MUSCLE - A FILM BY GERARD JOHNSON STARRING CAVAN CLERKIN AND CRAIG FAIRBRASS

MUSCLE

                              A FILM BY GERARD JOHNSON
                      STARRING CAVAN CLERKIN AND CRAIG FAIRBRASS
                                 2019 | UK | 110 MINS | ENGLISH

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From acclaimed writer-director Gerard Johnson comes a psychological thriller that’s dripping in
sweat, tears, and testosterone. MUSCLE is the story of Simon, an unhappy, unambitious office
worker whose life is gradually taken over by Terry, his new, very hands-on personal trainer who
reveals himself to be more committed — and more dangerous — than Simon could have imagined.

SHORT SYNOPSIS

Simon isn’t living the life he wants. He’s tired of his dead-end job at a call centre – and he isn’t even
any good at it. He and his girlfriend are painfully drifting apart. He’s sick of his pudgy body and his
life. It’s time to make a change and hit the gym.

His inexperience, timid nature, and soft body stick out in this run-down gym full of Schwarzeneggers.
Immediately, he draws the attention of an intimidating personal trainer named Terry who offers to
coach him. Terry’s criminal past, impulse to humiliate, and aggressive style all concern Simon – but
he swiftly sees results and finally feels alive.

All too quickly though, Simon’s life spins out of control after his girlfriend leaves him and Terry
becomes his boss, friend, and roommate. Simon suddenly finds himself trapped, stuck in a self-
destructive spiral, as every aspect of his life now dangerously rests in Terry’s big, tough hands...

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

Muscle is a relationship drama between two men. Simon wants change and longs to be someone
else, desperate to belong to a tribe and be accepted. Terry is a nefarious force who is at once
overbearing, needy, manipulative and cruel, someone we can’t fully understand or maybe don’t
want to. Simon meets Terry and the toxic fumes of friendship ultimately consume these ‘likely lads’
and lead to anger, resentment and betrayal.

This is a world, which although contemporary, harks back to themes of the British New Wave of the
60’s; factories have been replaced by call centers. Workers are now sipping flat-whites in the same
converted buildings as they stood in a production line fifty years ago. Old school gyms represent one
of the last real community centers in this country, football has been taken over by greed and pubs
are disappearing at an alarming rate, where else does a community go?

Shooting in black and white was a conscious decision from the very beginning, I only ever imagined
this world in stunning monochrome and we designed everything meticulously to reflect that vision.
Newcastle is not only a beautiful underused city in film but also we can still glimpse the industrial
revolution through its huge rusty bridges and crumbling architecture, a sense of place is very
important to me.

At times funny, sad, emotional, tense and downbeat, Muscle is reflective of what is happening in the
UK at this very moment in time.

    -   Gerard Johnson

ABOUT THE ACTORS

Cavan Clerkin – Simon

Cavan has most recently wrapped on filming series 4 of THE LAST KINGDOM where he plays the
regular role of “Father Pyrlig”. He has also just wrapped on filming a series regular role the up-
coming BBC series THE CAPTURE. Prior that he recently wrapped on filming the lead role of “Simon”
in Gerard Johnson’s latest feature MUSCLE.

Craig Fairbrass – Terry

Craig Fairbrass was born in Mile End, in London’s East End and made his feature film debut as an
actor opposite Denzel Washington as Challoner in Working Title’s powerful British thriller For Queen
and Country. Craig has since gone on to star in close to fifty feature films, including the lead role in
fifteen independent films in the UK and US, as well as award-winning British TV and lead guest star
roles in several major US TV series. Craig also became one of the most iconic voices within the most
successful video game franchise of all time, Call Of Duty Modern Warfare by lending his voice to Gaz,
Ghost and Walcroft in Call of Duty MW: 1, 2 and 3 and Infinite Warfare, together with two of the
world’s biggest motion capture games Battlefield V and Squadron 42/Star Citizen.

Craig’s father Jack was one of nine children and was a Stevedore, the best you could be as a London
docker and his mother Maureen was a machinist dressmaker in Petticoat Lane, she was one of ten
children. Along with his younger sister Lindsey, they lived in Stepney where Craig grew up. It was at
Eaglesfield Boys Secondary Comprehensive in Woolwich where Craig became fascinated with films
and acting. Although struggling from one year to the next and not top of the class academically, he
found drama an outlet, winning a place with the National Theatre Youth Company. It was there that
he really got the acting bug. After being expelled at 15, he worked as an asphalt roofer’s labourer, a
job he would return to time and time again in the coming years for support while securing acting
roles.

Craig soon realised that to survive he needed a second string to his bow if he was to pursue his
dream as an actor, so he returned to roofing in the day and working on the doors of some of South
East London’s less desirable nightspots for the next five years until securing enough money to buy
his own business, a sandwich bar in Woolwich market.

