{"id":346633,"date":"2011-03-29T09:53:45","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T09:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/29\/broadbent-got-postlethwaite-part\/"},"modified":"2011-03-29T09:53:45","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T09:53:45","slug":"broadbent-got-postlethwaite-part","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/broadbent-got-postlethwaite-part\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadbent got Postlethwaite part"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Liam Allen<\/span>
\n\t\t\t\tEntertainment reporter, BBC News<\/span>
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Jim Broadbent has revealed that his role in new BBC One thriller Exile, co-starring John Simm, was to have been played by the late Pete Postlethwaite.<\/p>\n

Broadbent was offered the role of Sam, a retired journalist with Alzheimer’s disease, after Postlethwaite – who died in January – became ill.<\/p>\n

“That was my one reason why I knew that obviously it’s going to be good if it’s good enough for Pete,” he said.<\/p>\n

Simm plays a son who is reunited with his father after 18 years.<\/p>\n

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In suffering dementia, there are moments when the barriers drop and there is an honesty that comes through which is obviously a very interesting scene to mine as a writer and for the actors as well\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Speaking after a preview screening at Bafta, in London, writer Danny Brocklehurst, revealed he had written the part of Tom for Simm.<\/p>\n

“I came on later and Pete Postlethwaite was down to play Sam,” said Broadbent, 61.<\/p>\n

“Suddenly he couldn’t do it and I had an e-mail.”<\/p>\n

Broadbent, who won the best supporting actor Oscar in 2002 for Iris, said he drew on his experiences with his mother, who had Alzheimer’s disease, for the part.<\/p>\n

“It was so familiar, particularly in the way one of the core conceits of this piece is that when someone has dementia there are windows of lucidity,” he said.<\/p>\n

“In suffering dementia, there are moments when the barriers drop and there is an honesty that comes through which is obviously a very interesting scene to mine as a writer and for the actors as well.”<\/p>\n

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The drama – conceived by Shameless creator Paul Abbott – opens with Simm’s character Tom driving away from his chaotic lifestyle in London and returning home for the first time since he was beaten up by his father.<\/p>\n

Back in his northern home town, he tries to uncover the truth behind the attack.<\/p>\n

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I’ve had difficult relationships with my father within my life and you just draw on what you can – your experiences and the experiences of friends\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Simm, who had just finished playing Hamlet at the Sheffield Crucible before filming began, said the relationship between his and Broadbent’s character was a potent one.<\/p>\n

“Hamlet has a father-son relationship in it and I was kind of in that place.<\/p>\n

“I’ve had difficult relationships with my father within my life and you just draw on what you can – your experiences and the experiences of friends.”<\/p>\n

Simm, 40, the star of TV shows including Doctor Who and Life On Mars, said it had been easy to relate to the character of Tom.<\/p>\n

“I grew up in a town very near the town we filmed in,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It was quite a similar situation, I left when I was 16 and I went to London.<\/p>\n

“I did go back and see my dad. But the returning back home and the meeting of friends and being uncomfortable – I can relate to some of that.”<\/p>\n

The three-parter, directed by John Alexander and also starring Claire Goose and Olivia Coleman, will start to be aired in late April.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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