Actors who have appeared in Star Trek, Snatch, Layer Cake, and The Damned United, as well as BBC’s Robin Hood, star in a film shot in Grimsby
which will be released in cinemas and digital platforms next month.
Irish actor Colm Meaney plays the main ‘bad guy’ of the film Mr Barr, who decides to shut down his company for his own financial gain. Colm has appeared in a plethora of films including Layer Cake and Damned United, as well as in Star Trek and as himself in The Simpsons. Robbie Gee, who featured in Snatch and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, plays the part of taxi driver Wheezy.Director Jack Spring toldwhen writer Paul Stephenson sent him the script he “absolutely loved it” and wanted to make it his second feature film after his debut which was entitled ‘Destination Dewsbury’.
Jack said: “It was fantastic. I had the time of my life and cried my eyes out on wrap day, it was genuinely moving how helpful the people of Grimsby were. “The town knew we were coming and, with me being a vocal Grimsby Town fan on Twitter, it wasn’t a surprise for locals that we were there.
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