The rising actor plays a movie-theater employee who falls for his Colman-played boss in Sam Mendes’s 1980s-set drama.
Empire of Lightstar Micheal Ward was taken aback working with Oscar winnerOlivia Colmanin the 1980s-set drama.
“Every take, you get a raw energy.
Micheal Ward and Olivia Colman in ‘Empire of Light’.Searchlight Pictures
“It became less about acting, and it became real.
In 2020 he won the BAFTA Rising Star Award former recipients include Tom Holland and Tom Hardy.
“I remember hardly anything mate, I was drunk,” he says with a laugh.
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“I could see it,” Ward insists.
“As long as the story is great, I’m involved.”
Empire of Lightarrives in theaters Dec. 9.
Watch the film’s trailer below.
