We spoke w/ Mark Addy about 'The Fully Monty' TV series, reuniting with Robert Carlyle, and that character death.
[Editor's note: The following contains major spoilers for The Full Monty.]From co-creators Simon Beaufoy and Alice Nutter, the new eight-party original series The Full Monty checks in with the same group of former steelworkers in Sheffield, England, 25 years later. While the years have passed, not much has changed in a world where profit often ranks above humanity and where lifelong friendships are of utmost importance in keeping you grounded when you could otherwise be forgotten.
The beauty of the series is that, rather than having 90 minutes to tell a story, you have eight hours in which it gives you the luxury of taking your time to discover more about these characters and how their lives have unfolded, and some of the issues involved there.
ADDY: These dogs get way more attention than the actors, and probably quite rightly so. They were great. Both dogs involved in the series were terrific. They always say, “Never work with children or animals,” and I managed to cover both bases on that one and they were equally great. Dogs will do what they’re trained to do, generally. Kids are a little bit different.
ADDY: It really fell into place, and I put that down to the writing, from Simon and Alice Nutter, who co-wrote it with him. Obviously, Simon knows these characters, inside out. He’s lived with them for the last 25 years, in the same way that we have and he knew what he wanted to explore with them, each in their own individual ways. It’s unusual, in that there isn’t your traditional antagonist in this. There isn’t a bad guy.
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