HBO’s ‘Half Man’ Trailer Hints at a Violent, Codependent Relationship

Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text The words “explosion of violence” are in the official description for Half Man , creator and star Richard Gadd ’s follow-up to Baby Reindeer . The trailer for the HBO limited series doesn’t depict it, but it feels like the act hangs over every piece of it. Half Man stars Gadd and Jamie Bell as Niall and Ruben, who have been brothers in all but DNA since they were kids. When Niall shows up at Ruben’s wedding 30 years later, “everything seems different,” the show’s description reads. “He is on edge. Shifty. Not acting like himself. And soon, an explosion of violence takes place which catapults us back through their lives, from the eighties to the present day. Capturing 30 years in the lives of these broken men, Half Man is a six-part limited series exploring brotherhood, violence, and the intense fragility of male relationships. After all, when things fall apart, it is sometimes the closest relationships which break the hardest.” Related Stories TV Zendaya Teases End of 'Euphoria' After Season 3: "I Owe So Much to That Show" Movies 'Alien 3: The Assembly Cut' Just Quietly Dropped on HBO Max Watch the trailer below. The six-episode series is set to premiere April 23 on HBO and HBO Max and April 24 on BBC iPlayer in the U.K., with over-the-air broadcasts on the BBC later that week. The Half Man cast also includes Stuart Campbell, Mitchell Robertson, Neve McIntosh, Marianne McIvor, Charlie De Melo, Bilal Hasna, Julie Cullen, Amy Manson, Anjli Mohindra, Tim Downie, Tom Andrews, Philippine Velge, Stuart McQuarrie, Sandy Batchelor, Piers Ewart, Scot Greenan, and newcomers Charlotte Blackwood, Calum Manchip and Kate Robson-Stuart. Banijay UK’s Mam Tor Productions is behind Half Man, in association with Thistledown Pictures, for HBO, BBC iP...