After his breakout role in Queen and Country, television soon followed, with the BBC drama Big Deal,
a regular role in LWT’S award winning London’s Burning and the highly acclaimed BAFTA / EMMY
award-winning TV series Prime Suspect 1 and 2 in which Craig played hard-bitten detective Frank
Burkin opposite Helen Mirren.

Craig used this as a calling card in Los Angeles, securing a starring a role in one of the biggest action
movies of the 90s, Cliffhanger with Sylvester Stallone, which opened doors in the US independent
film arena, with Craig starring in the action films, Nightscare, Terminal Force and Proteus before
returning to the UK to star in the British thriller Killing Time and the award-winning horror
Darklands, plus a regular role in the ITV comedy series Duck Patrol opposite Richard Wilson, David
Tennant and Jason Watkins.

In 1999 Craig joined the cast of the BBC’s flagship show EastEnders where his recurring character of
Dan Sullivan over three years won record viewing figures and a four-hander Sunday evening special
directed by Tom Hooper (Les Miserables) which won a TV BAFTA for best drama. Other strong roles
followed, lead villain Ray Betson in the TV movie The Great Dome Robbery, then to Rome to
complete his role on Moro, for controversial award-winning Italian art-house director Aurellio
Grimaldi – next to Vancouver for the Chris Klein comedy The Long Weekend and the guest lead in

BBC Radio 4’s afternoon play Fair Maids Are Shining.

Craig’s role of the killer Henry Caine opposite Nathan Fillion in White Noise 2, the sequel to the No. 1
box office hit White Noise, reached no. 5 in the top ten cinema films in London. But it was in 2008
that saw Craig in his most powerful performance to date, that of true life gangster Pat Tate in Rise of
The Footsoldier, the gangster epic based on true life events directed by BAFTA nominee Julian
Gilbey, followed by a strong supporting role in The Bank Job, opposite Jason Statham.

Craig returned to Los Angeles to guest-star in US TV series Terminator, The Sarah Connor Chronicles,
David Mamet’s top-rated action drama series The Unit, Stargate SG1 and the action film Far Cry.

Craig continues to forge a strong position in the independent film arena with lead roles in Freight,
Dead Cert and Devil’s Playground, and comedy cameos in The Shouting Men and Just For The Record.
2011 saw Craig in US action thriller House of The Rising Sun opposite Dave Bautista, co-lead in British
thriller St Georges Day, US actioner Hijacked and Universal’s multi-million dollar Vikingdom 3D,
Universal’s Get Lucky, action comedy Bula Quo the Status Quo and the male lead in Let Me Survive, a
drama based on the best-selling book.

In October 2012, Craig played the lead role of British mercenary Lex Walker opposite Jason Patric
and James Caan in the Los Angeles-based US action thriller The Outsider, followed by Universal’s
gangster spoof The Hooligan Factory.

In recent years, Craig has taken the lead role of Alfie Jennings in Jonnie Malachi’s violent, stylized
contract killer movie Breakdown and Mark McQueens’ slick revenge thriller London Heist set in
Spain’s glamorous Marbella and London’s underworld which was also written by Craig and won him
Best Actor at the Marbella Film Festival. Voice work also continued on the Call of Duty franchise with
Infinite Warfare and Modern Warfare remastered. In 2018, Craig won Best Actor at the National Film
Awards for his powerful portrayal of Pat Tate in Rise of the Footsoldier 3 – The Pat Tate years. Craig
has lead roles in two of the most eagerly anticipated performance capture computer games this
year: the Gary Oldman Squadron 42/Star Citizen and the co-lead in “Under No flag” in Battlefield V
single player mode. Craig also starred in Rise of the Footsoldier 4 and the Scott Adkins actioner
Avengement. 2019 sees Craig take the lead role of Eddie Franks in the hard hitting, London crime
thriller, Villian.

Lorraine Burroughs – Crystal

Lorraine recently wrapped on CARNIVAL ROW (Amazon) and recently appeared in BUTTERFLY
(ITV/Red Productions) and Neil Cross’ pre-apocalyptic crime drama HARD SUN (Euston
Films/BBC/Hulu). Her TV credits include: FORTITUDE 2 (Sky), LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX (Red
Productions/BBC), THE FIVE (Red Productions/Sky), TOP BOY (Netflix/Channel 4) and SPOOKS (BBC).

On stage Lorraine is best known for her role in the play THE MOUNTAINTOP (Trafalgar Studios)
which she received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in 2010.

