The 2024 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) will take place on December 8 at the Roundhouse in Camden. The ceremony will mark a return for the BIFAs, which were last held at the storied London venue in 2007.
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Ray Winstone has revealed that he was once arrested after getting involved in a fight with a man on a motorbike.In an interview with Metro, the actor, who is currently appearing in new Netflix series, The Gentleman, revealed that the incident happened when he bumped into one of his acting heroes – Hollywood legend James Cagney.“My mate was driving him and I saw him get out of the car. James Cagney is one of my heroes – and I just didn’t know what to say,”’ he continued, explaining that he was starstruck.He continued: “He walked into [a building] and my mate said he’d be back later on and told me to get back here.
But I was going to see my agent; I was only a young kid, about 17 or 18.”He then explained that he went back to see his hero but on the way, ended up having a fight – and it resulted in him getting arrested and missing the chance to meet his hero.Wnstone continued: “Anyway, I was walking back across the road and I ended up having a fight with a guy on a motorbike and got arrested on Saville Row, so I never got to meet him properly.”Winstone later went on to joke that it was “appropriate” considering Cagney’s many roles in tough-guy films.In other news, Winstone recently described filming Marvel‘s Black Widow as a “soul-destroying” experience.In an interview with Radio Times magazine, the actor, who played villain Dreykov in the Scarlett Johansson-led 2021 action-thriller, admitted that filming the Marvel movie “was fine until you have to do the reshoots.”“Then you find out that a few producers have come down, and your performance is too much, it’s too strong… That’s the way Marvel works,” Winstone said. “It can be soul-destroying because you feel like you’re doing great work.”The Sexy Beast actor said that he
.The 2024 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) will take place on December 8 at the Roundhouse in Camden. The ceremony will mark a return for the BIFAs, which were last held at the storied London venue in 2007.
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The Departed, revealing that he was supposed to play another part initially.READ MORE: The wisdom of Martin Scorsese: “I had to go through everything in order to learn”Wahlberg earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Sergeant Dignam of the Massachusetts State Police in the film. His character works with Leonardo DiCaprio’s Billy Costigan who goes undercover to infiltrate the Irish mob, with Jack Nicholson playing mob boss Frank Costello.Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Wahlberg revealed he was originally “supposed to play another part” and it caused him to feel “pissed” during filming he said.“I was a little pissed about a couple things but look, it all worked out in the end, I think,” Wahlberg said.
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Ray Winstone has described filming Marvel‘s Black Widow as a “soul-destroying” experience.In a new interview with with Radio Times magazine, the actor, who played villain Dreykov in the Scarlett Johansson-led 2021 action-thriller, admitted that filming the Marvel movie “was fine until you have to do the reshoots.”“Then you find out that a few producers have come down, and your performance is too much, it’s too strong… That’s the way Marvel works,” Winstone said. “It can be soul-destroying because you feel like you’re doing great work.”The Sexy Beast actor said that he wanted to give up on the project altogether, but realised couldn’t as he was contractually obliged to complete it.“I actually said, ‘You ought to recast it because that was it for me.’ And you end up doing it again because you’re contracted to do it,” he explained.
Ray Winstone appeared in Marvel’s Black Widow, which came out in 2021 and which starred Scarlett Johansson as the titular character.