The Infernal Machine

Guy Pearce (Actor) .. Bruce Cogburn

Born: October 05, 1967 in Ely, Cambridgeshire

Best Known For: Going from Erinsborough to Hollywood.

Early-life: Born Guy Edward Pearce on October 5, 1967, in Ely, Cambridgeshire. When Guy was three, he, his pilot father, teacher mother and older sister Tracey emigrated to Geelong, Australia. At school, Guy shunned maths and science in favour of music and the arts, and joined the local amateur dramatics society at the tender age of 11, appearing in plays including The Wizard of Oz. He also began bodybuilding, and won the title of Mr Junior Victoria in his mid-teens. After writing to several TV companies, Pearce won the part of Mike Young in Neighbours in 1985, days after his final high school exams.

Career: After three years in Ramsay Street, Pearce had a stint in Home and Away. During this time he also made several films, including Heaven Tonight, and Hunting, and later appeared in Snowy River: The McGregor Saga. But it was 1994's The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, that made Hollywood notice his acting talent, and lead roles in movies including the Oscar-winning LA Confidential (opposite fellow antipodean Russell Crowe) and critically acclaimed Memento followed. Other projects include The Count of Monte Cristo, Factory Girl, The Hurt Locker, The Road, The Proposition, The King's Speech and Iron Man 3.

Quote: 'You meet these people who are confident all the time. They annoy me. And I wonder if it's because I'm envious, or if it's because they're shallow.'

Trivia: Pearce occasionally appears on stage and in music videos too.

Alice Eve (Actor) .. Laura Higgins

Born: February 06, 1982 in London

Best Known For: Playing Carol Marcus in Star Trek Into Darkness.

Early-life: Alice Sophia Eve was born in London on February 6, 1982 to actors Trevor Eve and Sharon Maughan. She has two younger brothers, Jack and George. Her family moved to Los Angeles when she was young before returning to the UK when she was 13. She spent a year at the Beverly Hills Playhouse before reading English at St Catherine's College, Oxford. She appeared in a number of student productions, including The Importance of Being Earnest and The Colour of Justice.

Career: Early TV roles came in Hawking, The Rotters' Club and Agatha Christie's Poirot, but she is largely known for her film work. On the big screen, she has appeared in Starter for 10 (2006), Sex and the City 2 (2010), Men in Black 3 (2012), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014).

Quote: 'I'm a girl's girl, in all the ways you can be girlie. Nails and chats and gossip magazines and reality TV and pop culture.'

Trivia: She has heterochromia - her right eye is green and her left blue.

Alex Pettyfer (Actor) .. Dwight Tufford

Born: April 10, 1990 in Stevenage

Best Known For: Playing Alex Rider in Stormbreaker.

Early-life: Alexander Richard Pettyfer was born in Stevenage on April 10, 1990 to Lee and Richard. At the age of seven, Alex modelled for Gap's children's range. He performed in plays at school and went on to attend the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London.

Career: Pettyfer made his professional acting debut in 2005 as the lead character in ITV TV movie Tom Brown's Schooldays. At the age of 15, he moved to Los Angeles and he was cast as the title character in Alex Rider: Stormbreaker (2006). Since then, he has starred in I Am Number Four (2011), Beastly (2011), In Time (2011), Magic Mike (2012), The Butler (2013), Endless Love (2014) and Elvis & Nixon (2016).

Quote: 'Being an actor in LA is like being in prison: you go, you serve your time, you try to replicate Johnny Depp's career - and then you move to Paris.'

Trivia: Pettyfer enjoys skiing, dancing and playing hockey.

Jeremy Davies (Actor) .. Elijah Barett

Georgia Goodman (Actor) .. Francesca

Andrew Hunt (Director)

12:20 am - 02:30 am, Monday, March 16 on Film4 +1 (47)

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