I wanted to reimagine the role, in a way that was respectful of its traditional responsibilities but made them part of a wider pattern of poetry about national incidents, events, preoccupations and to spend a great deal of time going to schools trying to demystify poetry. – Andrew Motion
We really love all sports, but we dont think in the long term. The reason we did Kingpin was because there was a script we really liked and we saw the possibilities. – Peter Farrelly
