The drama of the Sheen steel plant strangely close to reality

This video cannot be played
To play this video, you need JavaScript enabled in your browser. < /figure>By Nicola BryanBBC News
When Michael Sheen was filming the clashes between steelworkers and riot police in his hometown of Port Talbot, he didn't know that 2 000 jobs in its steelworks would be eliminated. risk at the time of its premiere.
"We had no idea when we were developing the story what would happen in the steel mill when this came out," he said. he declares.
"It is incredibly unfortunate that the story we wrote is strangely very close to the truth."
Speaking ahead of the premiere of The Way at the Reel Cinema in Port Talbot, he insisted the three-part BBC drama - originally conceived in 2016 - was a fictional story and not about the Tata steelworks.
"But obviously, knowing the city, knowing the relationship it has with the steelworks, knowing the insecurities and the anxieties that have always existed during my lifetime regarding employment and working there — that was part of what drove us to set the story in that city," said Sheen, 55, who both directed and played in the drama.

Entertainment Feb 7, 2024 0 20 Add to Reading List

The drama of the Sheen steel plant strangely close to reality

This video cannot be played

To play this video, you need JavaScript enabled in your browser. < /figure>By Nicola BryanBBC News

When Michael Sheen was filming the clashes between steelworkers and riot police in his hometown of Port Talbot, he didn't know that 2 000 jobs in its steelworks would be eliminated. risk at the time of its premiere.

"We had no idea when we were developing the story what would happen in the steel mill when this came out," he said. he declares.

"It is incredibly unfortunate that the story we wrote is strangely very close to the truth."

Speaking ahead of the premiere of The Way at the Reel Cinema in Port Talbot, he insisted the three-part BBC drama - originally conceived in 2016 - was a fictional story and not about the Tata steelworks.

"But obviously, knowing the city, knowing the relationship it has with the steelworks, knowing the insecurities and the anxieties that have always existed during my lifetime regarding employment and working there — that was part of what drove us to set the story in that city," said Sheen, 55, who both directed and played in the drama.