VARIOUS: Actor Michael Fassbender and Director Steve McQueen walked the red carpet Wednesday (November 09) for the AFI premiere of the independent feature 'Shame'

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  • Title: VARIOUS: Actor Michael Fassbender and Director Steve McQueen walked the red carpet Wednesday (November 09) for the AFI premiere of the independent feature 'Shame'
  • Date: 10th November 2011
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 09, 2011) (REUTERS) **CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY** ESTABLISHING SHOT OF CHINESE THEATER VARIOUS OF "SHAME" MOVIE POSTER VARIOUS SHOTS OF RED CARPET WITH DIRECTOR STEVE MCQUEEN, AND ACTORS JAMES BADGE DALE AND NICOLE BEHARIE POSING FOR PICTURES PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKING PHOTOS MICHAEL FASSBENDER POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) MICHAEL FASSBENDER, ACTOR "You know it's about addiction, and it's a serious scenario for this character. You know, whether it be gambling, alcohol, drugs, sex, it's about somebody trying to deal with that. This guy is struggling with it. He's aware of it." MICHAEL FASSBENDER AND STEVE MCQUEEN POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS NICOLE BEHARIE POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS STEVE MCQUEEN POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) STEVE MCQUEEN, DIRECTOR OF SHAME "It's an odd situation how sex is sort of being received today by young people as well. You know, like I said before, when I was a kid, just to look at pornography, you walked into a news agents, and it was on the top shelf, you look up, just look up. And now, it's one button on your iPhone and you have it." MCQUEEN AND JAMES BADGE DALE TALKING TO REPORTERS ACTRESS ELIZABETH MASUCCI POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS FASSBENDER TALKING WITH REPORTERS VARIOUS OF JAMES BADGE DALE TALKING TO REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) JAMES BADGE DALE, ACTOR "In this day and age when it's so readily available, you know, people, there is so much stimulation everywhere. You know, over the internet, and film and just regular life. I mean, you walk down the street today, I live in New York city. It's constant. Sex is everywhere, so I think the story is very relevant." DALE TALKING WITH REPORTERS WIDE SHOT OF RED CARPET
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  • Story Text: Actor Michael Fassbender and Director Steve McQueen walked the red carpet Wednesday (November 09) for the AFI premiere of the independent feature, "Shame," which looks into the life of a man living with a sex addiction.
    As an actor, Michael Fassbender, said that while every one has some kind of vice or addiction, it was interesting playing a character that struggles as a sex addict, "It's a serious scenario for this character. You know, whether it be gambling, alcohol, drugs, sex, it's about somebody trying to deal with that. This guy is struggling with it. He's aware of it."
    The film created a buzz of controversy at the Toronto Film Festival earlier in the year for the amount of sex portrayed and a scene where Brandon, played by Fassbender, is completely nude.
    Steve McQueen downplayed the controversy by pointing out that sex is readily available in today's society, "When I was a kid, just to look at pornography, you walked into a news agents, and it was on the top shelf, you look up, just look up. And now, it's one button on your iPhone and you have it."
    Fellow actor in the film, James Badge Dale, who plays Brandon's boss and friend agreed, saying, "In this day and age when it's so readily available, you know, people, there is so much stimulation everywhere." Dale added, "It's constant. Sex is everywhere, so I think the story is very relevant."
    "Shame" will have a limited theatrical release in the United States starting December 2, 2011.
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