How ‘The Assembly’ Producers Convinced Michael Sheen to Participate in a Three-Hour Grilling With 30 Neurodivergent Journalists: ‘It’s an Interview Without a Safety Net’
Celebrity interviews are usually a highly produced, intense tête-à-tête – not unlike the one Michael Sheen portrayed in “Frost/Nixon,” Peter Morgan’s dramatization of David Frost’s interviews with Richard Nixon. But “The Assembly,” in which Sheen is grilled by a group of around 30 neurodiverse novice journalists, dispenses with the idea of a traditional celebrity interview […]