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Strange - Richard Coyle stars as John Strange with Ian Richardson and Samantha Janus

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Strange | Interviews | Samantha Janus
Laugh or cry?

Samantha Janus Picture What are the differences between playing comedy and drama?

What's strange about this script is there is humour running throughout. That sounds bizarre in terms of its subject matter, but I think often that kind of humour works in very frightening situations. What's interesting about this is that it crosses genre, it doesn't really fit anything else that I've seen.

It's very, very dark. I think a lot darker than people are expecting but then you've got that kind of slightly wry sense of humour running through it which lightens in just in the right places. I always think with comedy and drama you should play them both as real as possible.

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