Michael Sheen answers the MOST PERSONAL questions in this interview | The Assembly
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My name is Paul. I took part in the filming, Michael Sheen was nice.
This is really cool! Was it as fun as it seems?
@@LG-lb8qg It was.
Good for you Paul.
Nice one Paul. My Mum just watched the whole thing and said it was amazing, i really want to see the whole thing.
It was brilliant, Paul! Excellent job!
Somebody PLEASE upload this to youtube for all of us outside the UK. I cannot wait. MS is a goddamn treasure.
Yes exactly!!!
Yes we need it!!
VPN?
😢
Yes Yes YES. Have mercy on us, outsiders 😅
Hey I'm Sophie, I was the one in the red top narrating the introduction
You smashed it, girl!
And that colour is great on you, btw
Well done! 👏🏻 👏🏻
You were so cool!
You did a wonderful job!
Hi!
To everyone who is reading this: I just watched The Assembly, and without spoilers, it was the most joyous thing ever! I am SO, so happy to have watched it and so happy and relieved to have been wrong about it. The question in the trailer had me scared, but it was actually edited for shock value and it didn't play out like that at all. His answer was wonderful! In fact, all of his answers were wonderful, he was wonderful and so were the interviewers! Big, big kudos for this beautiful show! Please watch it. It's a delight! 💖
I'm happy to know that! The media will simply do anything for a few more views, it's truly disgusting
Yes, she asked it quite nicely, warning that it was a pretty intense question, and he answered really generously and thoughtfully.
I am unsure.
It feels like it’s unethical. That normal audiences should have space and patience who are neurodiverse, they shouldn’t be exploited for clicks and eyeballs.
Saying that - the little I’ve seen - Michael Sheen seems so gentle.
@@cryssparkels8549 Why would it be unethical? Everyone is there out of their own free will and at least part of the production team is neurodivergent too, just like the participants. They literally want to be there and participate in it because they want to ask interesting questions and even showcase their talents (later in the show, a few of the participants sing beautifully and recite poetry). They want the world to see that neurodivergent people are just people like everyone else with talents and dreams, that they are smart and capable. To suggest that they would be exploited by this program is doing the program and the people participating in it a huge disservice. I would know. I am neurodivergent myself and chose to watch this because it supports people like me, because it's nice and because I like Michael Sheen. Many people who are neurodivergent are mostly independent, own houses, pay taxes, have friends and romantic relationships. Many others need more help and assistance. But we are all people who can make choices and have free will. We might just express ourselves differently.
One question on The Assembly centers around how people who are neurodivergent and generally people with disabilities can get more work in entertainment. That's because we WANT to work in entertainment. Again, no exploitation, just free will.
This is the website of the production company that made The Assembly for the BBC (www.rockerdalestudios.co.uk/). I suggest you look at their 'About Us' page, because there they talk about the fact that they're a disability-led company. I also strongly suggest that you actually watch the Assembly and start thinking of neurodivergent people as the interesting and complex human beings that we are who just want to be treated with respect like everyone else and have a public voice. The Assembly gave us a public voice, but this is just the start. We need this to happen a lot more frequently.
P.S.: Michael Sheen, who is indeed a very kind and lovely person, is also in a two-part series called 'Best Interests' on BBC (www.imdb.com/title/tt10714820/). 'Best Interests' also hired many people with disabilities of any kind as actors and crew. Its famous writer Jack Thorne is autistic and lives with chronic illness. Lately, world-renowned genius author Neil Gaiman, writer and show runner of 'Good Omens' among many others, and close friend of Michael Sheen has also opened up about being autistic. I would hope that this and The Assembly will help you in seeing neurodivergent people differently.
I misspoke. Best Interests actually has 4 episodes. I couldn't remember the number of episodes exactly, but it's very good. Also very sad, but totally worth watching and raises many questions and addresses things that our society really needs to talk about.
