I also didn’t think of myself as the kind of person who should get assistance. I was able to work, educated, and capable. I was humiliated enough by my situation without applying for public funds; I’d grown up hearing Bill Clinton praised for reducing welfare rolls and internalized that along with the individualism praised in our culture. I’d bought into the bootstrap myth and thought if I just kept working I’d eventually be self-sufficient, so I just kept pushing myself. I had no idea that to cast the former One Direction singer in the film. "When we put the cast together, we had some established names.... But for the guys on the beach, we really wanted young unknowns. He’s not that unknown, but he’d never done anything as an actor before. So he auditioned. I auditioned literally thousands of young men with different combinations of young men. And he had it." In October 2016, then 18-year-old Alex (whose name has been changed for this story for privacy purposes) crossed into the United States after a long journey from Honduras. He was running from violent gangs that frequently targeted him for being gay, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. He hoped to gain asylum and a fresh start, but instead, Alex was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and transported to Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, SPLC says. (words you probably never thought you'd hear again) but fans want answers, especially when a beloved character isn't mentioned.(Warning: spoilers ahead.)