how to display defalt value radio button in django form

Question

My form allows the user to select between two roles. I struggle to understand why I cannot display it in the template.

The model role default value, and the form role initial values, are both set to 'regular_user'. The models ae migated and the om values ae displayed as needed, but without the deault value.

Any input on what I'm doing wrong would be highly appreciated.

models.py:

ROLES = (('regular_user', 'Regular_user'), ('collaborator', 'Collaborator'))

class CustomUser(AbstractUser):
    display_name = models.CharField(verbose_name=("Display name"), max_length=30, help_text=("Will be shown e.g. when commenting"))
    ...
    role = models.CharField(choices = ROLES, max_length = 50, default = 'regular_user', help_text =("Click below Collaborator, if you wish to join us"))
    ...

    class Meta:
        ordering = ['last_name']

    def get_absolute_url(self):
        return reverse('account_profile')

    def __str__(self):
        return f"{self.username}: {self.first_name} {self.last_name}"

Forms.py:

class SignupForm(forms.Form):
    first_name = forms.CharField(max_length=30, label=_("First name"))
   ...
    role = forms.ChoiceField(choices=ROLES, widget=forms.RadioSelect(), label="Role", required=True, help_text=_("Click below 'Collaborator', if you wish to join us"))
    ...

    def signup(self, request, user, **kwargs):
        ...
        user.role = self.cleaned_data['role']
        ...
        user.save()

If I render it with all other form fields like:

{% with "form-control input-field-"|add:field.name as field_class %}
{% render_field field class=field_class %}{% endwith %}

It renders without radio widget that cannot be checked.

When I render the role field separately, it displays properly the values, but without a default value.

{% with field=form.role %}

<small>{{ field.label_tag }}</small>
<div class="form-row">
         <div class="form-group col-md-6">
{% if form.is_bound %}
    {% if field.errors or form.non_field_errors %}
        {% render_field field class="form-control is-invalid" %}
        <div class="invalid-feedback">
            {{ form.non_field_errors }}
            {{ field.errors }}
        </div>
    {% else %}
        {% render_field field class="form-control is-valid" %}
    {% endif %}
{% else %}
<div class="field">
 <div class="form-control">


{{ field }}
     </div>

 </div>
</div>

{% endif %}
</div>
</div>
{% endwith %}

how to display defalt value radio button in django form

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