Polly Maberly – Sarah

Polly Maberly has recently completed filming on the hotly-anticipated GENTLEMAN JACK for HBO
and BBC. Her extensive television credits include Danny Boyle's BABYLON, HARLEY STREET, THE
ROYAL, EASTENDERS, SHAKESPEARE AND HATHAWAY and the BBC's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
(alongside Colin Firth). Polly is also a strong theatre actress, with credits such as YES PRIME
MINISTER (Chichester Festival Theatre and tour) and THE 39 STEPS (tour).

Ali Cook – Harry

Ali Cook (also credited as Alistair Cook) is an English actor and comedian originating from Yorkshire.
Cook is best known for playing Sgt Paul McMellon in the feature film Kajaki, which won the Producer
of The Year Award at the 2015 British Independent Film Awards and was nominated for a British
Academy of Film and Television Arts Award in 2015.
Cook's career started on the Channel 5 sketch series, The Jerry@Trick show with the award winning
alternative comedians Jerry Sadowitz and Phil Nichol.
Andrew Newman, then the head of comedy at Five, spotted Cook during tapings, which lead to him
writing and starring in seven of his own comedy and Magic series for Channel 4, Channel 5, and Sky1.
His Channel 4 Series Dirty Tricks was nominated for a British Comedy Award.
Recent television credits include: Mr Selfridge (ITV1), the role of the villainous Patrick in multiple
episodes of Emmerdale (ITV1) and The ABC Murders (BBC1) with John Malkovich.
Recent film credits include: Muscle directed by Gerard Johnson, In the Cloud directed by Robert
Scott Wildes for Sony Pictures, the role of enterprising gangster Teddy "Odd Legs" in Once Upon a
Time in London directed by Simon Rumley currently in cinemas from 19th April, and British
Independent Film Awards nominated thriller Isolani in which Cook was directed by Paul Wilson, The
Call Up, and The Anomaly, written, directed and produced by Noel Clarke in which Cook stars
opposite Ian Somerholder and Brian Cox and 2013's Get Lucky, playing a professional thief
alongside Luke Treadaway.
In 2011 he appeared in Outside Bet, directed by Sacha Bennett, alongside Bob Hoskins, Phil
Davis and Jenny Agutter.
He’s played the lead role in ten British short film dramas, most notably the psychotic character Greg
in Andrew Saunder's and Stephen Frears' Striklem. In 2007 he wrote, produced and starred in his
own comedy short, The Enchanter: The Crime Fighting Magician, a spoof of 1970s detective series,
directed by Adrian Vitoria. In 2011, Cook was an executive producer on the feature film Dark Tide,
starring Halle Berry.
Currently he has just won the prestigious Challenge Alexa short film contest sponsored by Arri Alexa
and Pinewood, which he is shooting in Wales.
Finally, Cook is about to star alongside Katherine Parkinson and Jay Pharaoh in 2018's How to Fake A
War, directed by Rudolph Herzog and produced by Film and Music Entertainment.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

Gerard Johnson – Writer and Director

After working in the industry as a runner on commercials and music videos, Gerard moved into post-
production and created his first short film LONE MAN in 2001. This was followed quickly by his next,
the award-winning MUG, which was distributed by Brit Shorts, and caught the attention of BAFTA
winning Writer/Producer Paul Abbott.

Gerard then created a short film called TONY. Upon seeing it, Paul Abbott suggested they produce a
feature based around the title character.

After an intense six-month rehearsal process, TONY was shot on location in the East End of London
with Abbott Vision and the UK Film Council financing. Officially selected for the Edinburgh Film
Festival in 2009, Gerard won the Trailblazer award for new talent that same year.

TONY has since become an underground cult hit that has won prizes and recognition at Film Festivals
around the world. It was released theatrically in the UK and the US in 2010.

Gerard’s next project was HYENA, financed by Film4 and the BFI and produced by Stephen Woolley
at Number 9 films. It would take him four years of research, developing and writing, and casting a
mixture of professional actors and non-actors.

Before shooting began, the film was picked up by independent sales and sold internationally around
the world. The film had its worldwide debut opening the Edinburgh International Film Festival in
2014. It also took the Toronto International Film Festival by storm where it was picked up for US
distribution by Tribeca Films.

The critically acclaimed HYENA won Best Film at Sitges in Spain, the Grand Jury prize at Beaune Film
Festival France and also Best Actor for Peter Ferdinando at Les Arcs Film Festival in France as well as
being distributed globally.

HYENA has been championed by the likes of Paul Schrader (TAXI DRIVER) and Nicolas Winding Refn
(DRIVE) for its stylish and uncompromising look at police corruption and crime in today’s London.

Gerard is attached to direct THREE RIVERS, a crime thriller set in Pittsburgh, shooting in 2019 and
produced by Robbie Brenner (DALLAS BUYERS CLUB).

