{"id":41613,"date":"2023-12-12T01:01:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T00:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1938573"},"modified":"2023-12-12T11:04:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T10:04:21","slug":"iwan-rheon-on-men-up-ive-never-cried-in-a-read-through-before","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/iwan-rheon-on-men-up-ive-never-cried-in-a-read-through-before\/","title":{"rendered":"Iwan Rheon on Men Up: \u2018I\u2019ve never cried in a read-through before\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Game of Thrones actor stars in the new BBC film about one of the world’s first Viagra trials. <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 12 December 2023 at 00:01 AM<\/p>

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Iwan Rheon stars in new one-off BBC drama Men Up<\/a>, a film charting the experiences of a group of five ordinary Welshmen who take part in the trial of a new drug which would later become Viagra.<\/p>\n

While the trial really did take place in 1994, the characters themselves are fictional, with Rheon playing Meurig, a man who yearns for intimacy with his wife, Ffion, played by Alexandra Roach, but feels trapped by his inability to rekindle the spark in their marriage.<\/p>\n

RadioTimes.com<\/a> caught up with Rheon exclusively to talk about the film, and asked how he found watching it himself, given that his character\u2019s story is just one part of a larger whole.<\/p>\n

Rheon revealed: \u201cIt read really well in the read-through. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever cried in a read-through before.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just really astonishing to see each storyline for each of these men and everyone involved around them, their family lives, how poignant it was and how heartfelt it was. So I think I knew that it was going to come off with these fantastic actors.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He continued: \u201cSo it was great to watch what they\u2019d all done. Some of the moments are so, so beautiful and heartfelt.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd in terms of the drug itself, interestingly, I think what I took from the film is that the moment they start healing or things get better is when they actually talk about it, and whether the drug works or not is another issue.<\/p>\n

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