Marriage
Interview with Stefan Golaszewski
Tell us about casting Nicola and Sean.
Casting Nicola and Sean was great as I was able to rewrite the scripts with them in mind and strip away as much dialogue as I could, knowing I had two amazing actors who could do all that for me, which I prefer. I like having as few words as possible for a scene.
Interview with Sean Bean
Hi Sean, tell us about Marriage.
Marriage only takes place over 12 days or so. It’s an extract of that time in their lives and you drop in to watch their lives. However, what is in those days is rich, revealing and you see what a relationship is... what a marriage is. Their doubts, fears, joy, happiness and heartbreak that go into everyday living.
What struck you about the script?
Stefan’s dialogue is very natural and free flowing. It doesn’t seem like that sometimes when you are doing it. I guess we all jump to conclusions about how we perceive delivery of the lines, and sometimes you go for the easiest option, but Stefan breaks it up and doesn’t allow it to just become one-dimensional thought. There’s a lot happening in between various sentences and statements we make which is hard to get your head around, but makes it very varied and rich.
He also throws in a lot of business: props, opening and shutting bins, getting tissue paper out at the same time as you are talking, which is something you have to get used to. However it’s very well observed and quite hard work to get your head around, even though it’s very naturalistic and free flowing. There’s so many different layers he has created within his script.
Tell us about the situation with Jamie, Emma’s colleague?
Ian is a man who isn’t very sure of himself and not very confident. He used to be when he had a job and was in a relatively a high up position. He was a moderator at his firm, but that’s gone and he’s recently lost his mother. Emma is working and going places. Then there’s a younger man on the scene [Jamie] so when you add them all together, he’s quite suspicious. Ian is a very vulnerable and unsettled man and lots of little things begin to stir up into a big pot of worry!
Tell us about working with Stefan.
Stefan is very communicative. He has lived with this project for so long that he knows what he wants from us, it’s a matter of getting on his wavelength. I’ve never really thought this much about what I say or do, but in this I feel very grateful to be able to have that opportunity. It’s not method acting, but you really do think about how you are doing a scene. You have to be so truthful in the portrayal to bring out all the feelings and emotions that Stefan has put in.
What’s it been like working with Nicola?
It’s been a real pleasure for me working with Nicola, and I know everyone says that, but it really has.
Why should people watch Marriage?
People will be able to see many things that they can relate to in their own lives and their own relationships. There aren’t any big stunts or reveals, it’s just a very simple story, simply told, about people and the complications of daily life.
Interview with Nicola Walker
What’s it been like working with Sean?
It’s been very easy being married to Sean Bean for 27 years on this!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapack/marriageNicola Walker and Sean Bean are this week’s Radio Times cover stars
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Nicola Walker talks romance, relationships and Marriage – her intimate new drama with Sean Bean – in this week’s Radio Times magazines.
Walker and Bean play a long-married couple in this BBC series, which comes from the makers of hit shows Mum and Him & Her. In this week’s issue, she lifts the lid on the way she works and the techniques she uses to inhibit characters so naturally that we forget she’s even there – whether that be Cassie Stuart in Unforgotten, Ruth Evershed in Spooks or in her latest role in Marriage .
In an in-depth interview with Mark Lawson, Walker reveals why, in real life, she’s not a great fan of matrimony and her ‘guilt’ at Cassie’s death in ITV’s Unforgotten.
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https://twitter.com/BonkersButBrill/status/1556899730910765056?cxt=HHwWgICzvc6DnJsrAAAA'I'm not a great advocate of marriage in real life': Nicola Walker discusses her reservations over tying the knot with husband Barnaby Kay after 20-year romance - ahead of starring as Sean Bean's wife in new BBC drama
After Marriage, will people come up to her at the fresh fruit and tell her how awful their spouse is? 'I hope they do.' She's sure, though, there won't be a sequel called Divorce. 'Ian and Emma would never split up. That's the point.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11092773/Nicola-Walker-discusses-tying-knot-husband-Barnaby-Kay-20-year-romance.htmlMarriage: Sean Bean believes people will relate to the ‘complication of daily life’ in BBC drama
Sean Bean reckons everyone will take something away from his upcoming BBC drama, Marriage, alongside Nicola Walker.
The four-part show written and directed by Him and Her’s Stefan Golaszewski, follows Ian and Emma, played by Sean and Nicola, as they navigate the ups and downs of their near 30-year relationship.
Marriage begins on Sunday night, and speaking to PA News ahead of the release date, Sean explained why he thinks the audience will relate to the story.
He said: “People will be able to see many things that they can relate to in their own lives and their own relationships.
"There aren't any big stunts or reveals, it's just a very simple story; simply told, about people and the complications of daily life."
Sean described Ian as “unsure of himself and not very confident” after losing his job and following the death of his mother.
Meanwhile, wife Emma is “going places”, and when a younger man comes into the picture, it makes Ian “very vulnerable.”
On working with writer Stefan for the intimate series, Sean added: “There's a lot happening in between various sentences and statements we make which is hard to get your head around but makes it very varied and rich.
“It's very well observed and quite hard work to get your head around even though it's very naturalistic and free flowing. There’s so many different layers he has created within his script.”
The trailer for Marriage was released last week (1st August), and gave a good indication of Sean and Nicola’s incredible chemistry. The first-look clip opened with the longtime couple bickering about a baked potato.
The intimate romantic drama will see Emma and Ian deal with the insecurities, the ambiguities, the hopes and the fears that are part of all marriages, and will explore the risks and the gifts of a long-term intimate relationship.
Marriage also stars New Tricks actor James Bolam as Gerry, Emma’s father, The Inbetweener’s Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Jamie, Emma’s boss and Chantelle Alle as Jessica, Ian and Emma’s daughter.
https://virginradio.co.uk/tv-film/71522/marriage-sean-bean-believes-people-will-relate-to-the-complication-of-daily-life-in-bbc-dramaBBC's Marriage Q&A with Sean Bean, Nicola Walker and Stefan Golaszewski
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