According to the director of the film "Big Jackpot", the actors and their characters were forced to amuse the viewer in a tense atmosphere among criminal elements and danger.
About the film
Guy Ritchie surrounded the heroes with constant risk, he inlaid the picture with all the shades of the manifestations of the underworld in the frame. It all starts with a gang of robbers who will confront a very brutal criminal authority, and they will all contact the Irish gypsies in their field. According to the plot, the heroes are preparing their fighter for an illegal duel with large bets on both fighters, in the maelstrom of events it is difficult to predict who will remain cheated and who will take a big jackpot.
Much later, when the series “Big Jackpot” will be aired on the basis of the film, the actors and directors of the project will also try to keep such a booth with intrigue in the frame.
Alan Ford
The performer of the role of Brick in the comedy was born in 1938, Londoner Alan Ford attended acting classes at school age, he received a good education. Much later, he fell into the cage of multi-series projects on the television screen. He made his film debut when he was 59 years old. In the film "Big Jackpot" actors from Britain were less known than their American counterparts in the world. But in his homeland, Alan was rightfully considered a legend, and many would be proud of working with him on a common set. Guy Ritchie entrusted him with one of the roles, based on Ford's vast experience.
In the movie, the actor played only 16 major roles, but, in addition, he has long been shot on television and works on the theater stage. Alan is currently 79 years old.
Stephen Graham Kelly
In the work on the film "Big Jackpot", world-famous actors worked alongside newcomers, including Stephen among these newcomers. A day before the shooting, the guy would be happy to at least get the position of security guard on the set. But the director’s casual look at this guy predetermined his future fate. Kelly's appearance coincided with the filmmakers' views on the appearance of one of the heroes. So a young man with dreams of any income became a filming partner for famous movie stars with millions of royalties. It is worth noting that Stephen did not lose his chance.
British citizen Stephen Graham Kelly was born in 1973, he received a good education in his homeland. The guy after school studied art at a prestigious London college. After a fateful meeting with the director on the set, he made an acting debut, he was 27 years old.
For the comedy "Big Jackpot" (film 2001), the actors will collect a huge number of enthusiastic reviews from critics. The newcomer Stephen Graham Kelly, who had never played anything on stage or in the frame, heard a lot of laudatory words about himself.
Brad Pitt
Brad's success is even more impressive with an eye on his inglorious beginning of an acting career in a mascot costume of one of the Hollywood restaurant chains. The guy simply advertised someone’s product in the hope of any income at the end of the day. It is unlikely that in those difficult times, someone predicted a great acting future for him. But the circumstances were different; soon this young man will take the Golden Globe Award home and will receive an Oscar as a producer. In 2000, in the work on the film "Big Jackpot", actors from among the partners in the shooting will call his character the key in the film.
Brad Pitt was born into a very religious family, in 1963 a boy is born to a middle-income manager and his wife, a school teacher. In childhood and adolescence, he will attend several circles and sections at once, and after school he will go to a prestigious college. The guy will study to be a journalist, but will not work in his specialty. He settles in Hollywood and puts on a chicken costume as a live advertisement for a restaurant chain, but Brad will still attend acting classes.
At one of the countless castings, he is trusted to play a small cameo in the film. So the debut of the legend of world cinema took place , since then he will play in the most successful films with huge box office rentals for 30 years. On the set, the actors of the movie "Big Jackpot" did not hide their enthusiasm from working with a star of this magnitude. By that time, several masterpieces of world cinema had already accumulated in his track record. Now Brad is 53 years old.