The Street - a new drama for BBC ONE
David Schofield plays John - Billy's Dad
"Jimmy's writing is realistic, vital, honest, visceral and natural. I think it challenges people and asks a lot of good questions," says David Schofield who plays Billy's blind dad John.
"The tragedy in this episode is a universal one really about parents and children trying to find common ground and trying to communicate with each other, protect each other," says David whose credits include, Our Mutual Friend, Anna Karenina and Ridley Scott's multi award-winning epic Gladiator.
"It was quite tricky to get into character with this one, I think there's a responsibility to those in the community who have impaired vision to try at least to inject some honesty into it.
"I found it quite hard as an actor so I spoke to a lot of people.
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