The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge success as one of the greatest film comedians of all time; an obsessive artist so dedicated to his work that neglected his loved ones and sacrificed part of his own personality to convincingly create that of his many memorable characters.
Acting
Rush becomes Sellers becoming everyone else — inception-level performance
Direction
Hopkins lets Sellers break fourth wall to confront his own ghost
Costume
Seamless transformations: Clouseau to Strangelove to Chance the gardener
Director
Stephen Hopkins
Geoffrey Rush
Peter Sellers
Charlize Theron
Britt Ekland
John Lithgow
Blake Edwards
Miriam Margolyes
Peg Sellers
Stephen Fry
Maurice Woodruff
Stanley Tucci
Stanley Kubrick
Emily Watson
Anne Sellers
Henry Goodman
Dennis Selinger
Steve Pemberton
Harry Secombe
Sonia Aquino
Sophia Loren
Alison Steadman
Casting Agent
Edward Tudor-Pole
Spike Milligan
Peter Vaughan
Bill Sellers
Peter Gevisser
Ted Levy
David Robb
Dr. Lyle Wexler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rush refused prosthetics; all transformations done through physicality and voice. The real Britt Ekland called it 'uncanny.'
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