‘Men pretend #MeToo is confusing, but it’s really easy to not grope anyone.'
🟠 @Gwendolyn_Smith interviews Rafe Spall inews.co.uk/culture/televi…
🟠 @Gwendolyn_Smith interviews Rafe Spall inews.co.uk/culture/televi…
@Gwendolyn_Smith 📺 As series three of his adoption comedy Trying hits TV screens, Rafe Spall talks to @Gwendolyn_Smith about why success doesn’t fix your insecurities, toxic masculinity – and how he wishes he was a more present father.
@Gwendolyn_Smith Rafe Spall is listing what he wants from the next 10 years.
🗣️ “I’d like to do more comedy: I love making people laugh. I’d like to do painting. I’d like to do more cooking.” His voice pricks with emotion as he gets to the last one.
“I’d like to be more of a present father.”
🗣️ “I’d like to do more comedy: I love making people laugh. I’d like to do painting. I’d like to do more cooking.” His voice pricks with emotion as he gets to the last one.
“I’d like to be more of a present father.”
@Gwendolyn_Smith It’s no surprise fatherhood is on his mind.
👨👦 He radiated charisma as lawyer and single dad Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird on the West End.
👨👦 Then there’s the third series of Trying, in which he plays one half of a couple (Jason) in the throes of adopting.
👨👦 He radiated charisma as lawyer and single dad Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird on the West End.
👨👦 Then there’s the third series of Trying, in which he plays one half of a couple (Jason) in the throes of adopting.
@Gwendolyn_Smith In Trying, Nikki and Jason agonise over how we shape our kids.
📺 In the second series, Nikki freaks out about the prospect of adopting a boy.
❓ “Do I fill him full of confidence, or do I take some of it away because society already fills him with confidence?” Nikki asks.
📺 In the second series, Nikki freaks out about the prospect of adopting a boy.
❓ “Do I fill him full of confidence, or do I take some of it away because society already fills him with confidence?” Nikki asks.
@Gwendolyn_Smith Post #MeToo, how does Spall approach raising his own boys?
🗣 “My sons’ idea of what a man is will be defined by me in many ways. Also, my daughter’s idea of what it is you should expect from men will in some way be influenced by me,” he says. “So it’s a lot of pressure.”
🗣 “My sons’ idea of what a man is will be defined by me in many ways. Also, my daughter’s idea of what it is you should expect from men will in some way be influenced by me,” he says. “So it’s a lot of pressure.”
@Gwendolyn_Smith “Since this sort of reckoning that men have had, we get those men going, ‘Oh, so am I not allowed to talk to a woman anymore? Am I not allowed to chat?’”
🗣 Spall rolls his eyes. “It’s like, you know very well what you’re allowed to do, and what you’re not allowed to do.
🗣 Spall rolls his eyes. “It’s like, you know very well what you’re allowed to do, and what you’re not allowed to do.
@Gwendolyn_Smith “It’s really easy to not grope anyone,” says Spall.
💬 “I mean, obviously, culture has done a pretty good job of making unacceptable behaviour acceptable, or de rigueur. But being decent is pretty easy.”
💬 “I mean, obviously, culture has done a pretty good job of making unacceptable behaviour acceptable, or de rigueur. But being decent is pretty easy.”
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