Nick Grimshaw couldn't stop talking about how hard Ashley Walters' new film hit him. "I really, really cried," Nick told Ashley, "but I think it was like a good cathartic cry." He admitted it made him pick up the phone the second it finished. "It made me ring people afterwards… no one answered," he said, laughing that even his mum didn't pick up straight away.
Listen: Nick's post-film phone call
Ashley, in the studio to discuss Animal, his directorial debut out on Friday, was candid about how personal the project is. "I've nurtured this thing for so many years," he said, admitting he's "very scared" about how the world will react once it's released. He talked Nick through drawing on his own time in a young offenders' institution to get the prison setting right, right down to "the colours, the layout of the prison, the prison clothes." He also revealed the young cast had no idea what Stephen Graham's character was about to do in one key scene, so their shocked reactions on camera were completely real.
Listen: The unscripted Stephen Graham scene
Earlier in the show, Nick announced the 2027 6 Music Festival will head to Newcastle, running from 15 to 19 March, with full lineup details to follow next year.
Nick also welcomed novelist Tabitha for this week's Very Specific Playlist, built around her gothic debut novel The House of Dust and Shadows, mixing Massive Attack, PJ Harvey and Siouxsie and the Banshees.
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