27 Apr 22
Press Pack Article
Interview with creator, writer and lead actor Sarah Solemani who plays Bobby
How did the idea for Chivalry come about? Steve Coogan and I were filming [the Michael Winterbottom film] Greed in Mykonos in 2018 when Me Too had just happened in Hollywood and we had a lot of debates about what it was and what it meant and whether it had gone too far. We hadn't seen anything before that unpacks what is happening between the sexes and what would happen if two people, pitted against each other on paper, were to develop feelings for each other. To put those characters in that debate so we could not only unpack what had happened but also laugh at it, felt like a really complicated starting point and journey to go on - and it turned out it was, in a good way. Laughter is such a big healer when you're talking about trauma and shame which Me Too is.