Matt Wilkinson – Producer

Film and TV Production Company Stigma Films was set up in 2011. Producer Matthew James
Wilkinson was previously a Development Executive at Working Title Films, where he worked on the
script development of a number of high-profile features.

Stigma’s first production was the BFI-funded suburban thriller, SLR. The film was nominated for an
IFTA (Irish BAFTA) and short-listed for the Oscars.

In 2012, the company signed a 1st look deal with Pathe UK to develop high concept genre features
for an international audience. Their first feature was sci-fi actioner, THE CALL UP.

Matthew recently completed work on YESTERDAY, for Working Title Films/Universal. The film was
released on June 28th this year (2019) and went straight in at number 2 in the UK box office taking
£2.2 million over the opening weekend.

Matt is currently in post-production on actress Romola Garai’s feature debut, OUTSIDE, starring
Carla Juri, Alec Secareanu and Imelda Staunton. Exec produced by Damian Jones.

Simon Bird’s feature debut, DAYS OF THE BAGNOLD SUMMER, starring Monica Dolan, Earl Cave,
Rob Brydon, Alice Lowe and Tim Key will have its World premiere later this year. Altitude
Distribution has bought UK rights to the film and will release in 2020.

Previous titles include contained thriller KALEIDOSCOPE, starring Toby Jones and Anne Reid, which
launched at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2017, winning Anne Reid the ‘Best Actress Award’. The
film played as part of FilmFour’s ‘FearFear’ genre festival and will air on Film4 this October. IFC
Midnight released in the US.

Comedy/horror, DOUBLE DATE, starring Michael Socha and Georgia Groome also premiered at the
Edinburgh Film Festival, and went on to play FrightFest UK, winning Writer/Actor Danny Morgan the
‘Genre Rising Star Award’. It took top prize at Strasbourg and was released across 65 Cineworld
cinemas in the UK & Ireland.

Stigma produced, FLOOR 9.5, a horror/chiller for Fox/Ryan Murphy (exec), which aired on US TV to
great acclaim as part of the Mars/Skittle ‘Halloween’ season of shorts. It also screened ahead of
Peter Strickland’s IN FABRIC at last year’s Fantastic Fest.

ERNESTINE&KIT, written and directed by actor Simon Bird (THE INBETWEENERS), was part-funded
by Creative England and premiered at SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. It was also nominated for
an ITFA.

Stigma are in pre-production on the BFI-backed ghost story-horror, THE POWER, with
writer/director Corinna Faith and are finalising cast on Sci-Fi thriller, GATEWAY 6, with Olga
Kurylenko.

Ed Barratt – Producer

Starting his career in physical production and script development Ed was recognised by BAFTA as a
“Breakthrough Brit” following his debut feature film as a producer, The Rise. The Rise, produced
through Ed’s company Hook Pictures, premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival
(under its international title of Wasteland) and had its UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival
attracting numerous award nominations along the way.

Since then Ed has developed and produced multiple projects through Hook Pictures and parent
company Lorton Entertainment. In the last year Ed has served as executive producer on the BAFTA-
winning documentary Bros: After the Screaming Stops; produced Abigail Blackmore’s Tales from the
Lodge which premiered at the 2019 South by Southwest festival; executive produced The Australian
Dream with Oscar-winning producer John Battsek.

Upcoming projects include: UNited the new TV show from Emmy-winning creator of Dexter James
Manos Jr; One More Try a new docuseries from BAFTA and Emmy nominated director Stevan Riley;
Twisting My Melon the feature directorial debut from BAFTA winning screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh;
and a new, highly anticipated documentary from Oscar-winners Alex Gibney and John Battsek.

Eric Tavitian – Producer

After graduating in Audiovisual at the Media Business School, Eric joined the company French
Connection where he produced numerous news and documentaries for Arte.

He then spent one year at the Spanish offices of UIP (international joint venture between Universal
Pictures, Dreamworks and Paramount Pictures), in the marketing department, before founding
Tarentula France in 1999.

Between 1999 and 2009, he managed the company, and produced or co-produced films such as
FRATRICIDE by Yilmaz ARSLAN (Silver Leopard in Locarno in 2005), CONGORAMA by Philippe
FALARDEAU (Directors' Fortnight 2006), CARRE BLANC by Jean-Baptiste LEONETTI (Toronto
International Film Festival 2009) and INCENDIES by Denis VILLENEUVE (nominated for the Oscar for
Best Foreign Film and the César for Best Foreign Film in 2011).

In 2009, he partners with Tim BELDA and together they create Ran Entertainment. He produced EVA
by Kike MAILLO (Official Selection at the 2012 Venice Film Festival), THE LOOKOUT by Michele
PLACIDO with Daniel Auteuil and Matthieu Kassovitz and TORO by Kike MAILLO.

