Yuli / Paul Laverty

Ahead of the release of the new film on ballet dancer Carlos Acosta, we talk with the I, Daniel Blake screenwriter Paul Laverty about why traditional biographies are boring, the remarkable vitality of Cuba, how he used his own experience to inform Acosta’s story, working across cultures, and the most important thing he learnt from filmmaker Ken Loach.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy