Michael Shannon Opens Up About Why His Role in Freeheld Hit Him So Personally

Michael Shannon plays the cop partner of Julianne Moore's character in Freeheld, the true story about a dying cop (Moore) fighting for her same-sex partner to get her pension. I sat down with Shannon at the Toronto International Film Festival, and the actor was very open about his sister's struggle to adopt children with her wife and his feelings of anger toward the unfairness. Watch Shannon get candid about the film and real life.