Til Schweiger: The actor is at peace with himself

After Til Schweiger (59) commented on the allegations surrounding the filming of “Manta Manta – Second Part” in “Stern” at the end of October, he spoke in an interview about his new film “The best is yet to come!” that he was at peace with himself.

Til Schweiger: Apologize, stand up for it and don’t point at others

“I have always been at peace with myself, even when I messed up,” explains the actor and director. For example, he always told his children that it was okay to make mistakes. But you also have to “stand up for it, apologize and – many people don’t stick to this – don’t blame the mistakes on others or point the finger at others.”

In the spring, serious accusations emerged against Schweiger; he was accused of abusing power and alcohol on the set of “Manta Manta – Second Part”. When asked whether he was a “tyrant”: “The accusation hit me hard. Nobody needs to be afraid of me. I’m a friendly person.”

An external report commissioned by the responsible film studio Constantin Film painted a mixed picture of the alleged “climate of fear” on the set. Although a large proportion of those surveyed stated that the mood on the film set was between “very good” and “okay”, a “not insignificant number” also classified the working atmosphere as “poor” or “rather moderate”.

“I gave the monkey sugar”

“There was an extensive investigation into the events on the set of ‘Manta Manta – Second Part’, and in the end there wasn’t much left of the allegations against me,” Schweiger now tells “Bild”. “I admitted what was true about me in the story. And I apologized for this slap in the face during filming. I apologized from the bottom of my heart! And this apology was also accepted.”

He “screwed up often enough. I gave the monkey sugar, it was my own fault. But I always apologized.” The actor also saw a video of himself that “honestly shocked me.” Schweiger said to himself that something had to change and that he had “a really great therapist.”

“The best is yet to come!” can be seen in cinemas from December 7th. Was he worried that people would no longer be interested in his films? “No, not at all. Of course, after the article in ‘Spiegel’ I thought that everyone would be throwing eggs at me from now on,” Schweiger continues. However, the opposite is the case; he even receives a lot of support. “In 30 years in the public eye, I have it […] I’ve never had someone come to me and say: ‘I think you’re shit and I think your films are shit…’ Never happened! And I walk around freely, without bodyguards. Anyone can talk to me.”