0:00:14 > 0:00:17You love this book, don't you?
0:00:19 > 0:00:22Once in a while, a boy comes along -
0:00:22 > 0:00:25a boy so strong, even the gods are jealous.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29You all right?
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Who cares? Come on. Let's just go.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35They decide to test him,
0:00:35 > 0:00:38one impossible labour after the other,
0:00:38 > 0:00:40in the hope he'll fail.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47His first task is to defeat the Nemean lion.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52CAT MEOWS
0:01:07 > 0:01:09- Morning, Mum.- Morning.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Pass me water, please?
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Thank you.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21You get milk?
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Er, yeah. Well...no.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Complicated.
0:01:26 > 0:01:27Should make a list.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30- Sorry.- Help you remember.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32INTERCOM BUZZES
0:01:32 > 0:01:34I'll get rid of them.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36'How is my favourite patient doing?'
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Oh...
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Great drying day out there, Gryff.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54How are we doing?
0:01:56 > 0:01:57Eh?
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Be an angel and go fetch something for me, would you?
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Oh, anything.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09His second labour is to cut down the Lernean hydra.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Here we go.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32All right? OK.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33Thank you.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35You're welcome.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Good work on the bramble, Gryff.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Nice one.
0:02:52 > 0:02:53Bye.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57His third labour is to catch the Ceryneian hind.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Nesta! Nesta!
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Stop!
0:03:16 > 0:03:18What's the matter, Gryff? What's wrong?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20- You won't tell on me, will you? - Tell what on you?
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- About the garden.- Oh, Gryff!
0:03:23 > 0:03:26You're doing amazing, amazing.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40Next, he must trap the wild boar of Erymanthos in a block of ice.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Then clean the Augean stables.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53MUSIC TAILS OFF
0:03:53 > 0:03:56INTERCOM BUZZES
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- You're too young. - You always think I'm older.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02His sixth labour is to slay the Stymphalian birds.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04I am so cold. Is that my jacket?
0:04:08 > 0:04:10- Selfie Queen? - Yeah, and her happy snappers.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17HEAVY ROCK MUSIC PLAYS
0:04:17 > 0:04:19MUSIC BLARES
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Oh, you should see Kara.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32She looks just like her mother, that one.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- She is. - Shouldn't have done that, though.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36That was really nasty.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40- Oh, you... - SHE COUGHS
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Mum? You all right?
0:04:47 > 0:04:49DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Ding-ding! Aye-aye, Gryff.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Still trying to grow that bum fluff?
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Come on, feel some real man whiskers, eh?
0:04:56 > 0:04:59His seventh labour is to capture the Cretan bull.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- Are they for me?- Yeah.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Pass them here, then, before you ruin them.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Left the price on, too.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10£1.42.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Last of the big spenders, eh?
0:05:22 > 0:05:23You and her all right, or what?
0:05:23 > 0:05:26- Good, so... - Well, I'm around and that.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Yeah. No, we're good.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Honest?
0:05:31 > 0:05:35Because I've got an idea that might cheer your mam up a bit.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Oh, yeah?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39COUGHING
0:05:41 > 0:05:43WHEEZING
0:05:43 > 0:05:45- Sure you don't want me to call 999? - No, no!
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Meet me in the car.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Yeah, right. Just give me a minute.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55COUGHING AND SPLUTTERING CONTINUES
0:05:55 > 0:06:01The eighth labour was to capture the mares of King Diomedes.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02No!
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Mam. Shh...
0:06:06 > 0:06:09It's OK. It's OK, it's OK.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12It's OK. It's OK. Shh...
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- It's OK. - SHE SIGHS
0:06:18 > 0:06:21DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS
0:06:21 > 0:06:24MUSIC STOPS, CAR HORN BEEPS
0:06:24 > 0:06:26It's OK.
0:06:38 > 0:06:39Keep it running, yeah?
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Block up.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Hey! Hey, you!
0:06:55 > 0:06:56You want a shot?
0:06:58 > 0:07:01SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
0:07:05 > 0:07:07BELL RINGS
0:07:07 > 0:07:09THUDDING
0:07:15 > 0:07:17You all right, bud?
