JOE GILGUN TALKS BRASSIC

Warm Up Winter with the Hilarious Misadventures of Brassic! The Complete Season 2 from ITV
is Coming to North America featuring the cheeky star & Creator of the series, Joseph Gilgun

Outrageous and funny Brassic is about lifelong friends, loyalty and the things that come between them. Season two picks up the action a few months later. Get ready to fall in love with the gang all over again as the friends embark on even bigger and bolder misadventures. Brassic is co-created by award-winning writer Danny Brocklehurst alongside critically acclaimed and award-winning actor Joseph Gilgun.

Joe is perhaps best known for his BAFTA nominated role as ‘Woody’ in Shane Meadow's THIS IS ENGLAND, and as Rudy Wade in E4’s MISFITS. For film, he shot Matthew Warchus’ critically acclaimed PRIDE alongside Bill Nighy and Imelda Staunton, which opened to excellent reviews. He then went straight on to film THE INFILTRATOR alongside Bryan Cranston and THE LAST WITCH HUNTER with Vin Diesel. Joe starred in the AMC series PREACHER from Seth Rogan, playing the extremely popular character CASSIDY opposite Ruth Negga and Dominic Cooper. He has co-created, produced and starred in the critically acclaimed comedy series BRASSIC and are in production filming series three of the hit drama.

Gilgun was born in Chorley, Lancashire, to Judith and Andrew Gilgun. He grew up in Rivington, Lancashire, as part of a working-class family with his two younger sisters, Jennie and Rosie. Gilgun attended Rivington VA Primary School and Southlands High School. He has dyslexia and ADHD, which he describes as the "biggest pain of [his] life" and in interviews has openly discussed depression and anxiety. He started drama workshops at the age of eight, following advice from an educational psychologist, and was described as having "exceptional talent". He also trained at the Laine Johnson Theatre School and the Oldham Theatre Workshop. When he was 10, he got his first TV acting role in Coronation Street. He stayed with the show until he was thirteen years old. Gilgun studied A Levels at Runshaw College. Outside of odd jobs and a few roles in small theater productions, Gilgun worked as a plasterer until returning to acting full-time with Emmerdale in 2006.

Gilgun plays 'Vinnie O’Neill' in Brassic. It follows the lives of Vinnie and his close friends in a fictional northern English town. Vinnie is a troubled man. He constantly battles with his bipolar disorder and is scarred by his troubled childhood. His gang of friends are on hand to give him the support he needs and are the bedrock of his existence.

I spoke with Joe about Brassic, facing his own mental health issues and working in America on shows like Preacher.