Michael Sheen told The Guardian what inspired him to do his Secret Million Pound Giveaway and some other charity projects, like funding Cardiff 2019 Homeless World Cup. More below:
Michael Sheen walks into a post office in Port Talbot and asks to withdraw £100,000. “That would be nice,” says the young woman behind the till. Then it dawns on her that he’s not joking. “Can I do £100,000?” she asks her colleague. She cannot.
“I loved that so much. She was really funny,” says Sheen. Filmed for a new Channel 4 documentary, Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway, this was part of the actor’s two-year project to use £100,000 of his own money to buy £1m worth of debt, owed by about 900 people in south Wales – and immediately cancel it.
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Ahead of the release of Channel 4 documentary, Michael Sheen talked about he helped 900 Port Talbot residents using his own money. Read the full interview below:
South Wales has a million more reasons to be thankful for Michael Sheen’s willingness to put his money where his heart and his politics are. Because the superstar actor and proud son of Port Talbot is not just
taking on payday lenders, loan sharks and the entire rigged banking industry in a new documentary that continues his campaigning work on the high cost of credit. He’s also using his own money to cancel people’s debts in his local community.Michael Sheen’s Secret One Million Pound Giveaway begins with the actor entering a Post Office. “I’d like to make a withdrawal please. One hundred thousand pounds. And a book of stamps.”
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Last Wednesday (December 11) ITV talk show This Morning broadcast an interview Michael Sheen gave to host Ben Shephard, who’s just turned 50. Michael talked about things like his career, philanthropy, leaving Hollywood for his hometown Port Talbot and life at 50’s.
You can watch the full interview below and also check out screencaptures from the video on our photo gallery:
Michael Sheen is on the cover of this month’s issue of Virgin Atlantic’s onboard magazine Vera. He discusses A Very Royal Scandal, life in Port Talbot, privilege and more.
Check out the scans on our photo gallery:
Michael Sheen also told the BBC how he watched the interview several times in order to do the miniseries and how playing real-life people can be intense. Full interview below:
Ler maisMichael Sheen also told People what made him want to play Prince Andrew in A Very Royal Scandal and what he learned when researching about him. More below:
Ler maisIn an interview for The Hollywood Reporter, Michael Sheen talks about the “dauting” experience of playing a member of the royal family, watching the fateful 2019 interview and following Prince Andrew’s generation of royal family members. Read more below:
Ler maisThis past Saturday (August) issue of Guardian Saturday magazine brought an interview with Michael Sheen, in which he discusses the upcoming three-part drama A Very Royal Scandal, The Assembly, parenting, charity and more. You will find in the photo gallery scans of the magazine and a new photoshoot:
Read below the full interview:
Ler maisIn an interview to the Guardian, Michael Sheen, Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor explain how they came across the story of Douglas Gowan, who discovered a poisoned site in Wales, and all the investigation that led them to launch the new series of Buried, available on BBC Sounds. Read more below:
The star met an eco-activist who was convinced we’re all being poisoned by a chemical that was banned in 1981. Then he went to a toxic site and got sick. Head inside staggering new podcast Buried: The Last Witness
Ler maisMichael Sheen chatted with the multi-instrumentalist and the Velvet Undergound co-founder John Cale and they discussed his new album “POPtical Illusion”, Cale’s relationship with Lou Reed and David Bowie and more.
This is not the first time Michael does it. Here you can read an interview his former Twilight co-star Ashley Greene gave to him in 2010.
Now to the interview with Cale…
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