{"id":38458,"date":"2013-03-18T12:43:11","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T12:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=38458"},"modified":"2013-03-18T12:57:37","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T12:57:37","slug":"in-the-flesh-star-luke-newberry-he-confronts-the-demons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/in-the-flesh-star-luke-newberry-he-confronts-the-demons\/","title":{"rendered":"In The Flesh&#8217;s Kieren &#8220;confronts the demons&#8221; says star"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38475\" style=\"width: 616px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/kieren.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38475\" alt=\"Kieren returns home in In the Flesh\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/kieren.jpg\" width=\"616\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/kieren.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/kieren-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kieren returns home in In the Flesh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>BBC3&#8217;s three-part zombie drama <em>In the Flesh<\/em> started last night, and star Luke Newberry tells us that PDS-sufferer Kieren has only just started his journey.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The things that need to be confronted, Kieren\u2019s put a lid on them for quite a while and gradually he starts to get his fire and can\u2019t just sit on it anymore,&#8221; the actor tells us. &#8220;He confronts the demons that need to be confronted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<style><!--\n@font-face {\n  font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\n}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }\n--><\/style>\n<p>Kieren is very much presented in the first episode as a human recovering from something awful, rather than a monster.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is a zombie or a PDS sufferer but he definitely comes across as more of a just a person with a condition. That\u2019s how I played him, apart from the grisly flashbacks. I definitely saw him as more of a sufferer or an addict.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This idea of &#8220;just a person with a condition&#8221; is fleshed out by the excellent effects work. The re-integrated PDS-sufferers have their death-pallor skin and milky eyes masked with cover-up and contact lenses. Did all the make-up help Newberry get into character or was it a distraction?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My time in make-up was really useful time to settle in and zone out and focus on what I was going to do,&#8221; he tells us. &#8220;And when I had the really heavy make-up on with contact lenses it never really made it difficult. When I didn\u2019t have it on I actually felt quite naked. It was helpful, when Kieren\u2019s in the treatment centre, having the lenses in and all that made me quite introverted and quite quiet and I think that really helped me as Kieren finding that inner turmoil that he\u2019s going through.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The episode opens with a gruesome flashback showing Kieren in his monstrous state. We soon learn that these flashes to his past are something that he has to live with, as each of the shots that keep him human also bring these fragmented memories. But how much does he actually remember?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would say that he\u2019s probably got more as well as those flashbacks, I think they\u2019re always with him. It\u2019s like this dark cloud with him all the time. And the flashbacks are a side effect of the medication but I think that he gets it worse than anyone else. I think he\u2019s very sensitive. Kieren is deeply weighed down by it all and can\u2019t shift the guilt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38461\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38461\" style=\"width: 616px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/In-the-Flesh.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38461\" alt=\"Luke Newberry as Kieren in In the Flesh\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/In-the-Flesh.jpg\" width=\"616\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/In-the-Flesh.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/In-the-Flesh-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/In-the-Flesh-510x286.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luke Newberry as Kieren in In the Flesh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Even if Kieren was able to forget what he&#8217;d done, the good people of Roarton are ready to remind him. Could Kieren have known the kind of welcome that the returning PDS-sufferers would receive?<\/p>\n<style><!--\n@font-face {\n  font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\n}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }\n--><\/style>\n<p>&#8220;I think he\u2019s got an idea, but he\u2019s also aware that it\u2019s been four years so things will have moved on, and things will have changed. But his instinct is definitely &#8216;It\u2019s not a tolerant place and it\u2019s backward and unaccepting,&#8217; so he\u2019s got that fear there about going back. He\u2019s terrified that it hasn\u2019t changed,&#8221; Newberry explains. &#8220;There\u2019s definitely a lot of fear. Not only did I not want to come back from the dead but I really don\u2019t want to go back to that village.&#8221;<\/p>\n<style><!--\n@font-face {\n  font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\n}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }\n--><\/style>\n<p>However, some things have changed while he&#8217;s been away and his sister Jem&#8217;s reaction to his homecoming is not what he was hoping for.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s the biggest shock, I think, for Kieren,&#8221; he tells us. &#8220;The person who he was really close to and spent a lot of time with, and the one sort of anchor in the village, being his sister, she now sees him as a disgusting monster and can\u2019t be in the same room as him. And that\u2019s just soul-destroying for Kieren.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>In the Flesh<\/em> takes on issues that you might not expect to find in a supernatural drama. Before he returned to his life, Kieren chose to end it. He&#8217;s been brought back to something he decided he didn&#8217;t want and is now confronting what he left behind. Newberry is hopeful that Kieren&#8217;s struggle and discovery of inner strength will make him a relatable lead character for viewers who might feel under-represented.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It does bring up really important issues that need to be talked about, like teen suicide and anxiety. Kieren is an incredibly anxious guy, and it talks about anxiety in a way that I don\u2019t think many things do. Anxiety\u2019s not spoken about, it\u2019s sort of ignored, I think. Hopefully Kieren will be a voice for those people, that\u2019s my hope. He&#8217;s quite unconventional, and struggling with a lot of different things, and then you find out that he has a lot of strength in various different areas. But that\u2019s all to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the Flesh continues on Sunday 24th at 10.00pm on BBC3<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-38458-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=53I2_DbVUqU&#038;_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=53I2_DbVUqU\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=53I2_DbVUqU<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In The Flesh&#8217;s Luke Newberry on Kieren&#8217;s journey, with episode 1 spoilers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":38461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[1718,7,3,207],"tags":[3045],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/In-the-Flesh.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}