Post by sgev1977 on Jan 3, 2019 11:48:21 GMT
I think it’s the same article on Radio Times or at least a shorter version of it by the same author:
www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/benedict-cumberbatch-talks-becoming-dominic-cummings-for-vote-leave-drama-brexit-the-uncivil-war-a4029561.html
How did Cumberbatch find being part of such a live news event? “Two days ago I was coming in to work and my character’s name was the first thing mentioned in the lead story of the Today programme,” he says. “It is sort of titillating but at the same time, weirdly, I am finding it hard to engage with. As a citizen, of course, I am engaged but as an actor with a busy schedule you get on. I don’t have time to absorb all the complexities of it — and my God is it complex.”
Graham was also on set. “I’m nervous,” he tells me. “This is such a dangerous and controversial space to enter. From writers, to actors, to producers and costume designers — we all feel a sense of anxiety. We know this is a world that, quite rightly, people feel passionately and often tribal about. It’s hard to get people into a space where they can enjoy a story about it. I hope we’ve done that. We want the audience to feel that no matter what their political stripe is, they are being given a fair hearing and asked to question their beliefs.”
So far there’s been a certain reluctance from the arts industry to engage with Brexit, he says. “I did think there would be thousands queuing up to go: ‘How do we make sense of this?’ so I was glad and surprised that this is sort of first out of the gate.”
Graham was also on set. “I’m nervous,” he tells me. “This is such a dangerous and controversial space to enter. From writers, to actors, to producers and costume designers — we all feel a sense of anxiety. We know this is a world that, quite rightly, people feel passionately and often tribal about. It’s hard to get people into a space where they can enjoy a story about it. I hope we’ve done that. We want the audience to feel that no matter what their political stripe is, they are being given a fair hearing and asked to question their beliefs.”
So far there’s been a certain reluctance from the arts industry to engage with Brexit, he says. “I did think there would be thousands queuing up to go: ‘How do we make sense of this?’ so I was glad and surprised that this is sort of first out of the gate.”
www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/benedict-cumberbatch-talks-becoming-dominic-cummings-for-vote-leave-drama-brexit-the-uncivil-war-a4029561.html