LOS ANGELES (AP) - May 12, 2010
During a Los Angeles interview, Michael Sheen said that Brown's situation would be a "brilliant kind of Shakespearean tragedy" if it didn't affect so many people.
Brown resigned after last week's election went against his Labour Party.
Sheen says Brown tripped on his tangled relationship with Blair and also in his repeated reluctance to make himself "vulnerable," including dragging his heels on calling a national election.
Sheen portrayed Blair in "The Deal," "The Queen" and in the upcoming "The Special Relationship," debuting May 29 on HBO and available later in Europe.
