The spotlight

ONE OF THE MOST HE’S CEMENTED HIMSELF AS EXCITING ACTORS AROUND. NOW, AS HARRIS DICKINSON UNVEILS HIS DIRECTORIAL DEBUT, HE TELLS US WHY HE KEEPS PUSHING THINGS FORWARD

“I’m in rehearsals for this Beatles film. But I’ve got a week off, so…” Harris Dickinson is in the middle of an intensive spell at Beatles school when he welcomes Big Issue to his office in East Londo

HE HAS A WEALTH OF HEROES – AND VILLAINS – UNDER HIS BELT, BUT SAM CLAFLIN SAYS IT TOOK ONE ROLE TO TRULY PEEL BACK THE LAYERS.

Tom, aka Ace, Sam Riley’s character in his new film Islands has it all. Or he has nothing at all. It depends on your perspective. “Tom is a tennis coach at a family resort hotel in Fuerteventura,” say

THE ACTOR’S EMOTIONAL DEPTH ON SCREEN HAS SKYROCKETED HIM TO THE TOP OF EVERY DIRECTOR’S WISH LIST. NOW, WITH TWO NEW FILMS ON THE HORIZON – A HEIST THRILLER AND A REMAKE OF A SHAKESPEARE CLASSIC – HE REFLECTS ON HIS UNSTOPPABLE ASCENT

HAVING LIVED WITH TOURETTE’S SINCE HIS TEENS, LATER BECOMING A CAMPAIGNER, JOHN DAVIDSON HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN UNRESTRAINED FORCE. ACCORDINGLY, THE I SWEAR TEAM PULLED OUT ALL THE STOPS…