Welcome to the BBC's radio theatre for a special edition of Hard Talk.

My guest today is known around the world for his film, television and theatre work.

He made his name for his uncanny ability to portray other well-known people.

Tony Blair, Brian Clough, David Frost, roles that catapulted Michael Sheen into a life far from his home

in Port Albert in South Wales. But it was acting that also brought him back there, where he's now

immersed in tackling some of the problems that face a poor community, poverty, debt, and

homelessness. So how does he straddle such

contrasting worlds? Michael Sheen, welcome to Hard Talk. Thank you very much.

So how does the Hollywood star fit in on Port Albert's High Street?

Yeah, it's an interesting double life.

And inevitably, there's a bit of that that happens anyway.

You know, when you start to feel like, oh, this is my hometown,

but I sort of feel like my sense of belonging is split now.

And that just kept extending.

So at first it was having moved down to London to come to drama school here,

and then starting to work as an actor.

And then eventually that leading me to go and live in America for a while.

And then having some fame and celebrity, that inevitably also can be a separating thing as well,

regardless of the geographical space

you inhabit, to the point where I am now where I, yeah, it feels very much like straddling

two worlds where I'm, I suppose I'm essentially trying to have two full-time careers, and that

is quite challenging. Currently, you've just, I think, finished a couple of American series,

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