Can’t wait for this! So proud to be autistic ❤
Can't wait for the whole thing to drop! Ran over to watch the trailer as soon as I got wind of it. Now I'm sitting on my hands wishing it were Friday already. Fantastic premise with a fantastic person being interviewed. Michael's got a beautiful soul. Thanks for doing this, hopefully others will follow in his footsteps and get in the hot seat as well (no disrespect to Sean Evans and Hot Ones 😜)
BBC... Well done!!!! Honestly one of the most wholesome things I've ever seen, you couldn't have picked a better person to do this interview, the way he looks and the compassion he has with every single person had me smiling the whole time and that song at the end actually had me fighting back tears, truly beautiful
Agree and the interviewers were fantastic
Only Michael Sheen. He's so lovable and patient and compassionate to do this. Makes me feel seen. Not many other actors would be able to do this. ❤ Except maybe our lovable David Tennant, lol.
This interview is truly awesome and meaningful, i could feel the fantastic genuine human interaction even with screens, which warm my heart. Patience and kindness is easier said than done, all of u in this project are admirable.
I don’t see why everyone is so upset about the first question. Both adults or not, it’s got to be a bit weird dating someone so close in age to your daughter right? How did his daughter feel about it at first? Did he automatically see Anna as younger when they met or did he never even notice the age gap? Did he ever get mistaken for Anna’s father by people who live under rocks? Is it strange having children now, some two decades after having his first child? Is it strange knowing that you and your daughter could become parents at the same time? Do they feel weird thinking about their future knowing that he’s likely to die decades before his wife? Just because they’re both adults and the relationship is all “by the books” doesn’t mean that its not an interesting dynamic and something that people are curious about
His father? 😂😂 Are you joking? Never mind that he's not that kind of person, but if he wanted to he could have a different someone every day, there's a whole fandom out there that would gladly jump his bones, people have literally written stories, multi-chapter stories about the fantasies they have about this man, stuff that would make a confessionary explode...I honestly don't know what could be more obvious and banal than a woman falling in love with him. Fame and appearance aside, he is one of the most interesting, charming and generous people in the world, he could be ten years older and twenty kilos heavier, it would always be worth it
When Anna turns 40, he'll likely be dating someone his granddaughter's age.
I agree with your stance, I think it is a question worth asking and I think it is a fantastic use of autistic peoples lack of caring about being socially uncomfortable. This dynamic will be very interesting to find out more about, as an autistic person myself I've been wondering these things ever since I found out about their ages. I think the comments saying this is a "rude" question are missing the entire point of the interview, which is to ask these uncomfortable questions. This interview is not supposed to be about neurodivergency, the interview is about Michael Sheen.
It is a bit weird but why is it any of our business when it's consensual? 🤷♀️
@@strega0Well he consented to do this interview that had no limited questions 🤷
This is the the most interesting and entertaining interview I’ve seen in a very very long time. The future if good television. This needs to be a LONG series! Who’s the next interviewee I can’t wait.
Also well done to all the interviewers. Leo I don’t know you but I’m so proud of you
I'm excited to see this become a series! Leo was incredible and Michael's attitude was the best.
God Michael Sheen is just so....... AWESOME
So many positive comments I wanna cry 😭❤️❤️❤️
This has been the best thing on TV, i hope they do more, everyone was fantastic, great questions, fab singing, i want to see more. Well done everyone
Incredible programme.
They should interview Prince Andrew. :)
Oh totally
Now that, I could get behind.
Fabulous xx🎉🎉
Wow ❤
This was so brilliant..
I wonder if he's every met John Taylor lol.
I hope that they meet because of this haha
Loved this so much x
The one, the only coolest Lycan! 😎 , ...also loved him in TRON. ❤
Omg I NEED watch the full episode and I’m not in UK. Help!
We‘ve had the French version of it for a few years now and it’s such an amazing show. Was wondering if it’s the only episode you’ve had so far in the UK?
Yes, this is the first. I hope it will become a series. I am interested in the French original but my French lapsed ten years ago... Is it available anywhere with subtitles?
