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Article: Sheen portrays polarizing coach in new soccer film
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 11, 2009
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TORONTO - Michael Sheen never felt he was playing second fiddle
as British leader Tony Blair or TV interviewer David Frost.
It was simply inevitable that his characters would take a back
seat to the huge personalities they were up against: Elizabeth II in
"The Queen" and Richard Nixon in "Frost/Nixon."
Sheen likes to play characters who are more of a cipher, the 40-
year-old actor said in an interview at September's Toronto
International Film Festival, where his soccer drama, "The Damned
United," played in advance of its theatrical release Friday.
Sheen plays British coaching legend Brian Clough during his
short, disastrous tenure at Leeds United, the championship team he
took over from a ...