Homeless tale of new film deeply moved Gillian Anderson
Gillian Anderson says she was "profoundly affected" by homelessness memoir The Salt Path, which has been adapted into a film she stars in.
The novel, written by Raynor Winn, follows the author and husband Moth as they lose their home and embark on a long-distance walk with only a few pennies in their pockets.
The X-Files star Anderson plays Winn in the new film while Harry Potter actor Jason Isaacs stars as her husband.
"I first discovered The Salt Path probably about a year and a half or two before they went into prep," she told the Big Issue.
"I bought Ray's audiobook and was profoundly affected by it. I was then trying to find out about the rights."
Isaacs told the magazine that it shocked him how quickly and easily they became homeless.
"One moment they were sure that they were going to keep their home, then they're sitting in court and suddenly there is a date, a ticking clock."
After they lost their home the couple completed the 1000km South West Coast Path, which follows the coastline of Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, and Dorset in the UK.
As well as delving into the issue of homelessness, the book and film explore Moth's diagnosis of corticobasal degeneration (CBD), a rare condition that can cause gradually worsening problems with movement, speech, memory and swallowing, according to the UK's National Health Service website.
In 2017, Winn had an article published in the Big Issue and said "everything changed" for her after this.
The Salt Path was published in March 2018 and became a Sunday Times bestseller.
Gillian Anderson says she was "profoundly affected" by homelessness memoir The Salt Path, which has been adapted into a film she stars in.
The novel, written by Raynor Winn, follows the author and husband Moth as they lose their home and embark on a long-distance walk with only a few pennies in their pockets.
The X-Files star Anderson plays Winn in the new film while Harry Potter actor Jason Isaacs stars as her husband.
"I first discovered The Salt Path probably about a year and a half or two before they went into prep," she told the Big Issue.
"I bought Ray's audiobook and was profoundly affected by it. I was then trying to find out about the rights."
Isaacs told the magazine that it shocked him how quickly and easily they became homeless.
"One moment they were sure that they were going to keep their home, then they're sitting in court and suddenly there is a date, a ticking clock."
After they lost their home the couple completed the 1000km South West Coast Path, which follows the coastline of Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, and Dorset in the UK.
As well as delving into the issue of homelessness, the book and film explore Moth's diagnosis of corticobasal degeneration (CBD), a rare condition that can cause gradually worsening problems with movement, speech, memory and swallowing, according to the UK's National Health Service website.
In 2017, Winn had an article published in the Big Issue and said "everything changed" for her after this.
The Salt Path was published in March 2018 and became a Sunday Times bestseller.
Gillian Anderson says she was "profoundly affected" by homelessness memoir The Salt Path, which has been adapted into a film she stars in.
The novel, written by Raynor Winn, follows the author and husband Moth as they lose their home and embark on a long-distance walk with only a few pennies in their pockets.
The X-Files star Anderson plays Winn in the new film while Harry Potter actor Jason Isaacs stars as her husband.
"I first discovered The Salt Path probably about a year and a half or two before they went into prep," she told the Big Issue.
"I bought Ray's audiobook and was profoundly affected by it. I was then trying to find out about the rights."
Isaacs told the magazine that it shocked him how quickly and easily they became homeless.
"One moment they were sure that they were going to keep their home, then they're sitting in court and suddenly there is a date, a ticking clock."
After they lost their home the couple completed the 1000km South West Coast Path, which follows the coastline of Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, and Dorset in the UK.
As well as delving into the issue of homelessness, the book and film explore Moth's diagnosis of corticobasal degeneration (CBD), a rare condition that can cause gradually worsening problems with movement, speech, memory and swallowing, according to the UK's National Health Service website.
In 2017, Winn had an article published in the Big Issue and said "everything changed" for her after this.
The Salt Path was published in March 2018 and became a Sunday Times bestseller.
Gillian Anderson says she was "profoundly affected" by homelessness memoir The Salt Path, which has been adapted into a film she stars in.
The novel, written by Raynor Winn, follows the author and husband Moth as they lose their home and embark on a long-distance walk with only a few pennies in their pockets.
The X-Files star Anderson plays Winn in the new film while Harry Potter actor Jason Isaacs stars as her husband.
"I first discovered The Salt Path probably about a year and a half or two before they went into prep," she told the Big Issue.
"I bought Ray's audiobook and was profoundly affected by it. I was then trying to find out about the rights."
Isaacs told the magazine that it shocked him how quickly and easily they became homeless.
"One moment they were sure that they were going to keep their home, then they're sitting in court and suddenly there is a date, a ticking clock."
After they lost their home the couple completed the 1000km South West Coast Path, which follows the coastline of Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, and Dorset in the UK.
As well as delving into the issue of homelessness, the book and film explore Moth's diagnosis of corticobasal degeneration (CBD), a rare condition that can cause gradually worsening problems with movement, speech, memory and swallowing, according to the UK's National Health Service website.
In 2017, Winn had an article published in the Big Issue and said "everything changed" for her after this.
The Salt Path was published in March 2018 and became a Sunday Times bestseller.
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