Céline Dornier – Producer

After finishing her master's degree in Film Studies, Celine moved to Hong Kong where she worked
for the international sales company All Rights Entertainment. For 2 years, she managed festival
relationships and servicing for the company while involving herself in the sales of some titles like
THE SECOND COMING by Herman Yau.

Afterwards Celine started working for Horizon Motion Pictures, sales agent based in Vancouver, and
was involved with titles like SHARKWATER by Rob Stewart (13 awards worldwide) or THE EXHIBITION
by Damon Vignale (Emmy Award 2014).

In 2016, she joined Logical Pictures and is involved in the production and financing of films such as
REVENGE by Coralie Fargeat, SWALLOW by Carlo Mirabella-Davis and JESSICA by Ninja Thyberg.

Stuart Bentley – Cinematographer

Stuart studied cinematography at the National Film School before going on to shoot numerous music
promos, commercials, TV shows and feature films. TV credits include BLACK MIRROR with director
Tim Van Patten, THIS IS ENGLAND 90 with Shane Meadows and more recently I AM with Dominic
Savage, which will be coming to C4 this summer and features Samantha Morton, Vicky McClure and
Gemma Chan.

Stuart recently shot feature film STRANGE BUT TRUE with Director Rowan Athale and producer Fred
Berger. In 2018 Stuart was asked to join the British society of Cinematographers - he is currently
shooting Aneil Karia’s directorial debut SURGE through BBC films and BFI featuring Ben Whishaw.

Bobbie Cousins – Production Designer

Bobbie’s career as an installation artist began after he ventured south from Manchester to London
via Nottingham Trent where he completed his BA in fine art.

This background combined with a natural eye for the nuances of design enabled him to develop and
obtain the practical skills needed to grow within the art department.

In a short period of time his work was put to the test on a range of TV dramas, feature films and
music videos including the ‘award winning’ TV Drama Misfits and Gerard Johnson's Hyena, a hard-
hitting feature film about the Albanian mafia, and Russell. T Davies's Banana.

Bobbie’s work is inspired by his sculptural background and renowned for its unique aesthetic. In less
than 2 years after his first appearance on set as an art department runner, he had acquired a host of

on-set experience and excelled within all realms of the art dept.

Highlights of his earlier career work include 45 Years (Andrew Haigh) and Disobedience (Sebastian
Lelio). He has been lucky enough to share sets and work alongside the likes of Rachel Weisz, Letitia
Wright, Rob Lowe, Alessandro Nivola, David Tennant, Joe Gilgun and Charlotte Rampling.

After 7 years in the art dept Bobbie made the conscious decision to create new opportunities as a
production designer.

His debut film in this capacity was Mari (Georgia Parris) a compelling tale of womanhood, dance and
the complexities of mother / daughter relationship for which Bobbie used colour and shade to
highlight these complexities. Mari was funded by the BFI, BBC Films, and Boudica Films and had its
world premiere at London Film Festival in 2018.

He has just wrapped on The Owners (Julius Berg) starring Maisie Williams and Sylvester Mccoy,
another psychological drama for which he was tasked with designing, dressing and building an
authentic set for a host of toxic characters.

Ian Davies – Editor

Bafta-nominated editor Ian Davies has worked across almost every genre in film and television. He
began cutting commercials before establishing a career in documentaries. This began with an
assistant credit on the Oscar winning One Day in September and in the same year he edited his first
documentary for Channel 4. Since then he has worked with directors and producers including Nick
Broomfield, Kevin Macdonald, John Battsek and Richard Curtis. In 2012 Ian was Bafta nominated for
a three-part BBC series following a ballet company called Agony and Ecstasy. Ian’s work has been
nominated for the Grierson Award three times.

In 2014 Ian switched his focus to drama, first in television and then into film. These dramas include
work for Channel 4, BBC, ITV, AMC, NBC & Amazon. Recently he worked on the Netfix series Troy:
Fall of a City and Curfew a big budget action series for Sky One. Feature film credits include comedy
Micro Men starring Martin Freeman and thriller 10 x10 starring Luke Evans, written & produced by
Noel Clarke.

Ian met director Gerard Johnson in 2007 and edited his first feature Tony. He has subsequently
collaborated with Gerard on his next two films Hyena with producer Stephen Woolley and his latest
film Muscle.

