Adam Deacon ‘turned down Noel Clarke’s offer of Brotherhood return’

Adam Deacon claims he turned down Noel Clarke’s offer to return to star in Brotherhood as a restraining order prevented them meeting to end their feud.
Deacon, who played Jay in its two predecessor films, Kidulthood and Adulthood, was convicted of harassment in 2015 for sending his co-star threatening and abusive messages on social media during 2014.
He told The Guardian that he turned down Clarke’s offer of a role in the 2016 conclusion to the trilogy as the actor and filmmaker, who directed the final two films, was uninterested in making up and a restraining order means they cannot meet.
The 34-year-old said, “He (Clarke) said, ‘You should do the film for the fans. It’s not about me and you. Obviously I don’t like you but do it for the fans.’ I was like, wow what the hell is this?”
While awaiting trial for for harassing Clarke, Deacon was arrested outside his London home after threatening onlookers with a machete-style knife.
He was subsequently sectioned under the mental health act and last year (16) he was acquitted of all charges, as he was mentally unwell at the time of the incident. Deacon has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
The actor, who in 2012 won a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Rising Star award, began tweeting Clarke obsessively and encouraging fans to send abuse as he blamed his old colleague for sabotaging his career. They fell out after Deacon directed his own parody of Kidulthood and Adulthood, titled Anuvahood.
The troubled star now deeply regrets his actions as he didn’t realise the impact they were having on Clarke’s family.
“I feel bad because he said he feared for his children’s safety,” the actor explained. “I wouldn’t be able to do that to anybody. I’m not a bad person. I didn’t realise how deep it affected him. He was practically crying in court. When I got better I thought, why did I do this, what the hell was all this about? I didn’t want to hurt anybody.”
Deacon has now resumed his career and is appearing on stage in The Retreat, a play directed by comedienne Kathy Burke, at London’s the Park Theatre.