The first question seems more intended to confuse a neurodivergent person than anything else: I mean, have you seen Anna Lundberg? What can you do if you are chosen by a beautiful, funny, smart, Swedish goddess, other than say, I'm yours, do with me what you will? And viceversa. Imagine dealing with the average straight man for years and then meeting Michael f***ing Sheen. That guy is almost too good to be real and the only question is how he managed to spend 5 minutes vertically in his life...
😂😂😂
I mean in all fairness I’m only 22 and I’d happily be whisked away by Michael Sheen.
Also it’s very important to remember it takes TWO to tango. It’s not like she’s a pet they’re both consenting adults and who cares as long as they are happy.
@@elisabethschmerzler963 Exactly! There's such an underlying misogyny in all of this, as if a grown woman isn't capable of choosing or making her own decisions, even when the reasoning for those decisions is so... blatant.
@@liliana.f888 the usual argument is that people who have a large age gap tend to be in different stages of life, and people question why someone who is older and should have it together is chasing people who are much younger than themselves where there is a higher chance they are more immature. its less to do with the younger person not being able to make decisions for themselves and more to do with painting the older person as predatory/creepy as nobody their age will have them.
the nuance that most people miss is that people mature at different rates in life - there are 20 year olds who have been forced to grow up early and are extremely together for their age/know what they want, and there are 25-30 year olds who still act like they are 16. also as you get older the age gap means less and less...on the face of it 42 and 30 is much less weird than 30 and 18 despite it being the same amount
@@Ericb1957 Yes, although there is always a good dose of misogyny and paternalism here, as if women were naive creatures easily manipulated even when they are adults and independent. In the reverse situation the narrative would have been different. It's stupid in general, and it's even more stupid in this case, because she's obviously a smart, badass woman, and he's a famous person, so everyone can see that his love life has never included particularly younger partners. Not to mention the fact that in Northern Europe people become independent very early. Personally, I come from a less modern country than Sweden, but at twenty-five I had already had a serious job for five and had been living on my own for six. The people I got along best with were at least five years older than me, especially men who tend to mature much later. Hanging out with guys my age most of the time felt like babysitting. When I met my special someone, he wasn't that much older than me, but his background made him much more mature than his age. But even if he had been 25 years older than me, in this crazy world where meeting a good person who makes you happy is a miracle, I certainly wouldn't have given up that miracle because of the age difference!
Is there any way to watch this in the US?
With a VPN. [Virtual Private Network] You may have to pay for it, not sure what's out there.
Where can I watch this in Canada?!
Do you have access to BBC iPlayer?
Vive les Papotins !!
Was it really necessary to give so much prominence to a question that shows nothing but silly rudeness, when there must surely have been many other questions that show instead the originality and unique approach of neurodivergent thinking? Shouldn't that be the purpose of the project?
As a trailer l think the goal was something quicker versus deeper, I'm thinking there's going to be a lot of cool stuff in the full thing
@@stillnotstill I'm sure of it, this is why I think the trailer vulgarizes the whole meaning of the project
Your reaction is exactly what us neurodivergent people deal with everyday, it's just being ourselves and y'all find it rude, Michael knew what he signed up for and he's a public figure, the fact that no "journalist" is brave enough to ask that question doesn't mean the person making it in this video is rude.
exploiting them as long they believe we give them a "voice"....disgusting
@@karlitatv because it is. you are not brave, you cannot control yourself, its different. And I'm pretty sure a lot of people will be rude and say that: I'm neurodivergent. Actually, I love to insult you and your bunch...not my fault, I'm neurodivergent. Feel better now?
Clickbaity title! Well done BBC...well done
Lmao I think its kind of funny how much more importance is given to the "rudeness" of the question than the creepiness of the relationship in the comments.
It's not creepy. It's NORMAL. She's 30. The world doesn't operate according to ignorant, judgemental 12-year olds.
Why do you find it 'creepy'?
@@3pebbles hes nearly 60 and she just came out of her 20s.
@@TheClub27 my girlfriend's quite a bit older than me and i love her, is that creepy too? you're being very prejudiced and judgemental, i find that creepy and scary
@fabuniverse3908 I mean ofc you do 😂the younger person in the relationship never finds it creepy.
