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Filth star James McAvoy: 'There's a freeing of intelligence that can come with mental illness' - video interview
The star of a film based on Irvine Welsh's scandalous novel talks about playing debauched policeman Bruce Robertson, while Welsh explains how the character's bad bahaviour is a pure and rational response to grief. Filth, adapted for the screen and directed by Jon S. Baird, also stars Jamie Bell as Bruce's ambitious young partner and Imogen Poots as the lone female officer on a force full of morally corrupt boys in blue.
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- Filth
- Production year: 2013
- Country: UK
- Cert (UK): 18
- Runtime: 97 mins
- Directors: Jon S Baird
- Cast: Eddie Marsan, Imogen Poots, James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent, John Sessions, Shirley Henderson
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