Behind the Scenes with … James Norton who reveals he was left in tears over a new movie role as a dying father | Ents & Arts News

James Norton’s new film was inspired by a true story director Uberto Pasolini spotted in a newspaper – the single father of a young child had had months to live and was looking for a new family for his son after his death.

It’s a simple yet devastating premise, and in Nowhere Special the story unfolds with relatively little dialogue, and is instead told through the relationship between stoic window cleaner John and his equally calm son Michael.

For Norton, the sparse script was part of the draw.

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“What is interesting about this movie and the script, especially since I read it… even though it was very clean and simple, I was crying at the end of the reading,” he said. told Sky News’ Backstage podcast.

“So I knew there was something there, the kind of core of something very special, and it wasn’t just the fact that it was a movie about someone dying, approaching the dead, there was also something uplifting about the love affair between this father and son.

“And, you know, when you read this script and find yourself crying at the end of it, you know you have to be successful.”

The actor says that rather than pushing him away, the lack of dialogue actually drew him into the role because it felt genuine.

“It’s a very private and quiet existence that they lead and so personally I’m still drawn to these roles, this world where, you know, it’s a little more contained and it’s a little more behind the eyes. . “

“It’s sort of less demonstrative, it’s more of a challenge, and I think it’s really often the way human beings live, when they’re most stressed, they don’t rail and hit each other. Chest.”