He continued:"It specialises in working with underprivileged kids in the north London area, mostly Camden, Kentish Town, giving them an experience of the arts, photography, textiles, theatre, music. It's an exposure to the arts, which I believe is so important for young kids, but it's also an experience of self-worth and gives them a self-confidence."
Lewis said he had worked with Cure EB for some time and that the charity funds clinical trials to try and find a cure for what is a"horrible, horrible disease", which can cause skin cancer.Lewis also recalled how he was filming a difficult scene of marital rape for period drama The Forsyte Saga with actress Gina McKee when he received news of the 9/11 attacks in 2001.
"It was much talked about in the lead-up to the filming because it had outraged audiences in the 1960s when the first adaptation was made," he said of the scene. "We were in the middle of this rather sensitive scene, myself and Gina McKee, and the first [assistant director] came on to set and said, 'I'm terribly sorry to stop filming everyone, but a plane has just flown into the World Trade Centre'. And, of course, as we all know now, he arrived 16 minutes later to give us the news again, that the other plane had gone into the south tower.
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