Found this book at Waterstones yesterday that I had never heard of before.
"Love and Monsters" by Miles Booy.
Has anyone else read this? Would you recommend?
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![When it comes to the atmosphere on set, I later talk to David Tennant about this subject.
"Yes — there was a lot of due diligence about only having ... joyful people on set. Crew and cast," Tennant says, carefully.
Treadwell-Collins is more forthright.
"We had a very strict 'no arseholes' policy," he says. "We did a lot of research. On EastEnders, some of [the cast] were really unpleasant; rotten apples who ruined it. For Rivals, we talked to producers and agents off the record, and if they said, 'He's a marvellous actor — but also a wanker,' or, 'He'll be amazing, but he did beat up a girlfriend ten years ago,' we just didn't cast them.
Lots of people [in television] will put up with it. We were like, 'Life's too short.' Also, if you've got David Tennant on the call sheet, he's such a genuinely lovely, kind, decent man - and that flows down through everyone else."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7y7hz7ozp2a3pjvzkpkn5qlu/bafkreiehu5tw3rlbbszyqq3o5maabs5bf6n62pgryt5iisiqf5p5ctumwi)
