Rhys Ifans on the ‘Frightening’ Task of Portraying Parkinson’s in ‘Onwards and Sideways’ and Learning to Wear ‘Costume’ of Disease: ‘I Really Did My Homework’
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Less than a year after "I Swear" helped explain the complexities of Tourette's Syndrome on the big screen, "Onwards and Sideways" is looking to do the same for Parkinson's Disease. From director John Madden ("Shakespeare in Love") and written by Paul Mayhew-Archer (who was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2011), the film — released in U.K. cinemas […]
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