A2 - Casting

Jon Favreau acts in films that he also
directs - an action we have also taken.

When it came to casting for our film, we decided to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Jon Favreau (Iron Man), Ben Stiller (Tropic Thunder), Mark Gatiss (Sherlock), Ben Affleck (Argo) and Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead), who act in films that they have written or directed. It was simpler for us to act in the film for several reasons. One was that we had all established a clear idea of the behaviours and mannerisms of the characters, and it was simpler to have us portray the characters we already knew well than have others learn about the characters. In addition, working as a group means that we have enough people to portray each character. Another reason was because it saved us the time it would have taken to find actors to star in the film, enabling us to spend more time planning and designing the other aspects of the film.

Left to right: Alex Burnhill, Josh Warner and me (Kieran Golding). We all star in the film, as well as Chris Doyle (not pictured).