RONNIE O’SULLIVAN will open up on his mental health battles and daily addictions in an explosive new, all-access documentary released next month.
The greatest snooker player in modern-day history allowed a camera crew to follow him behind-the-scenes as he went on to lift a record-equalling seventh World Championship at the Crucible in May 2022.
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And today a two-minute trailer for ‘Ronnie O’Sullivan: The Edge of Everything’ has come out, giving fans a teasing glimpse of what they can expect in the highly-anticipated feature-length film.
The documentary – which has the backing of Studio 99 executive producer David Beckham – will be released on Tuesday November 21 in select cinemas and will then be available to watch on Prime Video from Thursday November 23.
It will include contributions from the renowned artist Damien Hirst, Rolling Stones member Ronnie Wood and snooker legends Jimmy White and Stephen Hendry.
The Rocket, 47, said: “My highs and lows have been well-documented by the media.
“But I felt like now was the right time to do something more definitive – something that I can look back and reflect on as I contemplate retirement.
“Going into my seventh World Championship victory, I wasn’t sure I had it in me but allowing the cameras in ended up driving me on in many ways and gave me a different perspective.”
Archive footage in the trailer shows O’Sullivan winning snooker trophies thanks to his mercurial ability to sink snooker balls, relaxing at home and running before sunrise.
And it also explores his extraordinary life off the baize and complex relationship with his family, especially his dad Ronnie Snr, who served 18 years in prison for murder.
The Edge of Everything reveals the crippling doubts that O’Sullivan had before he won the world crown last year in Sheffield, thereby equalling the tally set by Hendry in 1999.
It will also focus on his heated row with final referee Olivier Marteel when he told the Belgian “don’t start” during the first session with rival Judd Trump after he had been accused of an inappropriate gesture.
Speaking on the trailer, O’Sullivan said: “My addictions are good in many ways because it drives me on. But it just needs to be managed.
“People could see that I was imploding. I wasn’t very good at having all this stuff locked inside me. I never want to go to them dark places but sometimes you have to. The truth is I might never make another final.”
His fiancée, former Holby City actress Laila Rouass, added: “There’s just so much self-criticism involved (with Ronnie). And that’s so soul-destroying.”
Pal Hirst, 58, who is often seen in the stands of snooker tournaments when O’Sullivan is playing, said: “He can create the most unbelievable things, they are magic.”
And legendary musician Wood, 76, said: “Everybody takes pleasure in seeing a genius flow.”
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