| AdminHistory | In Bill Douglas' previous 'Trilogy' he cast non-professionals. However due to the size and scope of 'Comrades', he compromised by casting less well-known or undiscovered actors for the Tolpuddle Martyrs and their families and casted larger stars, the "aristocracy of their profession", as their oppressors. It was with this approach that he cast the then unknown Imelda Staunton and Robin Soans alongside Vanessa Redgrave and Robert Stephens. |