The inspiration for Cleaning Up (ITV), a gritty new British drama, came from a sleek old American movie.
Writer Mark Marlow was watching Oliver Stones 1987 classic Wall Street when he was snagged by the scene in which Charlie Sheens character has been given the task of finding some inside information for Gordon Gekko. Seeing the ambitiousyoung stockbroker rifling through the filing cabinets, Marlow noticed the cleaners in the background and thought: If they wo…
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