Stephen Graham has been creating quite the buzz for his role as Eddie Miller on the show Adolescence, which he co-created along with Jack Thorne. As the actor continues to do press runs and interviews for the show, he recounted an incident where he nearly broke his longtime friend Leonardo DiCaprio's leg during a golfing incident.
Talking to Jimmy Fallon on the The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Graham talked about how Leo used to have a golfing cart that Graham wanted to give a try. As he drove it in Cinecilla Studios in Rome with Leo and Alen McCowen on it, as shooting for Gangs of New York went on, it underwent a driving mishap when he tried to put it in reverse, which resulted in the cart falling downhill. Graham narrated,
"I floored it ... we were like 'The Flintstones'..The whole thing's just started to fall. But a golf cart falling is kind of slow motion in itself, so it's falling really slowly. He's looking at me and he's going, 'What the f***?'"
Graham then added how the incident nearly had Leo break his leg, but he got out just in time.
"And the next minute, as it's falling, it looks like it's gonna break his leg. He just manage(d) to get out of the way. Alec, who's a lovely lad… He goes, ‘You're an animal! And so my nickname became Ani after that. They called me Animal."
He stated that this incident was also the inspiration behind Graham getting the nickname 'animal' from his co-star Alec McCowen.
Stephen Graham's role in Adolescence
Adolescence has opened to highly positive reviews with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 99% and the cast receiving immense praise for their roles on the show.
The miniseries that consists of just four episodes stars Owen Cooper and Stephen Graham in the lead, joined by Erin Doherty, Faye Marsay, Christine Tremarco, Jo Hartley, and Mark Stanley. Created by Thorne and Graham, the show is directed by Philip Barantini.
The premise of the show follows a 13-year-old teenager, played by Cooper, who gets arrested for murdering his classmate. The show follows the ordeal of the young boy in school as he gets bullied by his classmates and has a disturbing life, as it explores the proceedings that follow his arrest and the events that led to his deeply disturbed nature. Graham plays Cooper's father on the show, a central character, as he supports his family through his son's trial.
The show is also Cooper's debut on screen, making his performance all the more noteworthy. All episodes of Adolescence are shot in a single take.
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Adolescence is available to stream on Netflix.
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