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ingravinoveritas · 14 minutes
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Michael loves to make David smile 🌞
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ingravinoveritas · 8 hours
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I wonder if asked whether he believes in fate, this time David would say yes
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ingravinoveritas · 8 hours
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we DO NOT talk about phileas fogg enough .
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ingravinoveritas · 12 hours
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I know most folks have probably seen this already, but I really need to talk about how insane it is that David mentioned Michael as a possible Doctor on an episode of DW Confidential in 2007.
This was ten years before filming GO season 1, and there was absolutely no reason for David to be saying Michael's name. Julie and Jane did not bring Michael up in any capacity, nor was he specifically relevant to the conversation. Yet of all the names David could have said, out of all the countless UK actors in the business...he said "Michael Sheen."
There is this idea that soulmates are "loud." That it means seeing someone from across a crowded room as music swells dramatically in the background. But soulmates are also quiet. A soulmate can be someone you talk about when no one is listening. Someone you think about and who makes you blush for no real reason at all. Someone who lives in the back of your mind, vibrating at a steady hum that you don't even hear at first.
Until it gets louder.
Until they're suddenly a part of your life in a way you never expected.
Until you can't remember anymore what life was like without them.
From BYT in 2003 to this DW Confidential in 2007 to Good Omens in 2017 on into the present. Call it the invisible red string. Call it Fate. Whatever it is that's between them, I am and will forever be in awe at Michael always being on David's mind (and vice-versa), and how they finally found each other...
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ingravinoveritas · 17 hours
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I love that leaving out the gender of the extras is very much the least straight thing David could have said...
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Even Facebook serves some goodies sometimes 😂
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ingravinoveritas · 2 days
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The grey in his beard is so sexy here...
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ingravinoveritas · 2 days
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"Michael in the Middle"
Yep, sounds about right...
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Radio Times article about The Assembly with Michael Sheen
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So what was the "spicey" question?
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ingravinoveritas · 2 days
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So, I know the DM is trash, but I came across this old article about David from the DW days (June of 2008), and it is honestly the most cringey piece of PR spin I have ever read. It's so clearly designed to make David look straight that it actually propels me into a rainbow maelstrom in the exact opposite direction, largely thanks to the over-the-top language that was used.
This excerpt in particular is ridiculous to the point of hilarity (text below the screenshot, emphasis mine):
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"It's a bit sickening for the blokes, though. You would love to hate anyone that good with women--but even the men have to like him as well. There's a few gay guys around and they love him just as much. But they reluctantly accept he's a devout heterosexual--and practising very hard at it from what I can see."
...A devout heterosexual. Does David go to cooch church twice a week? Does he recite "Hail Mary, Full of Girth" before bed every night? Read from the Holy Gospel according to Manchester United? Because I can't begin to fathom what those two words next to each other could possibly mean unless it's whoever wrote this trying hard to make David sound as straight as possible.
I have no doubt whatsoever that David was a slut in the DW days and did his share of dating around. But the fact that this comes across as so forced makes it read like desperate overcompensation, because god forbid that the lead actor in a beloved British television show be a nerd, shy, or anything other than 100% heterosexual.
Ironically, all of those things are what make so many of us love David, and have endeared him to us no matter when or how we've found him. It makes me both sad and angry that the very qualities of David that are so charming are precisely what PR tried to conceal when he became famous, just so that the wider heteronormative public could feel more "comfortable" and "assured."
Ah, well. I'll certainly sleep better at night knowing that the skinny Scottish twink playing the chaotic space bottom with hair gel is a "devout heterosexual," for sure...
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ingravinoveritas · 3 days
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When art imitates life…
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ingravinoveritas · 3 days
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Mine, either...
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Michael saying he took David home from the set has never actually left my brain
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ingravinoveritas · 3 days
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We always talk about Michael looking like he wants to kiss David, but I love that David now keeps looking like he wants to kiss Michael...
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ingravinoveritas · 3 days
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Interview with Michael Sheen
What made you say yes to being a part of The Assembly?
