July 2023 - The Diary

Into the second half of the year now and back to Glasgow University for more roleplay work with the GU Medical School, followed by another series of NHS Lanarkshire roleplay work. July also saw the release of series 1 of Irvine Welsh's CRIME, starring Dougray Scott in his Emmy-winning lead role. The show was finally aired on STV/ITV this month and I was featured in Episode 4 as Miles. Great to see the show

finally on terrestrial television and gaining a whole new audience. Delighted to have been a part of it and there is a second series now in the can. Back to more auditions and self-tapes this month for some excellent productions and thanks to IAM for presenting me with so many opportunities so far this year.

Back to Glasgow and more roleplay work and rehearsals for two separate films we are shooting this summer, before heading back to my old stomping ground of Luss, Loch Lomond to shoot an excellent arthouse film with the brilliant Robert Firth and my old pal Mark Barrett on THE ORIGINAL NIGHT.

This was a fun shoot on Inchconnachan Island, famous for it's population of Wallabies and I play an Animal Handler in this film, directed by Artist Alasdair Asmussen Doyle with a fab international crew and a great story. 

We shot on film, not having worked in the analogue form since the 90's it added an extra special dimension to the shoot and certainly the lack of huge amounts of film certainly concentrated the action!

Stunning locations and lots of laughs on this one and great fun working with these guys and for me to be back in Luss, where I spent 8 years shooting TAKE THE HIGH ROAD was a joy and brought back a lot

of very happy memories.  Really enjoyed working with Mark and Rob, and his tales of Hollywood and his long career was a delight. A brilliant gig this one and great to be back filming in Scotland again. Topped off a good month with another feature film offer, more of which to come next time!