I understand the greed for views, but was it necessary to focus all attention on such an inappropriate question? I thought the idea behind The Assembly was to show the unique traits of neurodivergent thinking, not to show that neurodivergent people are rude and insensitive
it’s not that ND/autistic people are insensitive it’s that our understanding of the world doesn’t involve the same social niceties. the people just calling her rude and disrespectful either don’t understand that or don’t actually care to have us speak our minds.
@@RobbiJoy This has nothing to do with her neurodivergence, the girl shows that she is perfectly aware of the meaning and value of her words, she simply chose to ask an inappropriate and insensitive question, not only towards him, but also towards his partner and his daughter. The point, however, is that the trailer places emphasis on this rather than on questions that show the true peculiarity of neurodivergent thinking, which is not at all represented by rudeness or inappropriateness
@@LG-lb8qgforgive me, I'm not certain if you have much experience of neural divergent folk. One thing that can be easily misconstrued is where they put their emphasis as it relies on established normative social cues that they may be technically oblivious to or mimic in an unwieldy way that feels like a second language. This group, I believe, are mostly autistic and of course is going to be a very much varied bunch when it comes to wielding suitable emotions. I dare say that the show proper will be revealing.
@@MrFuzzyGreen Please, the girl shows that she knows perfectly well she asked a rude and unpleasant question, not to mention the fact that the topic itself, a man attracted to a young and beautiful woman, is extremely self-explanatory and logical, so it has hardly something to do with possible "misunderstandings" of social norms attributable to autism. I just hope it's all her own doing, and they weren't encouraged to ask tabloid-style questions just to make the show more "televisiv-ish"
@@LG-lb8qgI suggest you just watch the show rather than getting your knickers in a twist on out of context trailer edits.
if its that "giving a voice" to people with mental challenge, I disagree. Its feel more exploitative for entertainment of the masses than really instructive
Did you watch the show?
Are you someone neurodivergent or with a learning disability or intellectual disability? I am and I think that this show is a great idea. It doesn’t seem exploitative or othering in the way that shows like love on the spectrum do
@@amandamcdonald4238 I'm autistic and feel the same way. So often representation is not done well but this was amazing.
0:12 why is there a smoke detector beep? Also, this dude got a good payday for this, guaranteed.
My God what a disrespectful question 🙄
They are a group of autistic, neuro diverse people and have learning disabilities. It was a fun question and it’s no holds barred. Cut them some slack.
A dear friend of mine is Neurodivergent and he makes that kind of questions to everyone he meets. He genuinely doesn't understand what's wrong with asking people personal or "uncomfortable" questions. It's not that they want to be rude or something, they just really want to understand how other people think or why they do certain things.
not to mention that's literally the entire point of this episode is to ask any questions on their mind and he was to answer truthfully 🙄 it's not disrespectful if he literally gave consent to be asked these kind of things
Consent doesn't mean it's automatically not disrespectful
But I'm reserving judgement til I watch it all
I completely agree, the question has nothing to do with being neurodivergent, it's simply rude and from the expressions the girl makes, she is perfectly aware of it. I'm sure there were far more interesting questions asked
Neurodivergent, what will we call it next…. Autism wasn’t a good enough name I guess lol
Neurodivergent is not a euphemism for autism. It's an umbrella term which includes autism, but also ADHD, intellectual disability and a number of things. Many people have multiple forms of neurodivergence so rather than list them all they might just use the one term - neurodivergent. It was a term developed from within our community for our community for very specific purposes beyond what I've described.
@@linden5165 Autism is literally an umbrella term…. It used to be called sensory in the 90s it’s all the same. They keep changing the name. Sad you kids don’t understand that. Neurodivergence and autism mean the same thing. Autism isn’t part of neurodivergence, they are both blame terms…
Neurodivergent =/= autistic
Autistic people fall under the umbrella of ND but that is just wrong to say they're the same
Q. How would we all feel if he just SHUT UP
A. Better
Who is ''he'?