The cast of the original film, including Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, and Lesley Sharp, attended the event, but Nutter and Beaufoy held placards outside the cinema with messages about the fair deal for writers and the importance of people, for people, by people.
The new series, which is set 26 years after the original film, follows the characters' lives and deals with political issues.
The striptease scene from the original film makes a brief appearance but is no longer the main focus of the narrative.
Hugo Speer, who played Guy in the original film, was absent from the premiere after being fired during filming due to allegations of inappropriate conduct.
LONDON DAILY ARCHIVE
Full Monty Writers Picket Disney+ Series Premiere in Support of US Writers' Strike
The Full Monty writers, Alice Nutter and Simon Beaufoy, picketed the premiere of the new Disney+ series in Sheffield, UK, because of the ongoing US writers' strike.
06 June 2023 · 11:28 UTC
