I recently caught up with Danny Dyer while he was promoting the DVD release of Dead Man Running (1^st of March). Danny is one of the UK’s best loved actors appearing in films such as Human Traffic, Mean Machine, The Business (one of my favorite films), Outlaw, Severence and The Football Factory. In Dead Man Running Danny Dyer plays Bing, Nick Kane’s (Tamer Hussan) best mate, who’s fresh out of jail and flat broke, he’s a desperate man with 24 hours to find £100,000. As the recession hits the criminal world as hard as it is hitting Wall Street, notorious gangster and loan shark Mr. Thigo (Curtis 50 Cent Jackson) arrives in London with his trusted aide Fitzroy (Ashley Walters) to make a brutal example out of one of his late payers. Smashing his plans of going straight, Nick is given exactly 24 hours to come up with the money or face devastating consequences. As a guarantee, Thigo s men hold Nick s wheelchair-bound mum (Brenda Blethyn) hostage, leaving him no choice but to comply. Bing and Nick Kane embark on a frantic race against the clock; taking them from the dog tracks of East London to the underground drug scene of rural Manchester, as they try every trick and scam in the book to get the cash before it’s too late

How’s life keeping?

Danny Dyer: Yeah I’m sweat as, really good, I’m in a good place at the moment. Proud of the movie, it’s come around quite quickly so hopefully it’s gonna make a few quid.

The film was a lot of fun, was it fun making it?

Danny Dyer: It was because obviously me and Tamer are pals. We’re best mates in the film, it’s tough when you’ve got an actor you’ve just met and you have to recreate that whole best mate b*llocks. It doesn’t always quite work, but with this half the works done with me and him, so it was a laugh. It was a tough shoot as well because we only had 5 weeks to shoot it and we were shooting it November/December time 2008. It was f*cking freezing mate I tell you (laughs). It does get to you a bit that, but I enjoyed it, Alex the director was sweat as a nut, having 50 Cent around, it was a joy, I feel blessed.

You’ve had some great roles in your films, are there any roles you’ve had that you’d like to revisit again?

Danny Dyer: It’s weird this year because I’ve got Severance 2 on the table and The Business 2. So it would be nice to recreate the role of Franky, obviously him a few years down the line, he’s put on a bit of weight (laughs). I think if we do it, Franky has to be a bit spent and a bit f*cked if it’s gonna work. I wouldn’t mind doing  Human Traffic again with Moff and his later years. But other than that I’m not really a massive fan of the sequel, if the films good leave it at that. A lot of the time the only reason to make a sequel is to make money out of it. I’m all up for trying to do things, opening up a few doors for myself but if The Business 2 does come off it would be a pleasure to do it.

Your involved with so much different things, with the films you’ve got, the documentaries, is there anything you have’nt done that you’d be interested in doing?

Danny Dyer: I think I tried the documentaries and the presenting side of thing and it were’nt really for me, I earnt a few quid out of it, I did meet a few people but I never really felt fully comfortable doing it. I sometimes watch them back and I cringe at it.

People enjoy them though.

Danny Dyer: Yeah believe me I really appreciate that. It’s a snobby business so the snooby c*nts look at it and say what is he doing. But I dunno I’ve done a radio play, I’ve done theatre, I’ve done TV, I’ve done film, there’s not really much for me to try. The voiceover thing there’s a few quid to be made in that, I’ve got a really distinctive voice so there’s not really much I could sell. I dunno really I feel bless like I said, I’m not greedy, I’m up for anything really, anything that will test me.

Is there anything people should especially look out for in 2010 from you?

Danny Dyer: Like I said with The Business and that, I might do a play, I done a play last year, I played Sid Vicious, it was a great role, I love playing someone as f*cked up as him, I tell you that gives me a buzz, it f*cked my head up a lot though, my Mrs said I was an absolute nightmare to live with, I don’t blame her because you have to remember Sid Vicious stabbed his girlfriend to death, so she was a bit paranoid. It’s not that I’m a method actor but if your playing roles like that , you’ve got to do it justice so I might do that again in the West End for 16 weeks. I’ve got loads of sh*t going on so fingers crossed I’m gonna pull something out the bag this year that will change peoples perception of me a little bit.

Dead Man Running is out on Blu-Ray and Dvd the 1^st of March

When it becomes apparent that the recession is hitting the criminal world as hard as it is hitting Wall Street, notorious gangster and loan shark, Mr. Thigo (50 Cent) arrives in London to shake things up and make an example out of one of his late payers.

