“We knew the harder we worked, the better our chances. “I think the film will get across that it was great fun yet very hard,” said Torvill, 61. While the world was speculating about a real-life romance on ice, the partners now admit they were often arguing, but always about skating. We have written books about it, but seeing it committed to moving pictures was much bigger somehow.” At the time it didn’t feel like a job it was about passion, beauty and discipline. “He was fascinated by it and we both felt excited and humbled at the idea.”īut reading the script for the first time proved challenging for Dean: “There are moments that made me emotional – just thinking, yes, we did that. “Will wanted to get inside the relationship,” said Dean. The screenplay, by Made in Dagenham writer William Ivory, centres on the powerful blend of artistic feeling and athletic discipline the skaters developed. You have to put the time in, although I think Jayne and I both wish we had taken in more of our success back then.” So he is pleased that the new film emphasises the effort involved in their triumphs. “My dad worked eight-hour shifts down the pit and I had always thought I was going to be a miner. There was no money in skating.”ĭean regards his own childhood as close to that of a real-life Billy Elliot. There was every chance I would be back being a policeman afterwards. “Young people have to realise that when they watch the drama. “There are certainly easier ways to become famous,” adds Dean. Poppy Lee Friar and Will Tudor as Torvill and Dean in the ITV drama airing on Christmas Day.
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