Exclusive: Damned United Clip

See Michael Sheen as Brian Clough

Exclusive: Damned United Clip

by Helen O’Hara |
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Much as we love Simon Pegg, it's possible that they missed a trick when they cast How To Lose Friends And Alienate People, because on the evidence of this exclusive clip from The Damned United Michael Sheen could alienate anybody - at least when playing legendary football manager Brian Clough.

The film focuses on Clough's brief but action-packed tenure as manager of Leeds United in the 1970s, but this clip sees him talking to Sam Longson (Jim Broadbent), the chairman of his previous club Derby County. That's Clough's right-hand man Peter Taylor (Timothy Spall) waiting in the background - and we feel it's safe to say that this scene signals a deterioration in the relations between Clough and Longson.

The Damned United is out on March 27 here, so this will have to keep you going for the next week or so.

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