In an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com ahead of the film's UK release, director Sean Durkin explained why he thought Efron would be the perfect fit for the lead role, and also detailed the process of finding actors who could complement each other to play the brothers.
"We started with Zac, knowing what he feels like, and then adding Harris [who] just has an ease about him, like a playful ease that I think is a nice contrast to Kevin's more inner sort of quiet sweetness. Read More...
He explained: "Well, we started by calling it The Yorkshire Ripper when we announced it.
"And we had a very respectful approach as a team throughout, but even at the beginning we hadn't learned, which we did over the time of making the show, that that moniker, that name that people use to describe Peter Sutcliffe, which obviously began before anyone knew his real name but then continued after people knew his real name, was disrespectful in many ways. Read More...
Henry has spoken at length about what inspired him to tell this story, but is it based on specific real events, and if so, where have these stories come from?
Read on for everything you need to know about the true story behind Three Little Birds.
Is Three Little Birds based on a true story?Three Little Birds is dramatising a real period of history, but the specific characters of Leah, Chantrelle and Hosanna, and the exact details of what they go through, are not based entirely on real people. Read More...
