Raised in
Edinburgh Ruari Cannon is a rising star and after appearing in Brad Pitt’s
“World War Z” his future acting career looks promising. The movie, which was
directed by Marc Forester, is about a U.N. employee racing around the world to
save the population from a potentially deadly Zombie pandemic. The 20-year-old plays a zombie named Meth and has said this about the role:
“It was
tough because my character is a zombie and is dead behind the eyes. He is
supposed to have given up on life itself but he turns a corner.”
Shooting
face-to-face with Brad Pitt himself the young actor learned a lot and received some
specialist advice on his first ever film role. At just 17 it seems his talent
was clear and Ruari won a Scholarship to study at the AmericanAcademy for Dramatic Arts in New York. Previously
Cannon was heavily involved in stage productions such as “Oliver!”, “The
Merchant of Venice” and “A Streetcar Named Desire.”
The city of Glasgow was lucky enough to play host to the film set of
“World War Z” and last August part of the town was transformed into Philadelphia. Glasgow was home to
around 1200 cast and crew and as a result of this the city has been said to
have made around 2 million pounds in profit. Unfortunately the eagerly
anticipated apocalyptic movie isn’t to be released in the UK until January 2013.
Here is a
link to a newspaper article about the “World War Z” filming in Glasgow last year.
Scottish born actor David
Tennant, best known for his five year stint on “Doctor Who” as the Tenth
Doctor, is starring in soon-to-be released “The Decoy Bride.” Set on a ScottishIsland the comedy is about the marriage
of a famous actress (Alice Eve) and James, her fiancé, (Tennant) trying to
escape the paparazzi on their special day. When the photographers turn up,
however, they are forced to hire Katie, a local girl, (Kelly MacDonald) to be
the decoy for the press. But when Katie meets James sparks fly. The film is planned
to be released the 9th of March and available on DVD from the 12th.
Trailer:
CinemaBlend.com has
described “The Decoy Bride” by saying:
“The trailer
is actually funny, though the story looks like it could tread into familiar
waters, with a woman falling for a spoken-for man, who may just full for her
back, and the odd-man(bride)-out possibly being unlikeable enough to root
firmly against. That aside, it looks like a fun comedy, and I can easily see
being charmed by the cast (particularly Tennant and MacDonald).”
So
if your up for a laugh and don’t mind a bit of cliché then this movie might be
the one for you! Here is a link to the full article!
“The Decoy Bride” was filmed
on the Isle of Man but set in Scotland!
Here are some other Scottish location doubles.
If you want to check out any
more of Tennant’s work then here are a few of the other projects he’s been
involved in:
A remake of
the 1985 cult film “Fright Night” (2011).
The 2009 TV
film “Hamlet” for the BBC with David Tennant in the title role.
Barty Crouch
Junior in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” (2005).
And of course
the Tenth Doctor in the long running TV series “Doctor Who”.