0:07:19 > 0:07:21I'll get you some water.
0:07:23 > 0:07:28The ninth labour was to bring back the belt of Hippolyta.
0:07:36 > 0:07:37Here we go, then.
0:07:40 > 0:07:41Coach!
0:07:48 > 0:07:50You don't think she'll be cross, do you?
0:07:53 > 0:07:56What saint did you swap places with?
0:07:56 > 0:07:59The hoops she went through just to get in the ring, let alone win.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05She never gave up on anything in her life, and neither should you.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- Stay strong, yeah?- Yeah.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10- Are you coming in?- No. No.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Not tonight. You did the hard work. You take the glory.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Labour number ten is to capture the cattle of Geryon...
0:08:37 > 0:08:38Think you could lend some milk?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41..protected by his two-headed dog.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- Hey.- You're pleased with yourself.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59I got you something.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02Oh...!
0:09:06 > 0:09:08SHE CHUCKLES
0:09:17 > 0:09:19I've got something for you, too.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31The apples of Hersperides.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34The 11th labour.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39One bite of these makes you immortal.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Yeah, but you wouldn't want to crack your teeth, would you?
0:09:43 > 0:09:44Not even to live for ever?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Who want to live for ever smiling like...?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56I just... I guess...
0:09:56 > 0:09:59I just wanted you to live for longer.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03I know you do, strongman.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08So do I. So do I.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Eh, remember the 12th task?
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Capture Cerberus from the Underworld.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23You do know that it's me that's got to do that one, don't you?
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Old Three-Head had better watch out,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31because your mam can still pack a bit of a punch, you know.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Know what's going to make me happy,
0:10:39 > 0:10:41while I'm up there, watching over you?
0:10:42 > 0:10:44You cry once in a while. OK?
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Because that way, I'll know how much you love me.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52SHE SOBS
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Once in a while, a boy comes along -
0:11:12 > 0:11:15a boy so strong, even the gods are jealous.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19They decide to test him,
0:11:19 > 0:11:22one impossible labour after the other,
0:11:22 > 0:11:24in the hope he'll fail.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Scene 29, shot 24, take two.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31You need to hug again for the camera.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34When Torfaen's Andy Toovey was asked
0:12:34 > 0:12:37which of the It's My Shout scripts he'd like to direct,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40he didn't take long to choose The 12 Labours Of Gryff.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41Action!
0:12:41 > 0:12:44The script was always one of the ones that stood out
0:12:44 > 0:12:47in terms of the way it brings this very old story,
0:12:47 > 0:12:49the story of Hercules and his 12 labours,
0:12:49 > 0:12:51together with a contemporary setting.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Once in a while, a boy comes along -
0:12:54 > 0:12:57a boy so strong, even the gods are jealous.
0:12:57 > 0:13:03There's something really interesting about the way the script, kind of,
0:13:03 > 0:13:06looks at these themes of strength
0:13:06 > 0:13:08through Hercules and his mighty deeds,
0:13:08 > 0:13:11beating all these monsters, but then Gryff,
0:13:11 > 0:13:15in this kind of mundane setting, doing something equally difficult,
0:13:15 > 0:13:19if not more courageous, in caring for his mum,
0:13:19 > 0:13:20who is dying of cancer.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23You get milk?
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Er, yeah. Well, no.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27It's...complicated.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Little track number...
