In an interview with Digital Trends, director Michael Grandage and actress Gina McKee talk about working with HarryStyles in their new film, MyPoliceman.
It’s only been a little over 50 years since homosexuality was decriminalized in England, but the stories of those who were impacted by the law remain just as relevant and vital now as they did in the past. My Policeman, a new film based on the novel by Bethan Roberts, tells such a story and focuses on three people: Tom, the titular policeman, who is closeted; Patrick, an out gay man forced to live in the shadows; and Marion, a schoolteacher who loves Tom and wants him to be something he’s not.
I liked that there was this love triangle where you’ve got three people who are victims of their time, and what they do to one another and for one another indelibly marks their lives. I think that is a really rich territory to explore, and that’s what originally drew me to it. How wonderful if you can make a film that could hopefully, fingers crossed, be seen by many young people, because it’s going to be that group that will help keep us moving forward and never allow us to move back to that time when gay people were persecuted.
McKee: It was really interesting. I think I saw about four of her scenes. It’s sort of like osmosis. It’s not like you can say, “Oh, it was one thing.” There’s something about the spirit of Emma, which I’ve seen in her past work and I also saw it in My Policeman, in how she observes, how she watches, and how she listens to others.
Michael Grandage: Well, it’s a difficult role, Tom, because he’s a policeman and is gay, but the law is against him and so he has to break the law to be his own true self. The result of those two factors mean that he gives absolutely nothing away and that he effectively closes down.
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