In Guy Ritchie's "Rock and Roll", all actors do not have stellar statuses of the first magnitude. However, this did not prevent the action movie from gaining the status of a cult film immediately after the release of the screens. What was Guy Ritchie filming about and why did the audience like it so much?
“Rock and Roll”: actors, photo, plot
The project is a crime comedy with a famously twisted plot. In the best traditions of Guy Ritchie’s films in the movie “Rock and Roll”, the actors and their characters fall into the grip of criminal stories, forcing the city’s worst mafia to chase after itself.
If we consider the plot in more detail, then the story unfolds before the viewer three unlucky thieves who, by their stupidity, robbed the London criminal authority. The money and the valuable painting they stole belonged to the Russian oligarch and were borrowed. Therefore, for a
criminal authority to knock out stolen money from an unfortunate trinity is a matter of honor, so to speak.
In the course of the development of the plot, Bob (Tom Hardy), Mamlya (Idris Elba) and Raz-Two (Gerard Butler) several times get into troubles, from which they manage to get out only thanks to a happy occasion. The picture did not raise a lot of money at the box office - only 28 million dollars with a budget of 15 million. But it was included in that short list of films that film enthusiasts are ready to review several times.
"Rock and Roll": actors and roles. Gerard Butler
Scottish actor Gerard Butler came to the project of Guy Ritchie already being a movie star of the first magnitude. The performer has starred in such famous films as Dracula 2000, The Power of Fire, Lara Croft: The Cradle of Life, The Phantom of the Opera, 300 Spartans and many others.
In the film "Rock and Roll" actors Butler, Hardy and Elba played the roles of participants in the same criminal "Wild Gang", which several times rob the criminal authority Lenny Cole. Butler’s character, the leader of this group, has the ridiculous nickname One-Two. At first it seems that this nickname does not make any sense. But in fact, the phrase “one-two” is translated from English as “quick response”. That is, it is understood that Raz-Two always has a ready-made answer to any question, and it knows how to find a way out of any situation. Which, in fact, he has to do throughout the film, hiding alternately from the people of Lenny, then from the Russian mafia.
Toby Kebbell as Johnny
In the film “Rock and Roll”, the actors playing the roles of members of the “Wild Gang” are far from the only main characters. The plot constantly featured rock star Johnny Pound, who is constantly under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
According to the plot, Johnny performed by Toby Kebbell is the adopted son of the crime boss Lenny. Johnny starts his game: he pretends his own death, and then steals an expensive picture from the house of his adoptive father. Naturally, over time this becomes known, and the hunt begins for Johnny.
Actor Toby Kebbell earned a name for himself in collaboration with Guy Ritchie. He managed to get to the movie “Rock and Roll” only in the episode of Oliver Stone's film “Alexander” and in a couple of low-budget films. But after 2008, Toby played in the action movies Prince of Persia, Anger of the Titans, Counselor, as well as in the adventure films The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Fantastic Four. In 2016, he will appear in Timur Bekmambetov’s picture Ben-Hur.
Tom Wilkinson as Lenny
In the movie Rock and Roll, actors Tom Wilkinson and Mark Strong play two London mafiosi: Lenny, played by Wilkinson, is the "main", and Archie, played by Strong, is his assistant and confidant.
Lenny Cole agrees to help the Russian oligarch knock out land for the construction of the stadium for a fee of 7 million pounds. However, the Wild Gang steals this money. Moreover, the picture that the oligarch gave Lenny for a while disappears. In short, not the best days are coming for Cole.
In the final part of the picture, a dramatic turn takes place in the plot. Lenny practically reaches his goal: he gathers in one room both members of the Wild Gang, and Johnny, who stole a work of art. Cole is preparing to deal with them with the help of his assistant Archie, but it suddenly turns out that it was Lenny who “leaked” the police information, and it was through his fault that many of those present more than once went to jail. Then Archie eliminates his boss in a rage and releases the participants of the "Wild Gang".
Thandie Newton as Stella
Thandie Newton began her film career in 1991 with high-profile projects. First, she got the main role in the same film with Nicole Kidman - in the film "Flirt." Then she played in the same picture with Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt - "Interview with the Vampire." In 2000, Thandy met again on the same set with Tom Cruise, this time in the Mission Impossible-2 project. Newton got the role of Ethan Hunt's girlfriend - the scammer Nyei. Then the actress starred in the action movie with Vin Diesel ("The Chronicles of Riddick") and in the drama "Clash".
In Guy Ritchie's film, Thandy plays Stella. She is the accountant of the oligarch Yuri Omovich. The chief calls on her to “wash” seven million pounds for him. The woman promises her boss that she will do everything, and herself hires the Wild Gang in order to steal this money from Omovich. They succeed, and Stella gets his prize. However, in the finale of the picture she “punctured” the little things, and Omovich dealt with her.
Other role performers
The actors of the film "Rock and Roll" got a good job after filming in the project of Guy Ritchie. For example, the role of Archie - Mark Strong - before “Rock and Roll” interrupted his participation in low-budget films, but then he starred in the same picture of the same Richie “Sherlock Holmes”, in the drama “Young Victoria”, the action movie Ridley Scott “Robin Hood” "And the thriller" Spy, Get Out! ".
Idris Elba, who played Mamlu, soon after collaborating with Guy Ritchie got the main role in the film “Boy Raiders”, where Paul Walker (“Fast and the Furious”) became his partner in the set. In 2011, Idris gets into the project “Thor”, in 2012 - in “Prometheus”, and in 2013 gets the main role in the film “The Pacific Frontier”.
Tom Hardy also made a big leap forward: in 2010 he gets a role in Christopher Nolan's film “The Beginning”, in 2012 he plays the villain Bane in the film “The Dark Knight. The revival of the legend ”, in 2011 appears as the main character in the drama“ Warrior ”, and in 2015 plays Max in the action movie“ Mad Max: The Road of Fury ”.