Already struggling financially, reformed ex-con Nick is given exactly 24 hours to come up with the money left on his bill or he is literally a dead man running. As a guarantee, Thigo’s men hold Nick’s wheelchair-bound mum (Brenda Blethyn) hostage, leaving him no choice but to comply. Enlisting the help of his best mate, Bing (Danny Dyer), the boys embark on a frantic race against the clock. Their mission takes them from the dog tracks of East London to the underground drug scene of rural Manchester as they try every trick and scam in the book to get the cash before it’s too late…

I caught up with lead actor and executive producer Tamer Hussan and Academy Award nominee Brenda Blethyn while they were on the promotional campaign for Dead Man Running below`s the result!

Brenda how was Tamer as a son and Tamer how was Brenda as your Mum?

Tamer: It was a match made in heaven (laughs)

Brenda: We had an instant rapport it was weird wasn`t it?

Tamer: She had me at hello

Brenda: (laughs)

She made you tea and everything?

Tamer: She did (laughs) we were getting like that on set because I was calling her Mum she was calling me son, I remember once on set you said do you want a cup of tea son?

Brenda: You got me a hot water bottle one day because it was cold and I put it under my blanket

The movie is alot of fun to watch, was there a particular scene for you both that stood out? Both of your roles had some great moments.

Tamer: Yeah for me it`s hard I was probably in almost every scene, the whole thrill ride of it, working with Brenda, working with 50 Cent, back working with Danny.

Brenda: Yeah there was a lot of really good cameo appearences from some brilliant actors not necessarily big names but superb.

Tamer: You got to work with Phil Sands again.

Brenda: Yeah he was holding me hostage

in the film, I worked with him back in the early 80`s, he`s great in the filmTamer your character is all over England while Brenda your character is just in one room near enough the whole movie what was that like?

Brenda: For me being confined in a chair for a whole film I had never done that before, my whole performance had to be portayed from my shoulders up

Tamer: You were brilliant though

Brenda: Thanks son (laughs). Watching it last night on a big screen with such a wonderful reception for the film and seeing people laugh was great. To see the journey her boy goes on was great

Tamer: The funny thing is when we were shooting the film Brenda would probably say the same thing, as we were acting with our characters we didnt find it that funny

Brenda: That might be why it got people laughing because it was honestly done.

So Tamer how does it feel the movies finally coming out? You must have put so much work into it as the producer, getting the cast involved and lead actor?

Tamer: It`s been a long time coming, I`m a little bit relieved alot of people wouldn`t want it to end, but it was great, the premier was brilliant, I`m an out and out lead in the movie and I`ve worked long and hard to get to that point, the films not only a success for me but for everyone. Getting Brenda involved, 50 Cent involved, back in the room with Danny, Alan Ford getting all these great names involved it was so overwelming, it couldnt get any better.

One thing I saw yesterday that I couldn`t understand to be honest with you was on the news they were saying the film was very violent I didn`t really think it was that violent.

Tamer: I don`t think the poster and the trailer give the film justice, the poster is me with a gun, Danny with a gun. Distributors do that, they`re geniuses at what they do and they`ve got a method of things, Revolver have to market it and try and make it successful so if they feel thats gonna sell the film then fair enough, the trailers a bit fast and furious but when you watch the movie it`s more of a comedy, it“s a buddy movie, it`s a road trip, most gangster films your cutting the sides of peoples mouths, wearing silly suits and walking down the east end, this film isn`t doing that . There`s elements of the film people can relate to, its an honest movie.

Have you got any last words, any other bits your working on?

Brenda: I`m working in Northumberland at the moment on Hidden Depths

Tamer: I`ve got the remake of Clash Of The Titans coming up, Wrong Turn 3, I`ve got loads of bits.

Brenda: Your Mum is in another film called The Calling where I play a nun

Tamer: A nun with a gun

Brenda: (laughs)

Dead Man Running is in cinemas now

Got a bunch of interviews I’ve done and press conferences I’ve transcribed that are to go up on the site this week. These include

Tamer Hussan, 50 Cent and Brenda Blethyn for Dead Man Running

Charlyne Yi for Paper Heart

Grant Heslov, George Clooney, Kevin Spacey and Jon Ronson for The Men Who Stair At Goats

Clive Owen for The Boys Are Back

MORE TO COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!