The Full Monty will not “traumatise” audiences with on-screen nudity in an upcoming spin-off, one of its stars has promised.
Game of Thrones actor Mark Addy reprises his role as jaded former steel worker Dave in a new spin-off of the 1997 hit British comedy film, which is being rebooted as a television series which will air on Disney.
Producers have been coy about revealing whether the returning cast from the original film will once again strip naked, but Addy has suggested that audiences will not be left “traumatised” by the ageing cast’s nudity.
The 58-year-old said: “Stripping is addressed. I don’t want to give too much away, but they do get recognised as the guys who are famous for taking their clothes off 25 years ago.”
Speaking to the Big Issue magazine, he added: “Some of us are in our 70s - I’m not but I’m getting there.
“So, it’s dealt with in a creative way that’s not too traumatic for the viewers.”
The original film was made for a budget of just £3 million but went on to be a global hit which had more than £20 million at the box office, and became a cultural phenomenon which was referenced even by the then Prince Charles.
Addy and Robert Carlyle will return to their roles for eight episodes set 25 years on from the events of the original film, but full details of the plot have yet to be revealed.
Carlyle has suggested that stripping may not feature in the upcoming series, telling Radio Times: “No one needs to see that these days.”
Disney has only suggested that the amateur strippers will be shown once again struggling in a Sheffield “failed” by the government, a central feature of the 1997 original in which out of work steelworkers must try and make ends meet.
Cultural impact
Addy has said that the cultural impact of the film, and its soundtrack, have continued to follow him, telling the Radio Times: “There was a time when, if I walked into a pub, somebody would bang it on the jukebox.
“What do they think I’m going to do? It does still happen. You’ll sometimes hear Hot Stuff and think, ‘oh, what a coincidence’.
“It’s a tribute to the film that people still remember it and associate me with male nudity. Personally, I’m taking it as a compliment.”
Production shots released so far for the upcoming series have shown Carlyle’s character, Gaz, handling pigeons, while the original film’s star stripper, Barrington “Horse” Mitchell, played by Paul Barber, is shown driving a mobility scooter.
Lesley Sharp will return as Jean, along with Tom Wilkinson, who played Gerald.
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