Ooh I hope to see Damien showing his moves

Going to buy this book on friday, need to read this before movie comes out 

Yay this is great news, hopefully! It would be the best thing if he finally got a full length movie role!    And yes please - more dancing and singing! 

So I have begun reading the book, it's narrated from the protagonists point of view, Stelfox, the character Nicholas Hoult will be playing, he is debauched and as a book it doesn't pull any punches! Makes me wonder how much they will tone it down for the film, if they want to make it s 15 they will have to exclude quite a lot! I've been trying to guess which character Damien could be playing, there is a scene at a nightclub in Cannes where one of the character's plays air guitar....

But after this photo appeared on Twiiter yesterday of the cast on their way to Cannes (presumably to film this and other scenes) I don's think Damien will be one of Stelfox's crew or atleast not the main crew!

Here is the cast lst so far on IMDb (remember IMDb is not an official site!) interesting James Corden isn't on there yet.

Cast  

	Nicholas Hoult	...	Stelfox
	Tom Riley	...	Parker-Hall
	Ed Skrein	...	Rent
	Georgia King	...	Rebecca
	James Corden	...	Waters
	Joseph Mawle
	Craig Roberts	...	Darren
	Jim Piddock	...	Derek Sommers
	Edward Hogg	...	DC Woodham
	Rosanna Hoult	...	Kate
	Erick Hayden	...	Record Executive
	Osy Ikhile	...	Rage
	Bluehomie	...	Office Worker
	Sharune	...	Disco Party Girl
	Rachel Marquez	...	Executive Assistant
	Jennifer Ann Elmore	...	Record Executive
	Frida Sundemo	...	Marcy
	Thomas Ottersen	...	Jimmy

I've finished ths book now.....and it is brilliant!  Yeah, very dark, and debauched....but very funny too.  There are loads of characters...it's impossible too guess who Damien could be....being on the dancefloor doesn't really narrow it xown either, because - as becca pointed out - they are constantly at gigs or clubs or parties....

I agree, domino...it'll have to be toned down - but I can see it being a great film and I'm really quite excited by it...as you say it's got a pretty good cast   (btw - James Corden is listed - 5th....as Waters)

On thur, damien, predictably, said he couldn't tell us what the sideburns were for.....

Interesting article written by John Niven (the author of the book) about the film. Looks like it will be out March 2015 and it also looks like they may not be toning it down too much (I'd be surprised if they went all out though!)

John Niven: Incredible moment as filming of the movie of my book Kill Your Friends finally gets underway

"I HAD a fairly incredible moment this week.

I stood in a huge hangar at Pinewood Studios and watched as a team of carpenters hammered away, putting up beams and
drywall. Electricians were running cables.

Two men were moving a big fireplace into position. Others were discussing what colour to paint the kitchen. They were,
effectively, building a couple of flats from scratch.

Meanwhile, upstairs in another studio, another team of technicians were building a detailed, full-size replica of the office I used to work in nearly 20 years ago.

Across the lot, in the real offices, as opposed to the made-up ones, there was a room for props and wardrobe and make-up, a room for the producer and director, for the location manager, a communal area with half a dozen desks, a
photocopying room, and an accountant’s office.

There were dozens of people scurrying back and forth, asking questions and answering phones. There was a catering van serving hot food from 7am.

All of this was happening because, nearly 10 years ago, I sat in a room on my own and typed a sentence that began, “I’m standing at my office window, smoking...”

Yes, after several years in development, the movie of my first novel Kill Your Friends started shooting last Monday.

The film is set in 1997 and stars Nicholas Hoult (Skins, A Simple Man, X-Men) as 26-year-old A&R man Steven Stelfox, a psychopath hell bent on (literally) slashing his way to the top of the music industry.

There’s also a great ensemble cast including James Corden, Joseph Mawle (Game of Thrones), Craig Roberts (Submarine, 22
Jump Street) and Edinburgh’s very own Georgia King (Chalet Girl, Cockneys v Zombies).

As some of you may know, in addition to writing books I also earn a crust as a screenwriter, so it’s not the first time I’ve been on a film set, but it’s really something to see your own novel, and one that frames 10 years of the lives of you and your friends, become a movie.

The experience has also brought home one of the big differences between writing novels and screenplays for a living.

A novel, of course, is a fully self-contained work of art. You pick it up off the shelf, open it and there it is – a whole universe waiting for you to enter.

