
From the Herald Scotland article on Martin Compston
another confirmation of Jamie Bell in cast of FILTH...
During Compston’s last trip to the US he met Janet Hirshenson, the casting director on such titles as The Da Vinci Code, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Mrs Doubtfire, Jurassic Park, A Few Good Men, and many others.
Hirshenson had been passed a tape of Compston in SoulBoy, Shimmy Marcus’s northern soul drama. Impressed, the meeting led to a job – back in Edinburgh. Filming on Filth, an adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel, starts in October. Set for release next year, the cast list so far announced also includes Jamie Bell (The Eagle) and Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges).
“Irvine Welsh is one of my heroes, I’ve read everything he’s ever written. Filth is his best book, I think. Just as a narrative it’s genius.
“There are a couple of things I thought would be hard to take over to a film, but they’ve done so well with it.”
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