I said yes to being a part of The Assembly because it was just such an extraordinary and interesting idea. Then reading about the original French series, it just sounded so extraordinary, different and potentially a very revealing way to approach the tried and tested interview process, but obviously it is a lot more than just being an interview. The interview part of it is just one aspect of the project and I think there is still a lot of confusion, ignorance and fear around people with any kind of difference. I think being able to be involved in a project like this could maybe break down some of those barriers.
How is this different from any other TV show you’ve been a part of?
It’s very much unfiltered and that’s really exciting and quite nerve wracking for that reason! So much on TV is sort of smoothed out and filtered and made safe and this, certainly in the making of it, felt very not that! All the better and more refreshing for it too. I know a lot of work is put into the research and preparation for a show like this, but in terms of the actual questions being asked and the experience that you have in all being together when you’re filming, it feels very unpredictable in a really good way and really lead by the people taking part, which is terrific.
How did you feel going into filming?
Well I didn’t really have anything to go on, so I was excited. Sometimes when I’m going to be interviewed, I know what the interview is going to be about, I have a vague idea of the questions that will come up, I know the sort of things that I need to get across about what I’m there to talk about. But with this, I really had no idea what I was going to be asked, so I had to be prepared for everything and anything, there was a kind of freedom in that I suppose. Because of the unfiltered nature of what was going to happen and not being able to anticipate what might be asked, it was a little nerve wracking yes, but I was mainly just very excited!
Did your experience differ from what you were expecting and if so how?
Well I didn’t know what to expect really, so it’s not that it wasn’t what I was expecting because you can’t expect anything! There's no way you can expect anything because you just don’t know what’s going to happen, and because it is so unfiltered and unpredictable in terms of what might happen, where things might go, how people might be feeling on the day. For all the difficult questions that got asked at times, it just felt very loving and joyful and that everyone was very happy and excited to be there even though people were nervous or had anxiety at different times. There was a genuine feeling of community and I felt very welcomed into that community and ready to play so to speak, and you have to be ready to play. I felt very safe and looked after and it was just really, very funny as well – there was lots of laughter and wonderful things that people asked, responded to and performed, I mean I wasn’t expecting all of that, that was just wonderful! So many moments that I’ll never forget.
How does this compare to any other interview you’ve experienced?
It’s so unfiltered! The closest thing I can say is The One Show, where you go on to talk about one thing and then they ask you about everything else that’s going on on the show, so you get a question about your favourite bus route, then they ask you about otters! There’s an extraordinary pinball effect of questions and that’s the closest I could describe, but The Assembly is that x100. It really is extraordinary and that’s very unlike any other interview I’ve done really, usually everything is meant to follow on logically and have a kind of smoothness and polish to it, and this is just really raw and unfiltered and uncensored and I love that, I thought that was wonderful.
What can viewers expect from the show?
I imagine it will be very funny and I think quite moving. I was quite moved at times by seeing how much people had to struggle to overcome certain things they were dealing with in order to ask questions at times. That was uplifting. I think it will be different, it will be thought provoking I hope, and challenging in certain ways; challenging certain kinds of myths and stereotypes I think and ultimately just really entertaining and fun and joyful. I can’t really remember what I said, so I don’t know what people will learn about me... but it’s not about me, it’s about that fantastic group of people, but I certainly got a huge amount out of it too and I hope an audience will as well.
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ingravinoveritas · 3 days
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🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
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ingravinoveritas · 3 days
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fuck yeah! :)
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ingravinoveritas · 3 days
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David 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
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ingravinoveritas · 3 days
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I'm so in love with these two that I start to forget how to function like a normal human being.
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ingravinoveritas · 4 days
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The way Michael is applauding just a little faster than everyone else as if it's in time to how his heart is beating at that moment...
Michael Sheen seeing David Tennant on Stage
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Just in case you don't know what a gaze filled with love and pride looks like (on the verge of tears).
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