It was a real treat to interview the humble and positive Kevin Lewis whose newest book The Scent of a Killer is out now. The Kid hits stores in Australia on 27/06/2011. The Kid is a very difficult watch, initially, for the long stretch there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel, how was the mood on the set and how did you feel? I only went on set a couple of times, I wanted to leave them with the freedom to do what they wanted with it, but when I did go on, everyone was really cool and upbeat about it. I did not go on set for the childhood scenes. The actors wanted to ask separate questions and what...
- 6/12/2011
- Screen Anarchy
British actor Rupert Friend was left terrified as he trained for his role in upcoming gangster movie The Kid - he had to learn to fight.
The film is an adaption of the 2003 true story by Kevin Lewis, and Keira Knightley's boyfriend takes on the part of the title character, who is abused as a child and ends up embroiled in the criminal underworld.
Friend spent time with Lewis, who insisted the actor trained in a specialised gym - and he admits he struggled with the gruelling workouts.
He tells Britain's Seven magazine, "I didn't want (Lewis) to feel I was an emotional vampire... I did have to understand him as a person.
"When you first walk into a boxing gym you see the ring in the middle and there's this 'holy s**t' moment: that's the danger zone, I'll stay over here. But the trainer was insistent every day you have to make the ring your home, and outside scary."...
The film is an adaption of the 2003 true story by Kevin Lewis, and Keira Knightley's boyfriend takes on the part of the title character, who is abused as a child and ends up embroiled in the criminal underworld.
Friend spent time with Lewis, who insisted the actor trained in a specialised gym - and he admits he struggled with the gruelling workouts.
He tells Britain's Seven magazine, "I didn't want (Lewis) to feel I was an emotional vampire... I did have to understand him as a person.
"When you first walk into a boxing gym you see the ring in the middle and there's this 'holy s**t' moment: that's the danger zone, I'll stay over here. But the trainer was insistent every day you have to make the ring your home, and outside scary."...
- 9/13/2010
- WENN
A down-at-heel Brit biopic proves rewarding against the odds...
Alain de Botton once wrote a chapter entitled How To Suffer Successfully. It is either an oxymoron or, perhaps, a prescient insight into the life of best-selling crime author Kevin Lewis. And whilst de Botton was referencing Proust, there is a certain kinship, however indirect, between the French literary genius and Lewis, whose acclaimed memoirs The Kid and The Kid Moves On he has now adapted into a film alongside actor-turned-director Nick Moran.
The story focuses on Lewis (portrayed by Rupert Friend, Augustus Prew and William Finn Miller) and his impoverished adolescence in 1980s London as an intelligent but abused child with a penchant for doodling on walls, who is shuffled between foster homes whilst being bullied at school. Despite his upbringing, and with the support of a few unsung heroes along the way, Lewis tries to make something of himself,...
Alain de Botton once wrote a chapter entitled How To Suffer Successfully. It is either an oxymoron or, perhaps, a prescient insight into the life of best-selling crime author Kevin Lewis. And whilst de Botton was referencing Proust, there is a certain kinship, however indirect, between the French literary genius and Lewis, whose acclaimed memoirs The Kid and The Kid Moves On he has now adapted into a film alongside actor-turned-director Nick Moran.
The story focuses on Lewis (portrayed by Rupert Friend, Augustus Prew and William Finn Miller) and his impoverished adolescence in 1980s London as an intelligent but abused child with a penchant for doodling on walls, who is shuffled between foster homes whilst being bullied at school. Despite his upbringing, and with the support of a few unsung heroes along the way, Lewis tries to make something of himself,...
- 9/10/2010
- by admin@shadowlocked.com (Ben Lamy)
- Shadowlocked
A trailer for drama movie "The Kid" has been made available for viewing pleasure. An exclusive courtesy of The Sun, the video presents the scenes from the past and future of a boy named Kevin Lewis, showing his hard life.
The film is based on the bestselling memoirs of writer Kevin Lewis, who was growing up on a poverty-stricken London council estate, beaten and starved by his parents, bullied at school and abandoned by social services. Even after he was put into care, he found himself out on the streets caught up in a criminal underworld that knew him as 'The Kid'.
Rupert Friend portrays adult Lewis, with Natascha McElhone playing his sadistic, chain-smoking mum. Ioan Gruffudd lands a role as a sympathetic schoolteacher, while Nick Moran serves behind the lens for the movie. "The Kid" will arrive in the U.K. on September 17.
The film is based on the bestselling memoirs of writer Kevin Lewis, who was growing up on a poverty-stricken London council estate, beaten and starved by his parents, bullied at school and abandoned by social services. Even after he was put into care, he found himself out on the streets caught up in a criminal underworld that knew him as 'The Kid'.
Rupert Friend portrays adult Lewis, with Natascha McElhone playing his sadistic, chain-smoking mum. Ioan Gruffudd lands a role as a sympathetic schoolteacher, while Nick Moran serves behind the lens for the movie. "The Kid" will arrive in the U.K. on September 17.
- 8/20/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Nick Moran returns to directing with The Kid, based on the autobiography and the true story of Kevin Lewis’ abusive childhood, this is one of the British premieres for the Edinburgh Film Festival.
The film opens up with Kevin Lewis (Rupert Friend) being thrown out of a truck and entering an abandoned house, where he plans to kill himself in an empty bedroom. We soon flashback to the eighties where we see Kevin as a child and soon find out that the house was his old childhood home.
After seeing his lifestyle as a child and what he had to go through, we see Kevin as a teenager a few years later where he is moved into a foster family after teachers sees his bruised body. The focus moves to his attempts to make a name for himself and what struggles he has with the challenges that lay in front of him.
The film opens up with Kevin Lewis (Rupert Friend) being thrown out of a truck and entering an abandoned house, where he plans to kill himself in an empty bedroom. We soon flashback to the eighties where we see Kevin as a child and soon find out that the house was his old childhood home.
After seeing his lifestyle as a child and what he had to go through, we see Kevin as a teenager a few years later where he is moved into a foster family after teachers sees his bruised body. The focus moves to his attempts to make a name for himself and what struggles he has with the challenges that lay in front of him.
- 6/23/2010
- by Martyn Warren
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
London -- James Fox has joined the cast of Nick Moran's "The Kid," which is due to start shooting here next week.
Fox joins Rupert Friend, Natascha McElhone and Ioan Gruffudd in Moran's sophomore directorial outing, which is based on Kevin Lewis' best-selling autobiography. It details the story of a young man who survives a vicious upbringing and a violent past.
Tin House Films and London-based finance and sales banner Intandem Films will produce the film, due to begin an eight-week shoot on Monday.
Moran's directorial debut, "Telstar," debuted at last year's London Film Festival.
Fox joins Rupert Friend, Natascha McElhone and Ioan Gruffudd in Moran's sophomore directorial outing, which is based on Kevin Lewis' best-selling autobiography. It details the story of a young man who survives a vicious upbringing and a violent past.
Tin House Films and London-based finance and sales banner Intandem Films will produce the film, due to begin an eight-week shoot on Monday.
Moran's directorial debut, "Telstar," debuted at last year's London Film Festival.
- 4/22/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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