Aidan Gillen set for DRIVER
DRIVER, penned by Patrick Ireland and Jessica Romagnoli, will bring together two of television’s most compelling performers in Dafne Keen and Aidan Gillen for what’s being billed as a charged exploration of London’s after-hours underworld. The film centers on Trey, a reclusive ex-con who’s carved out a solitary existence on the city’s margins, making his living as a night driver. His carefully maintained isolation begins to crack when he encounters Camden, played by Keen, a sharp and restless young woman navigating life as a call girl. What develops between them is described as a fragile bond that grows increasingly intimate, set against the backdrop of a city that never quite sleeps and the kind of nocturnal London that most people never see.
Keen has been building an impressive career since her childhood debut on THE REFUGEES in 2015, but it was her ferocious turn as Laura in LOGAN that announced her as a talent to watch. That 2017 X-Men film showcased her ability to convey both vulnerability and barely contained rage, a performance she revisited years later in DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE. Between those superhero appearances, she anchored the ambitious fantasy series HIS DARK MATERIALS as Lyra Belacqua and more recently appeared in the STAR WARS universe as Jecki Lon in THE ACOLYTE. Her trajectory suggests an actor unafraid of complex material and physically demanding roles, making her casting as Camden feel like a natural progression into grittier, more grounded territory.
Gillen brings decades of experience playing men operating in moral gray zones and wielding quiet power. From his breakout as Stuart Alan Jones in QUEER AS FOLK through his chilling portrayal of Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish across seven seasons of GAME OF THRONES, he’s proven adept at characters who survive through intelligence and adaptation. His work as John Boy in LOVE/HATE and Aberama Gold in PEAKY BLINDERS further cemented his ability to inhabit the criminal underworld with authenticity and surprising humanity. As Trey, he’ll likely draw on that entire reservoir of experience to create a character whose past weighs heavily but whose present offers the possibility of redemption or at least connection.
The premise of DRIVER taps into something quintessentially British while also feeling universal in its exploration of loneliness and the unexpected places people find intimacy. There’s something compelling about two people existing on society’s edges, both running from something or toward something, finding each other in the small hours when defenses are down and the city reveals its hidden face. The fact that it’s set specifically in London’s after-hours world suggests the filmmakers understand that the city itself will function as a third character, its nighttime geography shaping the relationship that develops between driver and passenger. With Keen’s proven ability to convey fierce independence and Gillen’s mastery of guarded complexity, DRIVER has the elements to become the kind of British crime film that lingers in the mind long after the credits roll.
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Lee Cronin—the visionary behind THE HOLE IN THE GROUND and EVIL DEAD RISE—is back with an audacious, twisted retelling that`s already getting rave reviews. A young girl vanishes for eight years. When she finally returns, what should be a joyful reunion becomes a living nightmare.
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DERRY GIRLS fans, BRIDGERTON obsessives, this is your moment!
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A must-watch for OUTLANDER fans!
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This is an actor who doesn`t perform. he breathes into the role. he becomes it. soul-deep, nuanced, the kind of characterisation that makes you forget you`re watching acting at all.
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