Welsh Brothers Damian & Gareth Lewis's Dublin Thriller in Post-Production

Damian Lewis takes aim in
The Baker

The new feature film THE ESCAPIST (2007) has been filming in Dublin. THE ESCAPIST, a prison escape thriller with a twist set in the subterranean tunnels beneath London, shot for five weeks in Dublin and London. The production's Unit Publicists have informed us that the film is now in post-production.

THE ESCAPIST is the feature film debut of writer/director Rupert Wyatt, and boasts an ensemble of exciting British and Irish talent with internationally recognised names – Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy, Adaptation), Joe Fiennes (Running with Scissors, Shakespeare in Love), Liam Cunningham (The Wind that Shakes the Barley, Dog Soldiers), Seu Jorge (City of God, The Life Aquatic), Dominic Cooper (The History Boys, Starter for 10), Stephen Macintosh (The Mother, Lock Stock) and Damian Lewis (Band of Brothers, Keane).

Bord Scannán na hÉireann -- Irish Film Board

The Escapist (2007) at IMDB

Damian & Gareth Lewis recently wrote, directed and starred in a Welsh feature film comedy, The Baker (2007), about a hit man who has second thoughts about his career and who seeks refuge from his boss, by finding work as a baker in a rural Welsh village.

The Baker (2007) at IMDB

The Baker (2007) at BBC Film Network

McCrory's Stellar Trajectory: Welsh BAFTA to Oscar

Helen McCrory's Stellar Trajectory from Welsh BAFTA to Oscar-winning film:

The multi award-winning actress Helen McCrory has just finished working with Stephen Frears in his forthcoming satire 'The Queen' with Michael Sheen and Helen Mirren, playing Cherie Blair.

On the small screen Helen's first television film, Karl Francis' 'Street life' with Rhys Ifans, won her the Welsh BAFTA, Monte Carlo Best Actress Award and the Royal Television society Best Actress Award, for her extraordinary performance as Jo. The Edinburgh Film Festival wrote 'Simply the best performance this year'.

She went on to win 'Critics Circle Best Actress Award' for her role as the Barrister Rose in the Channel 4 series 'North Square', having been previously nominated for her performance in 'Fragile Heart' with Nigel Hawthorne the year before and has been nominated by the Royal Television Society for a variety of roles.

On screen, she's played the entire gamut of roles, from a sexually charged Anna Karenina in Channel 4's lavish adaptation, to a hard-faced, dyed-blonde single mother on a Welsh council estate in the TV film Streetlife (a role for which she won several awards, including a Welsh BAFTA), and a triumphantly hideous Margaret Peel in Lucky Jim, with Coke-bottle specs and tight curls flattened to her head.

Helen McCrory at IMDB

Helen McCrory at Angelfire

Karl Francis at Screen Online

Helen McCrory at the Telegraph

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