END CREDITS

FOR DAD AND ANDREW

Written and Directed by
GERARD JOHNSON

Produced by
MATTHEW JAMES WILKINSON

Produced by
ED BARRATT & RICHARD WYLIE

Produced by
ERIC TAVITIAN & FRED FIORE

Executive Producer
CÉLINE DORNIER

Executive Producer
ALAN MARTIN

Executive Producers
MANUEL CHICHE
VIOLAINE BARBAROUX

Photographed by
STUART BENTLEY BSC

Cut by
IAN DAVIES

Original Soundtrack by
THE THE

Production Designers
BOBBIE COUSINS
HELEN WATSON

Costume Designer
RYAN HOOPER

Hair & Make-up Designer
SCARLETT O'CONNELL

Hair & Make-up Department Head
SOPHIE BATTERSBY

CAVAN CLERKIN

CRAIG FAIRBRASS

MUSCLE

POLLY MABERLY

LORRAINE BURROUGHS

MARK STOBBART

MARK MOONEY                 ALI COOK

GORDON BROWN                PETER FERDINANDO

First Assistant Director DREW LOVETT

Co-Producer    MARIA CARUANA GALIZIA

Associate Producer     BEN JACQUES

Sound Recordist        STU WRIGHT

Production Sound Mixer         ARIS ANASTASSOPOULOS AMPS

Supervising Sound Editors      STEVE PARKER & RICHARD LEWIS

Cast
Simon CAVAN CLERKIN
Terry CRAIG FAIRBRASS
Sarah POLLY MABERLY
Crystal LORRAINE BURROUGHS
Ronnie MARK STOBBART
Alan MARK MOONEY
Harry ALI COOK
Detective Clayson GORDON BROWN
Ken     PETER FERDINANDO
Sandra SINEAD MATTHEWS

Call Centre
SARAH ANNETT ● JAMES DALTRY ● LEON DUNN ● HAYLEY ELTRINGHAM
HAZEL GORDON ● PETER HARDAKER ● ALISAR HASSNEYAH ● AARON HASTINGS
STEPHEN HEANEN ● SHERILYN OLIPHANT ● SOPHIE PETFORD ● BEN ROBINSON
BETH WILKINSON ● CARL WILKINSON
Barmaid         GAYLE MOORE
Customers       MALCOLM BARRY
                STEPHEN THOMPSON
White Paul      PAUL HORN
Johnny JOHN WILKINSON
Black Paul      PAUL MEGWA
Atlantis Regulars
STEVEN BUXTON ● JAMES EDWARDS ● KYLE FARRAGE ● CALLUM GRAHAM
JOE INGRAM ● JOHN INGRAM ● PAUL ROBINSON ● ALFIE DOBSON
CHRIS LINGARD ● MARIO MAZUROWSKI
Badger Magnum Gym STEVE IRELAND
                       ROBBIE IRELAND
Big Dave        CRAIG SHEEN
Bigger Dave     DAVE SHELDON
Waitress        JENNIFER GOUDIE

Butcher         PHILIP STEPHENSON
Shoppers        ANTHONY BRODERICK
        CHRISTOPHER DOVER
        JANE KENNY
Death Trip      NIALL GREG FULTON
Skye SKYE RICHARDSON
Dancer DANIELLE CLEMENTS
Desk Officer    NICK ROWNTREE
Police JOHN JEFFERSON
        PAUL WATT
CID Officer     CHRIS CRAIK
Police Waiting Room JOE FULCHER
                        BRIAN LANDSLEY

Party People
JENNY AGNEW ● TREVOR AGNEW ● CHRISTINE BRAXTON ● STEVE BROWN
MIA GRACE COCKRILL ● EMMA DANIELS ● DANIELLE DAVIES ● JAMES DE LAUCH HAY
HYPATIA FELIU ● PAUL FITZPATRICK ● KIRSTY FOSTER ● REBECCA FOSTER
HELEN GOODY ● CHRIS GOTTS ● CRAIG HADWEN ● JAMES HALL ● FIONA HARRINGTON
GORDON HINDSON ● GILLIAN HUMBLE ● SHARON JOHNSON ● VICTORIA JOHNSON
JASON JONES ● MARK LAMBERT ● CHRISTINE LESLIE ● CHERONIE LYNCH ● LEIGH MacFARLANE
ANDREW McCARDLE ● DAN MURPHY ● KELLY MYERS ● AMY NEWTON ● SCOTT NEWTON
BOB PALLAS ● NORMAN SANSOM ● AMY SCOTTS ● DAMIAN SHAHANAN ● STEWART SHORT
KATHRYN SIMM ● JASON SPENCER ● JOHN SPENCER ● ALISON STANLEY ● DARIA SUDOMIR
DARREN TAIT ● MANDY TAIT ● JODI TEMPLE ● JAY TURNER ● AMANDA WALKER ● ADAM
WHEATLEY

Mr Clerkin’s Personal Trainer   SRBO MARKOVIC

Second Assistant Director       NOAH CHEBOULI
Third Assistant Director JOHN REED
Assistant Director Trainees
DANIEL DAS ● MOLLIE HIRST ● KATIE HOWARTH ● ANDRÉ MILES
NIKOL PENOVA ● LUCIE PODOBSKA ● KERRY WARD

