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Tension abounds successful nan trailer for Richard Gadd’s Half Man, which dropped coming arsenic buzz continues to build for nan BBC–HBO play launching April 23.
Click nan nexus supra to watch Gadd and co-star Jamie Bell look disconnected successful a communicative astir brotherhood, friendship, loyalty, anger and unit down nan decades.
Gadd is simply a man transformed from his semi-autobiographical (controversially so) Netflix smash Baby Reindeer, with biceps aplenty. He plays Ruben to Bell’s Niall. When Ruben turns up astatine Niall’s wedding, everything seems different. He is connected edge. Shifty. Not acting for illustration himself. And soon, an detonation of unit takes spot which catapults nan assemblage backmost done their lives, from nan 80s to nan coming day.
The highly-anticipated show created by Gadd stars Mitchell Robertson (Curfew, Mayflies) and Stuart Campbell (SAS Rogue Heroes, The Winter King), who play Niall (Robertson) and Ruben (Campbell) successful their younger years. Neve McIntosh (Tin Star, Chemistry of Death) is seen successful her domiciled arsenic Niall’s mother Lori alongside Marianne McIvor (Screw, The Nest), who plays Ruben’s mother Maura.
Half Man will driblet April 23 connected HBO and nan pursuing time connected nan BBC.
Half Man is created, written and executive produced by Gadd. Sophie Gardiner and Anna O’Malley are nan executive producers, alongside Gaynor Holmes for nan BBC and Gavin Smith for BBC Scotland. The bid is directed by Alexandra Brodski and Eshref Reybrouck. EPs for Mam Tor Productions are Tally Garner and Morven Reid. Half Man is produced by Banijay-backed Mam Tor successful relation pinch Gadd’s Thistledown Pictures. Banijay Rights handles world distribution extracurricular of BBC and HBO rights. Half Man is supported by Screen Scotland.
