The actor calls out to a group of about two dozen men who had come in the hopes of being chosen to represent their country, “Come on you lot, let’s go.”
Nighy is adopting the persona of his most recent role, a football coach who leads the England team to an international competition.
The Homeless World Cup is the competition, and the Oscar-nominated actor has shown up to the real-life trials for the next event in South Korea in order to promote his new movie, The Beautiful Game.
“I didn’t know anything about the Homeless World Cup before, but it really is a simple and sensational idea,” Nighy asserts.
Meeting the extras who had competed in actual tournaments and were now housed was, in his opinion, one of the nicest aspects of being in the movie. According to Nighy, “it’s a very sweet bit of symmetry,” the news says. A four-a-side format is used for the Homeless World Cup, and the movie reduces football to its most basic form by taking away the power, wealth, and notoriety that are occasionally connected to the sport. The Beautiful Game suggests that sports may effect change, but the actor—who supports Crystal Palace—admits he’s not sure if football has that kind of power. “I’m not sure, really,” he admits. However, I believe that technology does unite individuals from all over the world and brings them closer together. It’s an international language.