Script Supervisor       FIONA COLLINS

Production Coordinators        QASIM BAIG
                               EMILY RUDD
Production Assistant    JACK DAVIDSON
Production Runner       CALLUM JOHNSON

Steadicam Operators     RUPERT POWER
                        HENRY LANDGREBE
Second Assistant Camera        MARIA FERRIE
Focus Puller   ADAM CONLON
Clapper Loader TOM LITTLEWOOD
Camera Trainees         CONOR GILMOUR
                        IOANNA TRIKERIOTI CHATZIIOANNOU
B Cam Loader (Daily) CHRIS GIBSON
B Cam Focus Puller (Daily)     JAMES MELROSE
B Cam Camera Trainee (Daily) ADAM OPIE
DIT    PATRICK KING
       KORSSHAN SCHLAUER

Camera Truck Driver   DAVEY TODD

Grip    JOSH CLOSE
Grip Trainees ASHA SUADWA
               CHARLOTTE WARD

Gaffer JAMES BRIDGER
Gaffer (Daily) ROSS O’BRIEN
Best Boys       RORY GRIERSON
                MATT HOLLOWAY
Lighting Trainees     GIORGIO McALLISTER
                      MAX GRAHAM

Boom Operators       ALESSANDRO PASCALE
                     MIKE DUDDY
Sound Trainee JACK ABERNETHY

Location Managers   DAVID GALES
                    MARK GALES
Unit Manager CORY TOWNSEND
Locations Trainee   BEN AVERILL

Art Director  RUBY ALEXANDRA HIRST
Standby Props STEVE NEWTON
Buyers CRESSIDA REID
        CAT POWER
Graphics      ZOE ROBINSON
Art Trainee   BEN MARTIN

Costume Supervisor    JESS DOWNES
Costume (Dailies)     NIC NANCARROW
                      POPPY RIDGWAY

Make-up Artist CHLOE HENDRIKSEN
Make-up (Daily) ZOË GOODING

Casting CAMILLA FOX

Publicity Consultant  LAURA PETTITT, UNTITLED COMMUNICATIONS
Publicity Exec PIERS McCARTHY
Stills Photographer   PAUL STEPHENSON
EPK      SEAN AUSTIN

Digital Intermediate by TECHNICOLOR PRODUCTION SERVICES LONDON
Digital Intermediate Colourist BRIAN KRIJGSMAN
Digital Intermediate Online Editor      TOM ALEXANDER
Digital Intermediate Producer COLIN DAVIS
Head of Production      MATTHEW BRISTOWE
Head of Technology      PHIL OATLEY
Workflow Supervisor GRACE LAN
Technical Director      ROB SIDDALL
Digital Intermediate Technical Supervisor     IAN MOSEDALE
Home Video Mastering LEE TWOHEY
                        RAUL SEVILLA

OMAR KHAN
Data Management         SILVANO BIANCHI
                        DAVIDE CORREIA
                        RORY FERRON
Digital Intermediate Consultant JONNY GARBUTT
Director of Sales       MATT ADAMS

Sound Designed & Mixed at     PINDROP, LONDON
Re-recording Mixers     RICHARD LEWIS & STEVE PARKER
Dialogue Editor RICHARD LEWIS
FX Editor        STEVE PARKER
Assistant Editor TOM POTTER

Foley Recorded at      EVERYTHING AUDIO, ELSTREE STUDIOS
Foley Recordist SAM WALSH
Foley Artist    JASON SWANSCOTT

Sound Post Services Provided by     GOLDCREST POST PRODUCTION
Studio Manager         ROBBIE SCOTT
Mix Technician         REBECCA PEACE
Head of Operations     SIMON RAY
Sound Coordinator      KAROLINA DZIWIŃSKA
Head of Department PATRICK MALONE
Commercial Director MARTIN POULTNEY

Visual Effects by       CAPTURE
VFX Producer            M J McMAHON
VFX Artist              LEE HOLMES

Titles & End Credits Design    CAPTURE
Titles Producer                M J McMAHON
Titles Designer                MATTHEW JONES
Titles Animator                LEE HOLMES

Edit Facilities  CAPTURE
                 TECHNICOLOR
Facilities Runner, Capture   LEO HOUSE

Contractual Delivery Coordinator      ALEXANDRA MONTGOMERY

Original Soundtrack Performed by      THE THE
Composed by MATT JOHNSON
Published by LAZARUS-KOBALT
Recorded at      STUDIO CINEOLA
Recording Engineers MATT JOHNSON and MARK ALLAWAY
Mixed at         TOY SHOP STUDIO
Mixing Engineer         MATT LAWRENCE
Legal Services for THE THE     KIERAN JAY at LEE & THOMPSON LLP

