Will - Production Notes - Vertigo Films

Are you going to take up acting after football?
Steven: I’d need an awful lot of lessons to make my acting good! I’m giving it my best so we’ll see how
it turns out.
Jamie: I’ll be staying in football I think, Perry will go on to bigger and better things though.
Steven: I think it’s really difficult for us. We’re outside of our comfort zone. We’re comfortable with a ball
and playing football
Jamie: Well not all time!
Steven: No not all the time! The standard of acting by Perry has shown us the way – I really hope he
goes all the way to the top.
Your friend is in the film as well?
Steven: Yeah a really good friend Paul McGratten is in the film, he plays a ticket tout in the movie.
How’s it going to be going back to Ataturk where it all happened?
Paul: I’m really looking forward to it, I mean I’ve followed Liverpool all around the world and it was
probably the best night of my life as I’m sure it was Steven and Jamie’s. To be back there and doing
something I’ve been trying to do for years in my biggest role with the biggest budget is amazing.
Steven: The good thing for us is Paul always comes watch us play a game and if we haven’t played well
he has a go at us and tells us what we’ve done wrong so now the shoe is on the other foot, the pressure
is on Paul to deliver and do well in this film or I’ll be giving him some criticism!
Can you talk about the Champions League final in 2005 because what happened in that match is
what the whole film is about – never giving up.
Steven: Yeah well that’s why I think we’re here as well, we are just so proud of that night. It gives a
great message out to kids to never give up even if you’re being beaten by a load of goals or anything
that life throws at you, you can turn it round if you keep trying
Jamie: A lot of football films are hard to re create when you watch them on film and I think it’s good that
this film is about the journey and how they got there, we all know what happened in the game. I think
everyone’s seen it a million times so I think we all know now so it’s good to have a little bit of it in the
film.
Paul: They’ll never get tired of talking about it.
Interview with Kenny Dalglish
How did you get involved in the film?
I got a phone call from Paul McGratten who said that Steven and Jamie were doing a bit so did I want to
come in it? He explained a little bit about it and said obviously it’s coming back to Istanbul for a young
lad who couldn’t get a ticket and could I help out so I said it’s not a problem I’ll have a go. Actually I don’t
think I did my homework, I didn’t anticipate what I was letting myself in for, I got sent a script and I never
read it and then I got sent an e-mail and I never read it so it was my fault really! I didn’t know there were
so many words to come out of my mouth for the movie. But, as I say it’s really interesting to see how a
movie is made. It’s about a little boy who hasn’t had the best life and he come out to see a little bit of
excitement from football. It’s not really about football, it’s about life and I’m sure a lot of people can relate
to the story themselves.
Is WILL your first film?
First and last, might as well get them both in at one time! The cast and crew have been patient with me
because it’s not something I feel too confident with, having to learn lines and speak lines but the good
thing is they allow you to have a bit of licence yourself and use words I am more accustomed to using
than what is in the script but that mean the same thing.
And it is Ellen Perry’s first fiction film too
She’s been very helpful to everybody on set, she’s very calm and as I say she gives you a little bit of
license to do what you feel most comfortable with as long as it doesn’t affect the point of the scene. She
makes people feel comfortable.