Nativity! is the one film in a sea of Christmas classics that genuinely melts our hearts when we cosy up on the sofa to watch it. Forget Home Alone and Love Actually, if you truly want a feel-good movie during the festive season, this Martin Freeman-starring musical comedy is always a top choice.
The movie, which was released in 2009, is centred around the story of primary school teacher Paul, who is asked to produce the year’s nativity play. All is fine and well until he lies to a rival primary school teacher that a flashy Hollywood producer will be coming into their small town to watch them perform. Cue utter hilarity as the lie gets out of hand, and Paul must race against time to get to the bottom of the mess, all while putting on the most epic nativity play ever with his group of schoolchildren. Honestly, this movie always has us chuckling!
The movie was such a success that it spawned the sequels Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger (2012), Nativity 3: Dude, Where’s My Donkey? (2014), and Nativity Rocks! (2018). While all the following movies are equally as fun to watch, it was the first movie that really warmed our hearts. But it has been a whopping fifteen years since the movie came out!
So, where is the Nativity! cast now? Well, we did some digging and have found out.
Mr. Paul Maddens
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With his dreams of becoming an actor dashed and his girlfriend having moved to Hollywood to get into the film industry, Paul decides to become a primary school teacher when he is asked to produce the year’s nativity play.
Mr. Paul Maddens played by Martin Freeman
