British miniseries "Staged" / Staged, 2020. In the first season, the theme played out, then for the first time entered our lives, as now it turned out, for quite a long time - quarantine restrictions for any type of activity associated with direct communication of people, it is clear that the work of actors both in the cinema and in the theater is just such a type. Then came the second season of this series, in which the theme continued, however, it now looks rather sad places, because although it is all, of course, staged, as the name itself suggests, but I quite admit that in many respects written off from reality. Now the characters hope to break out somewhere - Tennant - to shoot Around the World in 80 Days, which takes from country to country and eventually they will take place in Britain itself, Sheen - to the wedding to an old friend in New York, where he is supposed to be the best man, which will eventually have to celebrate online. At the same time, an often-occurring phenomenon is played out when Americans want to remake a movie or series with other actors, as they say, better known in America than Sheen and Tennant, for example. The screenwriter and director himself is initially in America and involved in the process of recruiting actors, Sheen and Tennant must try to explain the characters to them, but in the end, none of this whole venture works. During these shootings, the actors had to move a little away from their habits - Tennant had to learn to communicate on the Internet, which he still avoided, unlike his wife. It was the first time they were allowed to play a married couple. From the interview they gave, "Nobody kind of wanted to let me do that," Georgia explains. At the audition for one role, the casting director told me I was an implausible partner for him. I'm like, "But we're married." And we have a fair number of children! (they have five children - one from a former Georgia relationship, whom David adopted, and four in common). So basically, I had to eliminate all the actors who could have played the part so I could play his wife. And we did it through Zoom and on mobile phones, so in terms of camera work, it's pretty much the same level that we see here, using Skype and different messengers. I cannot say that the series is outstanding (among the series there are not many outstanding works at all), but for fans of British cinema and these actors it is quite interesting. But the third season has almost made no impression, a little reminded of the famous joke about Murochka, stop in time - it is also necessary to be able to.
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