
By Romeo San Vicente
Stephen Fry Explores His Secret Life
British comic actor and
writer Stephen Fry has not only revealed his battle with bipolar
disorder; he's gone so far as to star in the BBC documentary Stephen
Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive.
Fry - probably best known in the U.S. for Peter's Friends and V
for Vendetta - discusses how his mental disorder drove him to the
brink of suicide, and how some bipolar people are willing to endure the
depressive lows in exchange for those manic highs.
Fellow sufferers Carrie Fisher, Tony Slattery (Whose Line
Is It, Anyway?), and Robbie Williams pop up to tell their
stories as well.
Secret Life premiered in September in the U.K., so it's safe to
assume that this critically acclaimed documentary will arrive soon on
these shores as well.
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