pedigree of films is hardly thought of as high quality.
It was Freeman’s partner and fellow actor, Amanda Abbington, who suggested that Martin should go for the role. When she got back home after her own audition, Freeman asked her how it went and she said it went well and that there’sa role in the film that would be perfect for him so he should go for it. He took a look at the script, liked it and met with the director and subsequently got the part. There was a point to the film and Freeman didn’t feel as though it was written to particularly win over American audiences. There was a heart to the movie and an honesty that Martin admired. It wasn’t written with the idea of making box-office millions. Generally, Freeman enjoys home-grown products. However, there is far more opportunity for success in America, with a much wider choice of roles available to an aspiring actor.
It was a frantic eighteen-day shoot but Freeman enjoyed working with the cast and crew, especially the director. There was determination and courage in everyone. They strove to make as good a film as they possibly could. He was under no illusion that it would make him rich, but he also thought the script was truthfully written.
Speaking about the very busy set, he told Rob Carnevale of Indie London.co.uk , ‘I was quite ill for some of my shoot because I had a real stinking cold. There’s no denying it was a hard shoot – not hard like being in Bosnia hard! – but it was hard by the standards of making a film. But that hardship engendered something else that was quite fun too – that Dunkirk spirit and a feeling of, “We’ve just got to do this”.’
No one in the film was of any high status, there were no major egos and the upside of having little budget and a taut shooting deadline was that there was camaraderie, a similar spirit amongst a cast as when working in the theatre or even on radio. No one had their own space so they had to get long. There was no other option but to get to know each other.
On working with his real life partner, Freeman said to BBC Movies’ Rob Carnevale, ‘We’ve done it before a few times and I do always really enjoy it. She’s a brilliant actress and I respect what she does. Obviously I love her too. So it’s easy. There’s no other politics like I’m doing the scene with someone I don’t really like. Anything we don’t like about each other we can say [laughs].’
Released in May, The All Together , has been long forgotten about. There are, potentially, many roles that Freeman might care to forget but such is the life of a now successful and revered actor who once took as many parts as possibly in order to make a living, as is the case with any jobbing actor in an increasingly fickle industry.
Martin believes a gangster thriller is better suited to his thespian skills than, say, an action film. ‘I can’t see that people would ever ask me to do it,’ he admitted to Nerve.com ’s Alexis Tirado. ‘I’m not famous enough. I’m not box-office enough. I can run and I’m fit, but there are some people better suited to that. Also, I don’t want to play the guy in the yacht with no problems. That’s certainly not a reflection of my life. As a person, I’m not smooth, do you know what I mean? I can’t do smooth very easily.’
The Guardian ’s Phelim O’Neill wrote, ‘Nothing about the situation nor the characters rings even slightly true, and no laughs ever come from the increasingly desperate attempts to shoe-horn gags in. Freeman seems to have been given no direction other than “be like that guy from The Office ”. Utterly pointless.’
Jack Foley of IndieLondon.co.uk said, ‘Only Freeman emerges with any credit, somehow managing to remain endearing inspite of the contrived nature of his own storyline (the brief scenes he shares with real-life girlfriend Amanda Abbington offer brief respite from an otherwise rotten experience).’
He continued, ‘Even a clever cine-literate
It was Freeman’s partner and fellow actor, Amanda Abbington, who suggested that Martin should go for the role. When she got back home after her own audition, Freeman asked her how it went and she said it went well and that there’sa role in the film that would be perfect for him so he should go for it. He took a look at the script, liked it and met with the director and subsequently got the part. There was a point to the film and Freeman didn’t feel as though it was written to particularly win over American audiences. There was a heart to the movie and an honesty that Martin admired. It wasn’t written with the idea of making box-office millions. Generally, Freeman enjoys home-grown products. However, there is far more opportunity for success in America, with a much wider choice of roles available to an aspiring actor.
It was a frantic eighteen-day shoot but Freeman enjoyed working with the cast and crew, especially the director. There was determination and courage in everyone. They strove to make as good a film as they possibly could. He was under no illusion that it would make him rich, but he also thought the script was truthfully written.
Speaking about the very busy set, he told Rob Carnevale of Indie London.co.uk , ‘I was quite ill for some of my shoot because I had a real stinking cold. There’s no denying it was a hard shoot – not hard like being in Bosnia hard! – but it was hard by the standards of making a film. But that hardship engendered something else that was quite fun too – that Dunkirk spirit and a feeling of, “We’ve just got to do this”.’
No one in the film was of any high status, there were no major egos and the upside of having little budget and a taut shooting deadline was that there was camaraderie, a similar spirit amongst a cast as when working in the theatre or even on radio. No one had their own space so they had to get long. There was no other option but to get to know each other.
On working with his real life partner, Freeman said to BBC Movies’ Rob Carnevale, ‘We’ve done it before a few times and I do always really enjoy it. She’s a brilliant actress and I respect what she does. Obviously I love her too. So it’s easy. There’s no other politics like I’m doing the scene with someone I don’t really like. Anything we don’t like about each other we can say [laughs].’
Released in May, The All Together , has been long forgotten about. There are, potentially, many roles that Freeman might care to forget but such is the life of a now successful and revered actor who once took as many parts as possibly in order to make a living, as is the case with any jobbing actor in an increasingly fickle industry.
Martin believes a gangster thriller is better suited to his thespian skills than, say, an action film. ‘I can’t see that people would ever ask me to do it,’ he admitted to Nerve.com ’s Alexis Tirado. ‘I’m not famous enough. I’m not box-office enough. I can run and I’m fit, but there are some people better suited to that. Also, I don’t want to play the guy in the yacht with no problems. That’s certainly not a reflection of my life. As a person, I’m not smooth, do you know what I mean? I can’t do smooth very easily.’
The Guardian ’s Phelim O’Neill wrote, ‘Nothing about the situation nor the characters rings even slightly true, and no laughs ever come from the increasingly desperate attempts to shoe-horn gags in. Freeman seems to have been given no direction other than “be like that guy from The Office ”. Utterly pointless.’
Jack Foley of IndieLondon.co.uk said, ‘Only Freeman emerges with any credit, somehow managing to remain endearing inspite of the contrived nature of his own storyline (the brief scenes he shares with real-life girlfriend Amanda Abbington offer brief respite from an otherwise rotten experience).’
He continued, ‘Even a clever cine-literate
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