Just a few days ago, we brought word of David Tennant busying himself shooting a new biopic of psychiatrist R.D. Laing, called Mad To Be Normal. Now the first official pictures from the film have arrived, one of which graces the top of this story, and the other can be seen lower down the page.
Writer/director Robert Mullan, who is something of an authority on the man after publishing several books about him, describes him thusly: “in the late 1960s, and throughout the 1970s, R.D. Laing was referred to by some as the ‘high priest of anti-psychiatry’ and the so-called ‘Acid Marxist’ – lauded by his supporters for his daring and experimental work with disturbed people. In truth, Laing simply tried harder than other psychiatrists to sympathetically understand the cracked minds of the people who came to see him. He gave them time and tried to see the world from their point of view. His books sold all over the world and his reputation was global".
Tennant is joined in the main cast for this one by Elisabeth Moss, Michael Gambon, Gabriel Byrne and David Bamber, and the cameras are rolling now.