and ▁Phil ▁Hir sch kop , ▁respectively . ▁ ▁On ▁May ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁Nich ols , ▁in ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁V ox