Brian and Charles [DVD]

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A lot of people thought Steve Coogan or Chris Morris were behind it. I thought: “I’ll take that!” As soon as people found out it was me, it felt like the joke was finished.

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Your film Brian and Charles won the a udience award at last month’s Sundance festival in London. Was that a proud moment? You wear a balaclava in the film and are often heavily disguised for screen roles. Does that mean you don’t get recognised much? It can't be long before someone releases a biopic of George Michael, the Wham-frontman-turned-solo-megastar. But in the meantime, this documentary covers his rise to fame, his evolution from pop pin-up to Grammy-winning musician, his achievements as a gay-rights activist and altruist, and his arrests for drug offences and public lewdness. The film has been billed as "deeply autobiographical", as Michael himself was working on it with co-director David Austin before he died in 2016 at the age of 53. But it includes tributes from his many famous fans, including Liam Gallagher, who calls him a "modern-day Elvis" and Tony Bennett, who says that Michael "raised the bar to a whole new level".It’s about this gang of clowns who find themselves in a strange situation. We filmed it this spring in Ireland. It’s kind of a road movie, heading towards this ridiculous climax. I’m wearing a red nose for most of it, so I’m in disguise again. Brian lives alone in a remote village in the countryside. Something of an outcast, he spends his spare time inventing things out of found objects in his garage.

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Watching and rewatching Fawlty Towers as a kid. The person who made me want to get on stage was Harry Hill. When I saw his Man Alive tour aged 21, it’s the most I’ve laughed at anything. I thought if I could make one person laugh the way I did that night, that’d be perfect. I’ve yet to do that, obviously.What's On Welsh identical twins breaking into the film industry with roles in a BAFTA-nominated indie film Welsh twins have landed BAFTA nominations as part of the cast of a recent indie film hit. Mari and Lowri Izzard, who are 29 years old, recently starred in the 2022 comedy drama Brian and Charles, and despite being a small independent film, it has made quite the impression. Nominated in the “Outstanding British Film” category at the prestigious BAFTA's Awards this weekend, it will be in the running alongside the likes of Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical and Living. The plot is centred around the themes of happiness, loneliness and good fun as the life of an inventor who lives a solitary existence in north Wales is turned upside down.He decides to build a robot for some companionship, and showcases both twins - Lowri as Katrina and Mari as Suki - who are the daughters of the antagonist. The pair are now also in development with Sky regarding a story based on their own lives in Bridgend growing up in a working class environment with hidden disabilities. Looking ahead to this weekend, when the BAFTA awards will take place- although the pair are not attending the ceremony, they have been dazzled by the news that it has been recognised on a larger scale and are hoping for the best. Mari said: "I think it just shows how much people need comedy right now."

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Lowri has been busy over recent months, as is also set to feature in a film which is coming out on March 10, when 'Y Sŵn' will start being shown in cinemas. She said: "It's a kind of celebration of the 40 year anniversary of S4C which is really exciting and it had a great team of people working on it." The pair spoke at a BAFTA-organised Q&A event at Bridgend's Odeon venue about the film's success on Sunday, February 12, and realised the reality had still not quite hit home yet for their parents. It seems that they are still getting used to their daughters' chosen career paths according to Lowri.But after discovering the joys of working together rather than alone, the twins could be ones to watch in 2023.

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Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Language in your kid's entertainment guide. Get started Close Happiness, loneliness and silliness come together in this startling emotional adventure developed by writer-performers David Earl and Chris Hayward from their 2017 short film of the same name, and directed by Jim Archer. The film is partly about an AI robot called Charles. But thankfully, unlike a lot of serious sci-fi, this film doesn’t demand that we wonder whether or not AI robots are capable of independent thought or if you can fall in love with them, etc, etc. Charles, a free-thinking robot, is burdened with many things, but an ontological crisis isn’t one of them. Definitely. When we were writing, my boy was about 15, so I was going through all that. Struggling with the pain of letting go and that push-pull relationship. So I took quite a lot of scenes from our life. In fact my boy came to the premiere and said: “Oh my God, that’s you and me.” I was like: “Hell, yeah. I vented in this film, don’t worry about that.” No, it was a really sweet moment.

This is a fun and quirky movie. It has a slow start and a lot of kids will think it's boring at first. But once the Charles character is introduced it becomes a lot of fun. There are some bullies and it can be scary and frustrating as they do their bullying, but they are sorted out hilariously. There’s a sweet romance between Brian and an equally shy local woman, played by Louise Brealey . Are you a soppy romantic at heart? Common Sense is the nation's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of all kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in the 21st century. How does Brian demonstrate courage, perseverance, and humility? Why are those important character strengths? I had a couple, as it goes. It’s not something I’ve spoken about before. They were funny little characters. I remember going out to my nan’s garden and having a chat with them. When we were initially writing the film, we didn’t quite know what Charles would be. Is he an alien who’s crash-landed from a planet full of Charleses? Do we reveal at the end that it’s just Brian dragging around a washing machine and it’s all been in his mind? But that would be annoying and the audience would feel cheated.