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BBC and HBO have dropped some new photos of a shirtless Richard Gadd at his home Reindeer baby Follow up Half a man.
The original six-episode drama also released photos of co-star Jamie Bell (We are all strangers), Mitchell Robertson (curfew(And Stuart Campbell)Rogue SAS heroes). Robertson and Campbell play younger versions of Robin (Jadd) and Belle (Niall).
“Niall and Robin are brothers,” the plot summary begins. “They’re not related by blood, but as close as you can get. One, fierce and loyal. The other, meek and gentle. Young and inseparable. Brought into each other’s lives through death and circumstance, all they have is each other… But when Robin shows up at Niall’s wedding three decades later, everything seems different. He’s on edge. Cunning. He doesn’t act like himself. And soon there’s an explosion of violence that takes us back through their lives, from the 1980s to the present day.”
Half a man — created, written and produced by Emmy Award-winner Gad — promises to capture “30 years of the lives of these broken men,” while exploring “brotherhood, violence, and the extreme fragility of male relationships.”
Also seen in the new images for the first time are Neve McIntosh as Niall’s mother, Laurie, and Marian McIvor as Robin’s mother, Maura.
Rounding out the cast for Half a man Charlie de Mello (Competitors), Bilal Hasnaa (Agency), Julie Colleen (antiquities), Amy Manson (Nevers), Angeli Mohindra (Lazarus Project), Tim Downey (Outlander), Tom Andrews (I feel good), Philippine Village (The snake queen), Stuart Macquarie (The excavator), Sandy Batchelor (Rogue SAS heroes(Pierce Ewart)Children of the Primrose Railway), Scott Greenan (Monitoring T2 trains) and newcomers Charlotte Blackwood, Callum Manship and Kate Robson-Stewart.
Sophie Gardiner and Anna O’Malley are executive producers, along with Gaynor Holmes for the BBC and Gavin Smith for BBC Scotland. The series is directed by Alexandra Brodsky and Ashraf Rebrok. Mam Tor Productions’ executive producers are Tali Garner and Morven Reed.
