Lanterne Rouge Posted October 7, 2023 Report Share Posted October 7, 2023 Jimmy Savile: Steve Coogan on playing paedophile TV presenter in The Reckoning - BBC News Personally I think it`s a very courageous decision - it`s a story that needs to be told and Coogan is one of the few actors around that can do it right IMO. It seems some of Savile`s victims have collaborated and in some cases appear in the film too which is an astonishingly brave thing to do. I`m not sure if I`ll be able to watch it though - I think it will make me too angry that he got away with it and was protected for so long. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erithacus Posted October 7, 2023 Report Share Posted October 7, 2023 Some of his victims have given their blessing and contributed to the creation. Interestingly, the programmes are made by an ITV company, but are to be shown on the BBC. It gives the latter some distance in the blame game that will arise, seeing as many of those who sat on their hands were at the top of the corporation. Coogan himself has made great efforts to give the role gravitas and avoid any pantomine baddy style. It will either be a fabulously brave decision or be shot down in flames. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwicolin Posted October 8, 2023 Report Share Posted October 8, 2023 We shall not be watching this at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted October 9, 2023 Admin Report Share Posted October 9, 2023 22 hours ago, kiwicolin said: We shall not be watching this at all. My thoughts exactly - keeping well clear of it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingswood Robin Posted October 9, 2023 Report Share Posted October 9, 2023 It's a very difficult subject. I trust Steve Coogan to treat the subject with sensitivity. Hopefully it will offer some insight into how this all happened. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big C Posted October 10, 2023 Report Share Posted October 10, 2023 not sure why it is a brave decision, he is an actor playing a character. The same as the actor playing Peter Sutcliffe on the other side 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted October 11, 2023 Report Share Posted October 11, 2023 On 10/10/2023 at 11:03, Big C said: not sure why it is a brave decision, he is an actor playing a character. The same as the actor playing Peter Sutcliffe on the other side Beat me to it . No different to playing Hitler or Ted Bundy. SC plays the role brilliantly and you don't see any actual assaults, it's left to ones imagination . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted October 11, 2023 Report Share Posted October 11, 2023 On 09/10/2023 at 22:15, Kingswood Robin said: It's a very difficult subject. I trust Steve Coogan to treat the subject with sensitivity. Hopefully it will offer some insight into how this all happened. Exactly. It will be a hard watch but even if one person makes the courageous decision to seek help or speak up about any type of abuse it will be one good thing to come out of this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted October 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2023 7 hours ago, slartibartfast said: Beat me to it . No different to playing Hitler or Ted Bundy. SC plays the role brilliantly and you don't see any actual assaults, it's left to ones imagination . I think it is a little different from playing Ted Bundy or Peter Sutcliffe because of Savile`s celebrity status for so many years - everybody knew who he was and that is why what he did (and got away with) was so shocking. I guess the only ones that come close would be Gary Glitter or Rolf Harris. No-one knew who Sutcliffe was until he got arrested, he was just a lorry driver from Bradford not someone who spent Christmas with the Royal Family and was knighted. Sutcliffe wasn`t protected by people in powerful positions either. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted October 11, 2023 Report Share Posted October 11, 2023 3 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said: I think it is a little different from playing Ted Bundy or Peter Sutcliffe because of Savile`s celebrity status for so many years - everybody knew who he was and that is why what he did (and got away with) was so shocking. I guess the only ones that come close would be Gary Glitter or Rolf Harris. No-one knew who Sutcliffe was until he got arrested, he was just a lorry driver from Bradford not someone who spent Christmas with the Royal Family and was knighted. Sutcliffe wasn`t protected by people in powerful positions either. That's what IMO makes it so fascinating, how he did get away with it........ just seen the last episode, unbelievable how the high ups turned a blind eye, there's got to be people, in the BBC, Westminster and Scotland Yard watching through their fingers ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepywall Posted October 12, 2023 Report Share Posted October 12, 2023 I think it's a fascinating watch, very disturbing tho, I grew up watching JS and probably like many thought he was a great bloke, I know people that wrote him letters on "Jim'll fix it" and they had replies that at one time the felt honoured to receive. He would never get away with that these days. I also think Steve Coogan has done an ambribable job playing the role of that piece of shit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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