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E185: David Harewood: The Chilling Story Of How A Hollywood Star Lost His Mind
David Harewood is an award-winning actor, star of Supergirl and Homeland, and best-selling author behind Maybe I Don’t Belong Here, one of the best-reviewed and best-selling books of 2021.
One of the best actors of his generation, with honours from Queen Elizabeth to prove it, David’s road to the top had to overcome his psychosis, which at one point drove him to the point of insanity and left him sectioned into a psychiatric hospital. With his life as he knew it on the brink, David rebuilt his life and career to reach the very top of the entertainment business.
Scars like this take time to mend, and sometimes leave unexpected traces. David is controversially honest that losing his mind, in a way, helped him find his creativity. This isn’t the message that everyone wants to hear, but David’s frankness about how his darkest times set him apart from everyone else is a story you don’t want to miss.
Topics:
- Early years
- Racism
- Your fathers illness
- Social rejection from everyone
- What would you have had to change inorder to not be sectioned?
- The night you got sectioned
- Being sectioned: Biology vs experiences
- The time being being sectioned and back to acting
- Opening up about your breakdown
- Where are you now?
- Why you?
- Your production company
- The last guests question
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