Leigh's characters are people just like us – they are funny and tragic at the same time
When I was much younger, I saw two of Mike Leigh's films for television, Nuts in May and Hard Labour, and they changed the way I thought about drama. They were peopled by characters who seemed incredibly 3D; who were real in a way that was quite different from everything else on television.
I knew I wanted to be an actor – I was maniacal about it from the age of 10 – so I often watched Play for Today. What struck me about Leigh's films was that they featured people that were just like us; people who you knew, who you could see if you looked out of the window. The characters were very bold and very extreme, like the people on my estate were. They were funny and tragic at the same time.
When...
When I was much younger, I saw two of Mike Leigh's films for television, Nuts in May and Hard Labour, and they changed the way I thought about drama. They were peopled by characters who seemed incredibly 3D; who were real in a way that was quite different from everything else on television.
I knew I wanted to be an actor – I was maniacal about it from the age of 10 – so I often watched Play for Today. What struck me about Leigh's films was that they featured people that were just like us; people who you knew, who you could see if you looked out of the window. The characters were very bold and very extreme, like the people on my estate were. They were funny and tragic at the same time.
When...
- 7/11/2011
- by Vicky Frost
- The Guardian - Film News
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