Acorns to Trees
You've been there, we've all been there. . . We're all sat at a bar and someone says - "I have this wicked idea for a film", In fact I'm sure you've done it yourself more than a few time, I certainly have! So that’s it. That’s the reason I’m doing this. I have to follow through. How Did I Get Here? The first time I took my writing seriously, I was stuck in a Birmingham flat during COVID, alone, sad time, I know. However, there was no distractions. Just me and an idea I couldn’t shake it was— a seven-part series about the Irish and Jamaican diaspora in the city. And guess what. I wrote I actually finished it. Now, was I going to be able to shoot something set in the ‘80s? Nope. Were the BBC and such entities going to give me millions to make it? Nope. HOWEVER, it was completed and that what mattered! Before that, I trained as an actor, which soon fell by the wayside because, in my words, I got a little fed up with being Oliver looking for porridge all the...