Sheen to star in new Manics video
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| 13:07 UK time, Tuesday, 3 August 2010
Welsh actor Michael Sheen will reportedly be starring in the short promo film for Manic Street Preachers' forthcoming single (It's Not War) Just The End Of Love.
Sheen, famous for his representations of figures such as Tony Blair, David Frost, Brian Clough and Kenneth Williams, could star as Boris Spassky, the Russian chess Grandmaster whose battle with American Bobby Fischer captured the imagination of millions in the 1970s.
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Originally reported to be playing the other Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov (when ), Sheen will be playing the Eastern half of the totemic Cold War clash.
Wire said, "We've tried to recreate the classic '70s chess match between [Spassky] and [Bobby] Fischer. That's the kind of vibe behind it. It's real '70s Russia - just that idea of 'it's not war, just the end of love', I think a chess game really fits that."
The short film will accompany the song's release as a single on 13 September. The album, Postcards From A Young Man, follows a week later.
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Comment number 1.
At 3rd Aug 2010, U14567054 wrote:Not surprising that Nick Jones got confused whilst talking about chess, it is a complicated game requiring great concentration, however. I think it is rude of the reviewer to bring this up as it has no bearing on the story (except in the spiteful sense). Newport actor, Sheen (where are the great actors from Cardiff?), is known to be a huge fan of indie rock music and was recently seen at the Maindee Festival groovin' along to local bands - excellent -I will look forward to seeing this video on you tube, as I like both chess and rock music
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