Original British Drama 2015: Trailer - BBC Two

[evett]

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The Dresser: The play tells the story of one fateful night in a small regional theatre during World War Two as a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeare’s King Lear. Bombs are falling, the sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager Sir (Anthony Hopkins) who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen. His

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[m_h_p]

That's the problem I have with the BBC's drama - it uses the same faces and tells the same sorts of stories over and over again.

(Edit: Obviously there's a bit more diversity in their niche productions, but their 'flagship' shows tend to be very male, pale and stale.)

[egalitarianmuse]

I thought the same thing.

[shonen_key]

So, Kingsman's Charlie (Edward Holcroft) will be Ben's love interest?

[maryastor]

guess so. the part was supposed to be for a poc tho so i'm not too happy

[shonen_key]

Welp, I know nothing about the series but sucks to hear that :/

[maryastor]

yeah i'm a whishaw fan so i remember hearing about the series from the time it was all being announced. here's an article with more details about it: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/oct/08/bbc-casting-white-actor

[shadowfax]

David Dawson is my severely underrated bae<3

I'll probably check out few of these.

[fauxjoy]

Yesss always here for some Ben Whishaw.

[yolleh]

They always use Iron for dramatic background music.