In interview with The Guardian, Michael Sheen tells how the new BBC miniseries came about, working in his hometown for the second time after The Passion and more. Read the full interview below:
New TV series The Way sees Sheen team up with documentary legend Adam Curtis and Sherwood writer James Graham – to start a rebellion. The team talk dirt, destruction and civil war
One Friday last month a demonstration was held outside the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, protesting the closure of the site’s two main blast furnaces. The demonstration was peaceful, passed off without incident and earned a brief mention on the evening news. But suppose for a moment that it had gone the other way. Suppose it spiralled into violence and sparked a full-blown Welsh rebellion. In which case, Port Talbot is no longer a fading industrial town. It’s a hotbed of revolution; a signpost to the future.
This, in a nutshell, is the premise of The Way, a boisterous BBC drama about a parallel Britain that’s just a shuffle step from our own. It’s a tale of civil war and family strife, a series that installs a militarised hard border between England and Wales and effectively turns all the Celts into outlaws. It used to be that people visited border town Hay-on-Wye to buy books. Now they come seeking shelter and a secret route into England.
Ler maisWatch below an interview Michael Sheen gave to ABC News Australia 7.30 on playing Amadeus now and in 1992-3 and his character Salieri:
Read below an interview Michael Sheen gave to The Guardian on Amadeus, playing Salieri 23 years after playing Mozart and flying with his family to Australia:
Ler maisRead below an interview Michael Sheen has given to Australian paper The Saturday Paper, in which he discusses Amadeus and revisits his career:
Ler maisRead below an interview Michael Sheen gave to news.com.au in which he talked about Amadeus for the second time, visiting Sydney and career choices:
Ler maisIn a new interview for the Sydney Morning Herald, Michael Sheen discusses playing Amadeus as both Mozart in 1999 and as Salieri now, his career and what his first stay in Australia has been like. A couple of photos of him at the Sydney Opera House have been released. Check them out on our photo gallery:
Read the full interview below:
Ler mais24 years after playing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at Broadway, Michael Sheen will now play his rival, Antonio Salieri, in a new show set to begin in December. Click here for the presale. More below:
Ler maisMichael Sheen, the beloved Welsh actor known for his roles in The Queen, Frost/Nixon and Masters of Sex, is making his first trip to Australia at the end of this year for an exclusive season of Amadeus at the Sydney Opera House.
Peter Shaffer’s Tony Award-winning production – a fictionalised account of the relationship between 18th century composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri – is the first show that has been announced from the Opera House’s upcoming 50th anniversary program. It will run in the newly renovated Concert Hall which has been closed for the past two years, and Sheen will play the lead role.
“I’m really looking forward to it,” Sheen tells The Sydney Morning Herald. “But I have a little bit of trepidation as well.”