Russell Tovey

Is that something that you kind of developed in time?

Because I know originally you studied at the RCA, for example, when you were in London before.

So where did this kind of interest in telling your own kind of passionate stories come from?

Yeah, it's interesting.

So you grew up in Belfast in Northern Ireland, and you were growing up at a time where there was a lot of re-evaluation in terms of when you were growing up on how women had been treated, on how religion had played such an impact in oppressing women and different groups of people.

And it was an interesting parallel in a way with your own experience and that of Sinead O'Connor.

Yeah.

Was that something that you think growing up at that time helped to form some sort of resilience or strength within you or rage?

Because I always feel like you're a very driven person, but very precise.

It's not like you're just screaming with anger.

It's like you actually have really had time to kind of grow into something quite thoughtful.

2018, you actually ended up making a music video with her.

And what was it like making Forth and Pine?

Did you get to actually meet her and hang out with her?

Wow.

So when you, in 2018, started this journey of making Nothing Compares, it must have been quite important for you, obviously, to A, get her approval, and maybe her involvement on some level.

But also, were you aware at the time of how big it was in terms of a wider political topic?

Because I feel like it's gone on to have so many reverberations around the world, because it's so applicable to other causes.

And

I don't just mean in terms of solidarity, but I mean in terms of like women across the world and how women are treated in different countries.