So I always begin by looking for the truth and from there it can lead in any direction you like. "Early on when I made Career Girls with Mike Leigh, I learnt that as long as you start from the truth, you can go anywhere. I love the challenge of playing those characters and trying to find out why they do things."Ī striking sense of honesty has always characterised Mark's screen appearances and his performance as Wayne is no exception. When you're on the outside and have nobody, you look at life differently. They have another perspective on the world. "People on the margins are really interesting. The actor, originally from Cleveland, goes on to stress that what makes The Street such gripping viewing is that so often it focuses on the dispossessed and the powerless, people, in fact, just like Wayne. Sometimes you can only see what's happened when you've hit rock bottom and you say, 'oh my God, look where I am now!' But the great thing is, the situation is absolutely true to life." He has seen what he has become and said to himself, 'I'm going to change now'. "It's brilliant to play a broken man and see him regain his self-respect and claw his way back. The episode is about how he finally fights back and tries to get out of this hole. Mark, an actor who generates immense warmth on screen, outlines what appealed to him about portraying Wayne: "He's a complete loser who has reached the point where he can't get any lower. People misinterpret their friendship, and Wayne's life Things get even worse when he befriends Damien, an illiterate, 15-year-old truant. His wife has left him, taking their two sons and the dog with her, his dodgy back is deteriorating which makes his postal round harder by the day, he is flat-broke, and tempted by a life of crime. Now he is adding to this already impressive list by playing Wayne, a postman to whom life has been less than kind, in The Street. He has played a string of much-loved losers in productions such as Early Doors, Murphy's Law, I'm With Stupid, Catterick, Northern Lights, Booze Cruise, and Career Girls. It became a part of my childhood and it played a part on my happiness back then.Mark Benton has made a huge success out of failure. Still, Postman Pat is one of the great childhood shows I watched. I can't get that feeling that I was watching some toys living in a mini world and that old peaceful and happy environment that was in the first one. I didn't feel like I was in their world, it felt weird. The new one felt like no different than watching a fully computer graphic animated show. I felt a little sad that as what I see from others, they also changed and "improved". I find it interesting because it is animated with figures and miniature place that makes it realistic, until after years and years of not thinking about this show, I saw the new one called "Postman Pat Special Delivery" I think? It was nice but not great for me. I find it very fun and relaxing to watch Postman Pat as I feel like I'm also one of them. Clean, peaceful, friendly neighborhood, no life problems, and etc. Watching this show will make you want to go or atleast think what if our world is like in the town where Postman Pat lives. I even feel chills in my spine and a great feel of nostlagia hearing the song again after many many years of not watching it. Postman Pat was one of my favorite tv show since I was a little human.
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