{"id":7194,"date":"2025-04-10T07:25:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T07:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/7194\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T07:25:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T07:25:13","slug":"faye-marsay-reveals-important-line-she-improvised-in-adolescence-and-details-stephen-grahams-empowering-pep-talk-to-cast-before-filming-that-left-them-in-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/7194\/","title":{"rendered":"Faye Marsay reveals ‘important’ line she improvised in Adolescence and details Stephen Graham’s ’empowering’ pep talk to cast before filming that left them in tears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Faye\u00a0Marsay has opened up on starring in global megahit Adolescence, revealing how Stephen Graham gave a speech ahead of filming about how ‘special’ the show was, which left the cast in tears.<\/p>\n

The actress, 38, starred in the global hit series as\u00a0DS Misha Frank and voiced how ‘passionate’ she is about the heavy subject matter.<\/p>\n

Appearing on the Reign with Josh Smith<\/a> podcast, Faye explained that the show’s co-creator and star Stephen gave the cast an ’empowering’ pep talk on set, right before they began filming episode one, about how the show could ‘make a real difference’.<\/p>\n

She recalled: ‘We were about to shoot episode one and we’d done our two weeks rehearsal and Stephen got everybody together in like a village square if you like, where all the trailers were set up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘It was this most empowering speech about how special it is that we’re all here doing this, that jobs like this don’t come along very often, that scripts like this don’t come along very often and that we could make a real difference being in this show.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘He sort of likened it to being in a football team, that we’re all on the same team and this is our\u00a0Champions League<\/a>\u00a0final.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Faye Marsay has opened up on starring in global megahit Adolescence, revealing how Stephen Graham gave a speech ahead of filming about how ‘special’ the show was, which left the cast in tears<\/p>\n

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The actress, 38, starred in the global hit series as DS Misha Frank and voiced how ‘passionate’ she is about the heavy subject matter (pictured in show)<\/p>\n

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Faye explained that the show’s co-creator and star Stephen gave the cast an ’empowering’ pep talk on set, right before they began filming episode one, about how the show could ‘make a real difference’ (pictured last month)<\/p>\n

‘He then put a song on and I know that sounds a bit w***y, but it was a spiritual moment and people were hugging each other, having a little cry and really ramped up to go and do that first take. That was episode one and we got it on the first day and they used take two and we shot 10 takes.’<\/p>\n

She also revealed she improvised one of her character’s most memorable lines referencing infamous misogynist and alleged sex trafficker Andrew Tate.<\/p>\n

Faye explained that the line had slipped out, but director Philip Barantini loved it and decided to include it in the script.<\/p>\n

She added that when it came to delivering the line, she wanted to convey the ‘tiredness’ that women feel around the horrifying subject matter, because they’ve been exposed to it so frequently they’ve become ‘used to it’.<\/p>\n

She recalled: ‘In rehearsal we did a read through and it just came out my mouth, I just went, “that Andrew Tate s***e,” and I remember Phil laughing and looking at me and being like, “keep that in”.<\/p>\n

‘I feel very passionate about, obviously as a woman, how we are treating women and how we are teaching young men a version of masculinity that is completely disgusting and damaging to not only them, but to the women as well that they’re growing up with.<\/p>\n

‘The way she [my character] delivers it, it’s quite low key. That whole episode, that character, she doesn’t really wanna be there.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I think for me, and this is how I perceived it, is that women are so used to those stories. Women are so used to it. They’ve been attacked, or they are the victim, and the emphasis goes on who did it and why they did it and generally speaking, it is a male perpetrator\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n

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While she also revealed she improvised one of her character’s most memorable lines referencing infamous misogynist and alleged sex trafficker Andrew Tate<\/p>\n

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She added that when it came to delivering the line, she wanted to convey the ‘tiredness’ that women feel around the horrifying subject matter, because they’ve been exposed to it so frequently they’ve become ‘used to it’ (pictured last month)<\/p>\n

‘And so it was important for me, for that character to kind of show that there’s a tiredness around that because a lot of women do feel that way.’<\/p>\n

Faye also revealed that she had been subject to a vile torrent of online abuse during her stint as The Waif in\u00a0the fifth and sixth seasons of Game of Thrones.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on the dark period in 2015, she explained how the internet had allowed people to express their rage more freely and they misdirected their internal issues onto other people instead of dealing with their inner anger themselves.<\/p>\n