0:13:29 > 0:13:33I think, for an actor, the film set is a really hard place
0:13:33 > 0:13:35to be vulnerable on camera,
0:13:35 > 0:13:38because, although it doesn't look like it
0:13:38 > 0:13:40when you see it on TV or on film,
0:13:40 > 0:13:41for those actors in there,
0:13:41 > 0:13:43they're actually surrounded by 40 people,
0:13:43 > 0:13:45who all have these different jobs to be doing.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48There's a lot going on immediately before action is called.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Even just the calling of "action" reminds them
0:13:50 > 0:13:52that they are on a film set doing a job,
0:13:52 > 0:13:55rather than in this imagined situation
0:13:55 > 0:13:58where they have to bring so much emotion to the surface.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01I just want you to live for longer.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05SHE SNIFFS
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Yeah, you've just got to prepare yourself emotionally.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11You just think of bringing your own personal experiences into it,
0:14:11 > 0:14:16lock out all the crew, which is, there's a lot of them there,
0:14:16 > 0:14:20but then I just pictured my children sitting in front of me,
0:14:20 > 0:14:22instead of Zabian, and having to tell them
0:14:22 > 0:14:26the news that Evelyn has to tell Gryff, really,
0:14:26 > 0:14:29so you draw on that personal emotion, then.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Yeah, it was rather difficult,
0:14:36 > 0:14:38but...I don't know,
0:14:38 > 0:14:41I got through it and I just thought about who I was talking to
0:14:41 > 0:14:43and just the camera and forgot about everyone else.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46I knew there was loads of trainees as well around us,
0:14:46 > 0:14:48so that made it a bit more difficult,
0:14:48 > 0:14:51but I think I pushed through pretty well anyway.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55- Morning, Mum.- Morning.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Pass my water, please.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00I really liked, in Zabian, the fact that it felt,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03even from meeting him, that there was a lot more going on
0:15:03 > 0:15:06beneath the surface than he was willing to reveal.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10It looked like he was holding things back.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12To be honest with you, I just had such a connection
0:15:12 > 0:15:15with Vicky, Victoria, my mum in the play,
0:15:15 > 0:15:18that...I don't know, I just took it off her.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19She was, she was...
0:15:19 > 0:15:22She brought out my emotions, in a way.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25But also, I went in my personal issues at home and stuff
0:15:25 > 0:15:28and took it, just brought it out.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31That's how I brought my emotions to the table.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Vicky and Zabian actually auditioned together.
0:15:33 > 0:15:38They did an improv together, which blew us away,
0:15:38 > 0:15:42because it was moving, it was powerful.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46I think, in different ways, they could both relate to the story,
0:15:46 > 0:15:49and that just gave their portrayal of the characters
0:15:49 > 0:15:52added depth, sincerity, authenticity.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54That was absolutely...
0:15:54 > 0:15:55I'm an emotional wreck!
0:15:57 > 0:15:58With Evelyn, it's...
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Yeah, she was a boxer, you know.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04She was this tough character, a champion,
0:16:04 > 0:16:08and I think she tried to keep that for as long as she can
0:16:08 > 0:16:12through her life and through the illness,
0:16:12 > 0:16:15and the day of the shooting is the day
0:16:15 > 0:16:17that she's obviously telling Gryff,
0:16:17 > 0:16:19she's telling him goodbye, basically.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21And...
0:16:21 > 0:16:22SHE CLEARS HER THROAT
0:16:24 > 0:16:26So she's going to lose that strength a little bit then, you know?
0:16:26 > 0:16:28- TEARFULLY:- Sorry.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38I think we see a lot of images of strength around us,
0:16:38 > 0:16:42but they are usually associated with visible strength.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44BELL RINGS
0:16:44 > 0:16:46THUDDING
0:16:46 > 0:16:52The heart of this story is actually the strongest thing Gryff can do
0:16:52 > 0:16:55is show his mother how much he cares,
0:16:55 > 0:16:58allow what's inside to come out.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00I just wanted you to live for longer.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05I know you do, strongman.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Strength can mean a lot of things, but I think,
0:17:07 > 0:17:11in a situation like this, it's...it's being strong to carry on
0:17:11 > 0:17:14without that person you love, without that bond
0:17:14 > 0:17:17and somebody who's been in your life that long.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20It's like losing...losing a limb, isn't it?
0:17:20 > 0:17:22It's like having them ripped away from you
0:17:22 > 0:17:24and you having to carry on.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26That's the hard bit, and that's where people,
0:17:26 > 0:17:28I think, have got the strength to be able to do that.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33I just want to say thank you to everyone from me and Andy.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36It's been an amazing three days.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Zabian and Vicky, absolutely fantastic.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40Thank you.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43CHEERING AND APPLAUSE