“The end of the film is so triumphant. So where could we go from there?” Robert Carlyle is explaining why it has taken 25 years for the cast of The Full Monty to reconvene.
As a new Disney+ series brings back the beloved characters from writer Simon Beaufoy’s 1997 comedy-drama masterpiece, Carlyle has the inside story for The Big Issue.
“The film was all up, up, up,” he continues. “It is full of these amazing moments. There were no real avenues to take it down. But, of course, time has solved that.”
The Full Monty became the highest grossing film in UK history. Worldwide box office receipts were more than £250 million (almost 100 times its budget). It beat Titanic and Memento to win Best Film at the Baftas, where Carlyle also picked up the Best Actor award and received four Oscar nominations, winning Best Original Musical or Comedy Score.
The Full Monty was, in short, a cultural phenomenon. Much to the surprise of its star.
“We thought it was a tiny little film.
