Richard Gadd did not intend to star in his new HBO limited series Half Man. Instead, the actor – who also wrote and executive produced the six-episode drama – was convinced after Jamie Bell agreed to star as Niall Kennedy on the condition that Gadd take on the opposite role as Ruben, his foil in the series.
“Initially I didn’t want to do it because I had just done Donny Dunn and I was in every scene of Baby Reindeer,” Gadd told DECIDER during a recent chat, adding that it can be a “phenomenal pressure” to be engaged both in front of, and behind, the camera.
While the notion of playing Ruben “terrified me initially,” Gadd confessed, “Above all that, I should say, was just a real desire and passion to take on a role that a lot of people would kill for.”
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