September 5 actor says media coverage of terrible events is not healthy
September 5 actor says media coverage of terrible events is not healthy
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Ben Chaplin says the media coverage of “terrible” events is not a healthy desire, and called for this to be reassessed at the premiere of a film which grappled with these themes. The British actor – known for war film The Thin Red Line, Oscar Wilde adaptation Dorian Gray and thrillers Murder By Numbers and Apple Tree Yard – portrays the head of operations at ABC Sport Marvin Bader in September 5, about the coverage of the 1972 Olympic terrorist attack in Munich.
Directed by Tim Fehlbaum, it also stars Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, and Leonie Benesch as members of the crew, who worked for ABC Sport, getting live updates of the killing of the Israeli Olympic team in Germany, and the failed rescue attempt of hostages. Chaplin told the PA news agency at the premiere of the movie at the Curzon Mayfair in central London on Tuesday that he hopes it makes people think about “man’s inhumanity to man”, and the “way we’re living now”.
He added: “First of all, Is it helpful? Should should we desire it? Should it be encouraged? I don’t think it’s a healthy human instinct. “It’s the rubber-necking instinct, and I think that we’ve got into trouble with it because it’s extremely popular. There’s a reason 900 million people watch this (on TV), watched the balcony, waiting (for) something terrible to happen, and I think we need to address that and certainly examine it in ourselves.
“Our desire, it’s an understandable desire, but it’s not a healthy one, it doesn’t help any of us.”. Chaplin has previously played the editor of fictional tabloid The Post in the BBC One series Press opposite Poirot star Sir David Suchet. Orange Is The New Black actor Magaro called making the film “claustrophobic”. He added: “But it was such a good group of people, and it was a real ensemble. Everyone was willing to collaborate and leave their egos aside. So it was quite pleasant.
“Although it was tense material, it never felt that tense on set. It felt very, you know, collaborative, and it felt fun.”. While speaking at about joining the film, Sarsgaard, known for Memory and Green Lantern movies, said: “I’m interested in the truth. I think a lot of times when you’re portraying real-life events, that’s a little bit more crucial than fiction. “I don’t know how much more I think they’re both important, but they’re real lives. They’re real people that passed away. So I approach it seriously.”.