For ACME       LILY METCALFE
Music Consultant      MICHELLE STODDART / STODDART MUSIC

For LOGICAL PICTURES
President      FRÉDÉRIC FIORE

VP Operations YANNICK BOSSENMEIER
Office Manager LUCIE MOZET

For STIGMA FILMS
Producer’s Assistant    PLUM STUPPLE-HARRIS

Worldwide Sales by WESTEND FILMS
MAYA AMSELLEM ● EVE SCHOUKROUN ● SHARON HAREL-COHEN
LUCIE BRAVERMAN ● SOFIA NEVES ● TOBY HILL

Legal Services for Stigma Films and Hook Pictures    PHIL RYMER, LEWIS SILKIN LLP
Legal Services for Logical Pictures                  NICK MAHARA, SHERIDANS

Accountants     SILVER LEVENE LLP
                JOE OSUNSANMI
Production Accountant PARESH SHAH
Junior Production Accountant NICHOLAS MANN

Insurance Brokers       INTEGRO GROUP
                        PAUL HILLIER & AMY LANGSTAFF
Collection Agent services by   COFILOISIRS

Production Driver     MICHAEL SMITH
Catering       RAY HENDERSON
Camera & Grip Equipment      ARRI RENTAL
Lighting                     PROVISION
Location Equipment    LOCATION ONE NORTH EAST
Van Hire       METRO VEHICLE HIRE
Security by    TITAN SECURITY
Radios WAVEVEND

Kevan Wilson “Bodybuilding Documentary” Footage courtesy of Kevan Wilson and Jason Gurr

Dorian Yates “Blood & Guts” Courtesy of Wayne Gallasch (GMV Productions) and Dorian Yates

"MISTER YOU'RE A BETTER MAN THAN I"           “BB TRAP 2"
Written by Brian Hugg & Mike Hugg      Performed by Alex Epton
Published by Carlin Music Delaware,    Written by Alex Epton
a Round Hill Music company     Copyright Control
Performed by Manfred Mann Chapter Three       Courtesy of ATC Management
Licensed courtesy of Creature Music Limited

“SHUFFLE THIS WAY” “WAITING ROOM (FACE TO FACE)"
Performed by TY ft Lhotse      Performed by AMA//MIZU
Written by Owen Thomas, Henry Price Written by Douglas Pisterman
Published by Owen T Music Publishing (ASCAP), Sounds and Sons
Henry Price Publishing Designee (PRS) Courtesy of SaS Recordings
Courtesy of T.Y Music Group LLC

"A RICH MAN DISCUSSES THE PLEASURES OF THRIFT" “I WANT 2 B U”
Performed by Stats     Composed by Matt Johnson
Written by Ed Seed     Performed by THE THE
Published by Ed Seed Publishing (PRS/ASCAP) (published by Lazarus / Kobalt)
Courtesy of Stats      © 2019 Lazarus Limited

Original Soundtrack by THE THE Now Available on Cineola at WWW.THETHE.COM

(P)2019 ©2019 Copyright in Soundtrack Recordings Lazarus Limited

Special thanks to
NICK ANGEL ● VIOLAINE BARBAROUX ● KATHRYN BARRATT ● DAVID BARRATT ● LUKE BARRATT
THE BARRATT FAMILY ● PETER BATES ● TIM BELDA ● IAN BERG ● JULIAN BIRD
JOANNA BRACEY ● KEN CLARKE ● CHRISTOPHER FARRAR ● RACHAEL GARDEN
SAM GRAHAM ● STUART GRAHAM ● SOPHIE GREEN ● WILL HOLLISHEAD
COLIN JONES ● LYNNE KILGOUR ● ELAINE MURPHY ● DARREN RUGG
SARA SEHDEV ● OLIVER SLINGER ● TOBY SPIGEL ● KATE STADDON ● GRAHAM WYLIE
BADGER MAGNUM GYM ● JUBILEE HALL GYM

The Director would like to thank
PHIL D'AMERCOURT ● STELLA JOHNSON ● TESS JOHNSON ● BENJAMIN KRAČUN
GINA AND GILES MABERLY ● LARA MANWARING ● GILES PRICE
ALAN RUTHERFORD ● SOLCO SCHUIT ● HUGO YOUNG
KEN and MAGGIE and all at ATLANTIS GYM ● SUE and SIMON and all at CLUB F

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Filmed entirely on location in NEWCASTLE, UNITED KINGDOM

This film is a work of fiction and the characters and events portrayed in this film are also entirely
fictitious. Any resemblance between them and actual characters or events is therefore entirely
coincidental.

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