A screenplay is just a blueprint for making a movie. Until the movie is actually filmed, the script really means nothing.

When you work on screenplays that never get filmed (and I know many writers who make a very good living this way, hundreds of movies are developed every year and very few go into production) it is like you are an architect who is forever designing buildings that never get constructed. It is financially rewarding, but creatively frustrating.

It’s also brought home to me the practicalities of movie making.

I was asked at one point if the dog in a scene could be awake rather than asleep. “Sure,” I said.

It turned out they might use a different dog if it was awake rather than asleep and the dog handler had to know which dog to prepare.

“Dear God,” you think. “All of this because I typed the words, ‘A dog is asleep on the sofa.’”

I pictured a whole world of wee dog prima donnas, all with their own managers and agents and demands for bigger trailers and stuff.

It was also very pleasing, from a practical point of view, to sit in a production meeting and hear the words, “OK, so for that scene we’re going to need cocaine, a severed limb, a urine rig and lots of blood.”

I held my hand up at that point and said: “I am John Niven and I deeply apologise for all this filth.”

Someone once wrote that “there is no stranger country than the recent past”. 1997 is not so long ago for some of us, yet it already feels like another era.

It certainly does for much of the cast, many of whom were born in the 90s, who were just small children when I was blasting my way through some of the events they are portraying.

I went along to the first day of filming, just to hear them shout, “Action!” for the first time.

But being on the set is difficult for a writer. Your job is done and it is in the hands of the director. (Thankfully, the director of Kill Your Friends, Owen Harris, has worked on Black Mirror and Holy Flying Circus and is brilliant.)

In the end being the writer on set is a bit like having organised a big party but you’re not allowed to eat or drink anything. You just have to stand in the corner.

If you follow me on Twitter you’ll know I expressed this sentiment earlier in the week, but in more, ah, robust language.

So I’ll leave them to it for the next five weeks. Break a leg guys. All being well we’ll get to see the results in the cinema, about this time next year.

When I’ll be the one at the back, shouting “I am John Niven and I deeply apologise for all this filth.’"

I usually listen to Sean Keaveny in the mornings...but missed this cos I'm on holiday at the moment!  6music seem to be having a Britpop season at the moment...thanks for the link, domino - and the article.

You're right - Stelfox really doesn't have any redeeming features at all...he is a completely loathsome character. But his total absence of a moral compass and his complete lack of remorse are very entertaining.......all the more so because, initially at least, it is just a bit shocking.....

Damien has tweeted about the last day of filming. I have put it in "Damien on Twitter" But here is the photo he sent.

No substitute for getting a copy of the book itself ...

but have a look inside, courtesy of Harpers Collins!

Browse inside 'Kill Your Friends' by John Niven | Harpers Collins

DAMIEN MOLONY TO APPEAR IN ‘KILL YOUR FRIENDS’ FILM?

Upcoming Britpop movie Kill Your Friends is currently filming in the uk and already has a stellar cast attached, including Nicholas Hoult, Tom Riley, James Corden, Georgia King, Edward Hogg, Craig Roberts and Joseph Mawle, but we are excited to report our favourite actor is also likely appearing.

There has been no official announcement of Damien’s casting, but the clues in the tweets below are pointing firmly in that direction.

The first from Georgia King:

 

Secondly from Damien himself this morning, on the day Kill Your Friends is being filmed at The Electric Ballroom, Camden London:

 

Directed by Owen Harris (Misfits, Black Mirror), Kill Your Friends is based on the 2008 novel by John Niven, who has also written the screenplay for the film. Set in 1997 London, the book – described as “wonderfully nasty” on its front cover – is an unadulterated, no-holds-barred fictional exposé dark satirical comedy based on the music industry at the height of the Britpop era, centred around an offensive, psychopathic A&R agent Stephen Stelfox (to be played by Nicholas Hoult) and his crew.

It is not known who he will be playing yet, but latest photos of Damien, at the EFG Short Story Awards last week, reveal the character will be sporting impressive Britpop-worthy sideburns.

(c) WordTheatre

 

Whatever the part, we are thrilled for Damien being cast in his first feature-length film, which looks set to be an iconic, on-trend British movie smash, and cannot wait to see his debut on the silver screen!

Watch this space for news as it happens.

 

Comment and discuss Damien in Kill Your Friends here!

 

 

 

 

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