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It has been nearly three decades since The Full Monty took the world by storm, ostensibly about male strippers, but really about male mental health, poverty and austerity.
With energy bills soaring and the cost-of-living crisis it is shocking and distressing that little has changed in the past three decades, and the TV series reboot doesn’t shy away from politics.
The eight-parter, out on Disney Plus, follows the original cast including Robert Carlyle (Gaz), Mark Addy (Dave), Lesley Sharp (Jean), Steve Huison (Lomper), as well as some upcoming actors such as Talitha Wing (Dez), grappling with living in the UK.
The series is set in the present day, years after Gaz, Dave and the rest of the gang famously stripped to You Can Leave Your Hat On to fund Gaz’s child support for his son Nathan (Wim Snape), and the need for any hair-brained schemes to survive is just as evident in the TV series.
Ahead of The Full Monty’s launch, Robert, 62, spoke to Metro.co.uk about the most ‘heartbreaking’ scene in the TV series, which deals with arts-funding cuts and crippling reductions in benefits.
Speaking about character Horse, played by Paul Barber, 72, who reprises his role, he said: ‘Horse, Paul Barber’s character, he’s in the worst state of anyone. And it’s really heartbreaking story, for sure.
‘There are a lot of things that Horse has gone through, which I think will speak to a lot of people in the country, especially the older generation, who feel disconnected from the world.
Robert teased there was a ‘beautiful’ scene in the TV series that is writer Simon Beaufoy and co-writer Alice Nutter at their ‘absolute best.’
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‘Because there’s a slightly comic value to it,’ the Trainspotter actor explained. ‘As soon as you start to laugh you’re thinking, “Should I do this? This isn’t funny.”
‘It’s a really, really heart-wrenching story that is beautifully written. I think it’s The Full Monty at its absolute best.’
Directed by Peter Cattaneo, the 1997 film proved an instant smash-hit, winning both a Bafta and an Oscar and becoming the highest-grossing film ever made in the UK at the time.
The Full Monty is available to stream on Disney Plus on Wednesday.
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