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A shattered soldier returns home from Afghanistan with no home and no hope until he finds a new purpose, avenging the death of a close friend. Drama, starring Jason Statham
2013
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Movie/Drama
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Jason Statham
(Actor)
Born:
September 12, 1972
in
Chesterfield
Best Known For:
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Early-life:
Born September 12, 1972, in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, but later moved to Great Yarmouth. He played football at school, but a passion for swimming led to his success as a diver on the British National Diving Team. While training at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, he was spotted by a talent scout and became a model for the French Connection clothing company.
Career:
While modelling, he met then-unknown film-maker Guy Ritchie, who cast him in his first film, 1998's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, which put them both on the showbiz map. Statham went on to star in Ritchie's follow-up movie Snatch, and then started forging a career in Hollywood. Although John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars was a flop, he soon proved to be one of Britain's most reliable action stars, thanks to hits such as The One, The Transporter and its sequel; The Italian Job; Cellular; Chaos; Crank; War, and The Bank Job. He was among the action star dream line-up in The Expendables and its sequels, and has several more films in production.
Quote:
'I'm enthusiastic and ambitious, and I work hard.'
Trivia:
Statham wants stunt performers to be given their own category at the Oscars.
Agata Buzek
(Actor)
Vicky McClure
(Actor)
Born:
May 08, 1983
in
Nottingham
Best Known For:
This is England.
Early-life:
Born Vicky Lee McClure in Nottingham on May 8, 1983. She started acting at the age of 11 at Carlton TV Workshop in her home city; it's the same place that has produced other up-and-coming stars such as Lauren Socha, Aisling Loftus and Jack O'Connell. Having performed in various stage and TV roles there, her big break came from local film director Shane Meadows, who cast her as Ladine in his 1999 film A Room for Romeo Brass.
Career:
Despite critical acclaim for her breakthrough role, Vicky spent eight years in an office job working for a property valuation company. She only left that employment in 2010, by which time she had starred in Shane Meadows movie This is England and returned as the same character in C4 spin-off This is England 86. The series was a massive hit and she won a BAFTA for the role; she returned for the follow-up, set in 1988, and there are rumours of another series, which will take place in 1990. She appeared in BBC crime drama Stolen and Body Farm. More recently McClure appeared in the massively popular Broadchurch, and has filmed two series of Jed Mercurio's acclaimed Line of Duty.
Quote:
'I remember thinking to myself, I'm fifteen, I'm at school, I'm going to be in a film, I won't have to go to school anymore...I'm Julia Roberts. Of course, the reality is that it isn't like that but what it did do for me was give me a great platform.'
Steve Knight
(Director)
