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Stephen Moyer - 'Jason'
At first I was very unsure because as good as I thought the
writing was and I thought Ric had got the way that guys speak
- the rythmns and the underlying stuff - but the subject matter
is pretty heavy and it took a second read to realise that
it's not just mysoginistic, not just voyeristic.
Daniel
Ryan - 'Des'
My agent said to me, 'If you could do anything, what would
be the ideal job you could get now?' and I said 'a one-off
drama, something very gritty, very meaty, something to get
my teeth into and get me back on the telly. And the best thing
you could ever dream of came through the letterbox... Men
Only.
Razaaq
Adoti - 'Dwight'
I thought it was one of the rawest pieces I'd read in a long,
long while.
Martin
Freeman - 'Jamie'
I was surprised by where it went. I thought 'oh right, you're
actually going to do that... you're going to say that... oh
right, we're actually seeing that...' I think a lot of the
time on telly things will pertain to something or it'll be
set in a place that doesn't really ring true because it stops
short of going to nasty places. Which this doesn't.
Ryan
Green - 3rd AD
It was very amusing at times but obviously the subject matter
that they deal with is quite raw, quite serious, but it's
fine by me - it's TV.
Sanne
Craddick - Line Producer
I was fascinated by it. I think it's a very brave project.
To me, it's really a cautionary tale. At the first read it
is quite shocking and the more controversial elements probably
stick in your mind first off, but if you read it carefully,
it's a very complex, well written story about how your life
can be affected if you don't watch what you're doing.
Joy
Sapieka - Unit Publicist
After reading the first episode, I felt physically ill. I
then read the second episode and I couldn't put the script
down. We all, in our office, had that response. We had to
sit down and debate whether we thought we could do anything
with it because we felt that the response to it might cause
ructions and we wanted to know how we would go about it. Our
decision was that it was a very important script, something
that had to be said. What I also like is that there are many
grey areas, there are no easy solutions and even the climax
of the script isn't that clear-cut.
Lillian
Vees - Unit Publicist
The first thing that struck me was the reality of the writing.
I've heard those conversations. Then what got me was the suspense,
which shouldn't be forgotten in it. It's a serious piece,
bringing up lots of issues, but it's a suspense piece as well.
Charlotte
Sewell - Assistant Costume Designer
I thought 'ooh, that's gritty and real!' For me, because I
do costume, I thought 'oh my goodness, blood' and 'oh my goodness,
water' and 'oh my goodness, stunts' but as a script, it's
quite a hard piece and it's a hard piece to put out, but I
always think that when you get five actors like we have, putting
in what they do best, then you get a drama that isn't quite
so harsh as it reads on paper.
Archie
Irtizaali - Runner/Driver
It was quite controversial. What I thought was 'what a great
thing to work on' because successful or bad, it's going to
make headlines and luckily there are some great actors and
it's really well done and the characters are exactly as I
imagined them to be. Now I'm so excited I can't wait to see
the finished article.
Dolly
Burt - Make-up Assistant
I think it's reality. There's a lot of people who can relate
to certain aspects of it.
Patti
Walker Booth - 2nd AD
As a result of it being well written it was quite easy to
read and although I suppose it's shocking, it's not really
because I'm afraid it's life. I think it might cause a bit
of controversy when it goes out, if the media get the wrong
end of the stick about it. All men are liars and bastards.
There's always a moment in your life where you firmly believe
that.
Sandy
Staples - Make-up Designer
I was absolutely shocked and I thought 'I can't do this'.
But then when I read it again I thought 'fab make-up - lots
of effects, I'd love it' and then reading it for a third time
I realised actually the story is about relationships, it's
about a group of men who do behave very, very badly and actually
do suffer for it themselves. They punish themselves.
Gerry
Wigzell - 1st AD
I was anxious. I had a word with the director and said 'I
assume this isn't going to be a script that's going to be
titillating or gratuitous' and he said no it wouldn't be because
if that happens then we've lost it. It is a dangerous script.
Jemima
Cotter - Costume Designer
It was shocking. I didn't expect what was coming.
Natasha
Coombs - Script Supervisor
I thought it was a very challenging piece, but for me it was
challenging because they had a large cast. In terms of the
story, I just thought it was well written, so the actual content
didn't worry me because I knew it was handled well.
Doug
Irvine - Standby Props
I enjoyed reading it. It was a good script, quite raunchy
and quite knuckly, but I thought it would be a nice thing
to do. It was slightly different, a bit more gritty than what
is normally on TV. There are some quite risqué moments in
it... I'm sure there will be a lot of complaints. There doing
what a lot of blokes think.
Mark
Papworth - Standby Construction
I could see something in there that I could relate to myself.
I think it's that whole thirty something thing that you go
through.
Lynne
Whiteread - Production Designer
I was shocked and horrified the first time I read it. And
then I took my feminist hat off. Then I realised that the
whole thing wasn't condoning it, It's a story worth telling
and worth telling well.
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