Michael Sheen talks, grins & fidgets like Tony Blair for the 3rd time!

by Matt Holmes

Michael Sheen will be giving us the Tony Blair caricature for the third time. He is set to reprise Blair for THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP, a movie that Peter Morgan has written and will make as his directorial debut. It's the third in what is an unofficial trilogy featuring Sheen's Blair that also involves The Deal (a t.v. movie from 2003) and THE QUEEN. "The Special Relationship" deals with the bond bond between Tony Blair and Bill Clinton in the late 90's. Morgan has also written real life biopics of David Frost (FROST/NIXON) and eccentric football manager Brian Clough (THE DAMNED UNITED) for Sheen in what is quickly becoming one of the more interesting one/two's in the industry right now. I just wonder too whether in a few years time we will see the fourth and final chapter of this saga with a grey-haired Tony Blair taking the U.K. to war and the consequences of it on his legacy and the future of the country on a whole.

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Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.