October 2021 - The Diary

 I worked on some excellent short film projects this month, kicking off October with another Roleplay gig with WHEATLEY before heading down to the Borders to shoot THE WAKE with old pals Jamie and Scott Forrest (Director) with whom I have worked in the past & great to see them again and to play

a drunken uncle at a sad family funeral. Great shoot with a lovely cast and enjoyable trip and brilliant location to boot! Back up to Glasgow for my next shoot, reuniting with the team from Dropshack Film

once again to prep locations and then to shoot Jack Willison's latest short, entitled TUG. Another unsavoury character to play, a guy in a bar who bites off more than he can chew and another film

due to come out next year. Great fun working with these guys again and fab to be back at Cathkin Park, my spiritual home, to shoot the end scene of the film. I am working on another side project that involves

the old ground, a book project that will be announced in 2022. Photos here all courtesy of Team Dropshack and are behind the scenes on TUG. There was a bit of Additional Dialogue Recording

to record on WHY ME? for the edit, then, at long last SARDAR UDHAM was finally released, having been delayed a year due to Covid-19. In the United Kingdom it can now be viewed on Amazon Prime

So, here's a wee BTS shot of myself as King George VI with Winston Churchill, shooting in the wonderful Palace at Leningrad in St Petersburg! What a dream job this one was and a thrilling adventure in Russia.

The film is on an epic scale and an electrifying performance from Vicky Kaushal in the lead role of Udham Singh. The film has already received rave reviews in India and please give it a watch on Prime.

Next up was a return to Team Dropshack and yet another 48 Hour Film Challenge in Glasgow, with the usual crew and a fabbo cast and shot in great locations all over the southside of the city. Here's a still

from the shoot and the official poster of our latest film, a wonderful revenge musical thriller titled WAKEY WAKEY...in which I once again play a monster who has a terrible revenge exacted upon

him. The film went down well at the GFT screening (pictured above with the Crew) and I came in for some tirades of abuse afterwards! Happy with that though and another really fun, fun shoot, Directed by Jack Willison once more! If you want to check out the film, it can now be viewed on Youtube, so

you can watch it here: WAKEY WAKEY Also this month, series 2 of GUILT was screened and I popped up in an episode on the 21st. Such an enjoyable gig and fab to be a part of eventually and the second

series is proving as excellent as the first. More to come on this next month. Finished off the month with more ADR work, this time on REMNANTS, with a teaser bts photo below from the final edit. Out soon