Exclusive: Micheal Ward talks Sam Mendes' Empire of Light and working with Olivia Colman
Hitting theaters on December 9 from Searchlight Pictures is Empire of Light, from Academy Award-winning director and writer Sam Mendes and starring Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Colin Firth, Toby Jones, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, and Crystal Clarke.
EMPIRE OF LIGHT is a moving drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times. Set in and around a faded old cinema in an English coastal town in the early 1980s, it follows Hilary (Olivia Colman) a cinema manager struggling with her mental health, and Stephen (Micheal Ward), a new employee who longs to escape this provincial town in which he faces daily adversity. Both Hilary and Stephen find a sense of belonging through their unlikely and tender relationship and come to experience the healing power of music, cinema, and community.
Best known for his roles and performances in Netflix series Top Boy as well as the film Blue Story, Ward was awarded the 2020 EE BAFTA Rising Star Award, Ward was also seen in Lovers Rock which is the second episode of Steve McQueen’s anthology series, Small Axe. He recently appeared in Beauty, which was is written by Lena Waithe and starred Giancarlo Esposito and Sharon Stone.
Blackfilmandtv.com’s Wilson Morales spoke with Ward as he talked about Sam Mendes' Empire of Light and working with Olivia Colman.
