Magdalene Sisters film-maker swapped the casting couch for Fight Club to find the young cast for his gritty semi-autobiographical tale
Do we get paid for this?" Christopher Wallace, Aka "Wee Man", has everyone in stitches as the cab pulls up outside the Glasgow Film Theatre. The other four kids in the car, despite being media novices, know the answer already; they won't be getting a penny. Inside the cinema, a huge cardboard cutout greets them. The image on it is stark and confrontational: hammer-wielding thugs in Crombie coats and Harrington jackets. The tagline spells out the message: "Some people need to be taught a lesson." The kids inspect the standee keenly; it's their faces that are on it.
The film is Neds, the third feature to be directed by Glasgow actor Peter Mullan, and it draws heavily on Mullan's youth. Starring newcomer Conor McCarron and set in the 1970s, it...
Do we get paid for this?" Christopher Wallace, Aka "Wee Man", has everyone in stitches as the cab pulls up outside the Glasgow Film Theatre. The other four kids in the car, despite being media novices, know the answer already; they won't be getting a penny. Inside the cinema, a huge cardboard cutout greets them. The image on it is stark and confrontational: hammer-wielding thugs in Crombie coats and Harrington jackets. The tagline spells out the message: "Some people need to be taught a lesson." The kids inspect the standee keenly; it's their faces that are on it.
The film is Neds, the third feature to be directed by Glasgow actor Peter Mullan, and it draws heavily on Mullan's youth. Starring newcomer Conor McCarron and set in the 1970s, it...
- 1/15/2011
- by Damon Wise
- The Guardian - Film News
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