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deadline.comBen Whishaw Unveils First Project Since BAFTA TV Win EXCLUSIVE: Ben Whishaw has unveiled his first project since being awarded his latest BAFTA TV Award.
The This Is Going to Hurt star is leading short film Good Boy, the directorial debut from Mainstream co-writer Tom Stuart, which filmed on the Glastonbury Festival site in April.
In Good Boy, Whishaw stars with Marion Bailey (The Crown) as a son and mother whose attempt to rob a bank is scuppered by bizarre manifestations from their past.
Inspired by the writer-director’s own experience of bereavement, the personal film explores the insidious malleability of grief and the unexpected ways it asserts itself in daily life. “The pandemic has brought us an unprecedented amount of death and behind it a dark wave of grief,” said Stuart. “I’ve learnt that it’s only by talking about my grief that I’m able to loosen its grip and I believe that art, in all its forms, will be the thing that allows us to gradually address and explore our collective pain.” Whishaw won his third BAFTA TV Award over the weekend for This is Going to Hurt, the BBC’s adaptation of Adam Kay’s bestseller.
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