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Radio 5 Live,2 mins

Toby Jones on 'anxiety' of playing Stoke's Neil Baldwin

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Actor Toby Jones has spoken about the pressures of playing Stoke hero Neil Baldwin, in new ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One biopic Marvellous. Baldwin became a local hero in Staffordshire after overcoming his learning difficulties to become a circus clown, lay preacher, kit man at Stoke City, and a key figure on Keele University's campus. Jones said he had an "element of dread" before filming each scene, because he worried about getting the character of Baldwin - who is still alive - right. "There's anxiety about honouring the subject you're playing", Toby said. "But he was incredibly complimentary about my performance." This clip is originally from Richard Bacon on 23 September 2014.

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