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	Shiner: In this British Gangster flick David played the ‘Blonde DJ & camera man’. David is seen here being bullied by Billy ‘Shiner’ Simpson (played by Sir Michael Caine) to make his boxer look like the star and not the opponent. David can also be seen (below) with Michael Caine and Andy Serkis (Gollum in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong). David also worked with screen legend Martin Landau who played Michael Caines rival US boxing promoter (Frank Spedding). ‘Shiner’ Directed by John Irvin.




	The scenes were filmed in a 17th Century house near Windsor. It took 40minutes in makeup and 20minutes in wardrobe for David to turn into his character. On the day that David had his scene with Claire Danes he was lucky because the Unit wrap was 10am; that was only about a 2hour filming day! This was because Claire had to go and prepare for the UK premiere opening of ‘Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines’ in which she was one of the main Stars. ‘Stage Beauty’ Directed by Richard Eyre.


			Stage Beauty: David played a Painter Pupil to Sir Peter Lely who was played by actor Tom Hollander (Pirates of the Caribbean 2 & 3) who looked almost identical to a self portrait of the painter himself. In 2005 David would work with Tom Hollander again when he became his stand-in on the Ridley Scott movie ‘A Good Year’.




	V For Vendetta: David has always liked comic book movies so he didn’t pass up the opportunity of being in the Vertigo DC comics movie ‘V For Vendetta’. He was directed by the Wachowski brothers (Matrix trilogy) who were on set helping the Director who was their 1st AD on the Matrix films. David played a ‘V Street Vigilante’ in the final climaxes of the film. ‘‘There were three other actors and myself who were chosen to be the main V Vigilantes; we all were holding weapons we use to kill the Finger Man who has just shot dead the little glasses girl. One guy was given a wine bottle, another a shovel, and the other had a wrench. When it came to me the props guy saw my Nike rucksack I had with me and he said he liked the style of it and could I use that. Jokingly I said - great I get to beat a guy up with my bag! He replied - pretend it’s full of bricks.’’ ‘V For Vendetta’ Directed by James McTeigue and Written & Produced by the Wachowski Brothers.



	Sky Capatin and the World of Tomorrow: David worked on the UK:Unit shoots. This was a memorable film for David because it was the first film in history to be filmed all on blue screen! David played a Pilot and he is seen below at his desk taking flying orders from his Chief who was played by Stephen Fitzalan, who also played ‘Mon Calamari’ in ‘Star Wars Return of the Jedi’. The man running in from the left to David’s desk is Giovanni Ribisi, who ‘was a pleasure to work with’ says David. To the right you can see David with the rest of the Cast. ‘Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow’ Directed by Kerry Conran.






			David also appears standing taking orders at a desk in a Sky Captain Poster (right) Download this Desktop wallpaper (1280x1024)

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