She said:\u00a0‘When I did Game of Thrones the abuse I got from that was insane\u2026 It got pretty dark to like rape threats and people lifting pictures of my family off things and they’re going to different websites. Facebook was kind of a dark place, so completely not on that anymore\u2026\u00a0I’m just an actor, I’m not saving anyone’s lives, you know?\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘But for some reason people felt really strongly, and I think a lot of that is to do with the fact that there’s a freedom given to people now with computers and keyboards to express anger, but they’re putting it in the wrong place.\u00a0The anger is actually inside them and it’s stuff that they need to deal with. But it’s so easy to now let that out on whoever you want.’<\/p>\n

Adolescence has captivated audiences and critics since it hit Netflix earlier this month, with each episode filmed in a single continuous take.<\/p>\n

The four-episode programme follows the Miller family, whose lives are torn apart when their 13-year-old son Jamie, played by Owen Cooper, is arrested for stabbing a female classmate to death after being influenced by online misogyny.<\/p>\n

After his devastating performance as schoolboy Jamie, Owen, 15, is tipped for silver-screen success, while Stephen has described finding Owen as the ‘biggest achievement’ of the four-part series.<\/p>\n

Alongside Stephen and Owen, the show also sees\u00a0Top Boy legend Ashley Walters take on the role of DI Luke Bascombe and The Crown’s Erin Doherty playing psychiatrist Briony Ariston.<\/p>\n

\"Reflecting <\/p>\n

Reflecting on the dark period in 2015, she explained how the internet had allowed people to express their rage more freely and they misdirected their internal issues onto other people instead of dealing with their inner anger themselves<\/p>\n

\"Adolescence <\/p>\n

Adolescence has captivated audiences and critics since it hit Netflix earlier this month, with each episode filmed in a single continuous take<\/p>\n

\"After <\/p>\n

After his devastating performance as schoolboy Jamie, Owen, 15, is tipped for silver-screen success, while Stephen has described finding Owen as the ‘biggest achievement’ of the four-part series (pictured in show)<\/p>\n

Since the show exploded onto Netflix, fans have become desperate to know if there will be a second series.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Variety,<\/a> Stephen, who plays Jamie’s dad Eddie Miller, said: ‘Possibly, let’s see how the figures are. But yeah, there’s the possibility of developing another story.’<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Stephen’s wife Hannah Walters, who plays Mrs. Bailey in the show, added of the positive reviews: ‘It’s been overwhelming.’<\/p>\n

But she added: ‘A prequel to Adolescence, that’s certainly not going to happen. But there\u2019s so much mileage in the one-shot and so much mileage in investing into human nature again and looking at something else.<\/p>\n

‘But yeah, everything\u2019s looking good\u2026 everyone\u2019s happy, shall we say?’<\/p>\n

Stephen, who created and wrote the show alongside Jack Thorne, has admitted that he didn’t expect Adolescence to be so popular.<\/p>\n

He added to the publication: ‘I suppose what I\u2019m trying to say is that we had no idea that it would impact socially the way it has…<\/p>\n

\"Stephen, <\/p>\n

Stephen, who created and wrote the show alongside Jack Thorne, has admitted that he didn’t expect Adolescence to be so popular<\/p>\n

‘But it seems to have cut through all the race, creed and hierarchical structures of society with the message that it\u2019s carrying about our youth.’<\/p>\n

However, director Philip has said that he thinks the show should just stick to one series, telling the PA news agency: ‘Personally, I think it should be a standalone thing, because the conversation that it\u2019s sparked has just blown my mind.<\/p>\n

‘I mean, we really did hope that it would spark a bit of a conversation for parents, but the fact that it\u2019s gone global, and it\u2019s just this little town that we shot it in, and it was a small British TV show that we were making.<\/p>\n

‘But I don\u2019t personally (think there should be another series). I think it\u2019s a package of this moment in time, and I think personally, that\u2019s how I feel about it.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Faye\u00a0Marsay has opened up on starring in global megahit Adolescence, revealing how Stephen Graham gave a speech ahead…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,92,77,4311,813,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-7194","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-game-of-thrones","12":"tag-tvshowbiz","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114312480264878051","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}