:12:04
that he was happy to come in and play The Hood
:12:08
because it was a family picture.
:12:10
But more importantly,
as he admitted to me later,
:12:13
his sons Edmund and Ferdinand
really encouraged him to play The Hood.
:12:19
The most aspirational moment
in the movie, we hope.
:12:22
"I wish that was me," is basically our theme.
:12:26
He wants to grow up and be a Thunderbird.
:12:28
Anyway, back to Sir Ben Kingsley.
He brought a certain gravitas to the entire picture
:12:33
and ending up having a ball
playing The Hood as you'll see.
:12:38
Anthony Edwards, best known
as Dr Greene from ER -
:12:43
sporting a really fine toupee, as you'll notice -
:12:49
was, again, so tired of
playing the character for eight seasons,
:12:56
who was massively depressed,
who had lost patients, who had died of cancer,
:13:01
that he was actively seeking a family picture
:13:04
and I don't think any of us had any idea
what a wonderful comedian he is.
:13:10
He also has four kids.
:13:12
Here's our eager blue-eyed star, Brady Corbet.
:13:20
A late add,
:13:23
the retainer line, which becomes a plot point later.
:13:31
These kids are great - Philip Winchester,
Dominic Colenso and Ben Torgerson -
:13:38
three of the four Tracy brothers
than Alan aspires to join.
:13:44
Here's a perfect example of additional dialogue
added later that enhances the story.
:13:58
You can see on these sets
that John Beard and his team