Have a Butcher's - The Making of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Marcus Stephen)(Paperback)

When Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was released in 1998, few would have prophesied the impact this low budget crime comedy would have. Almost overnight it became a cultural phenomenon, launched the careers of Guy Ritchie, Matthew Vaughn, and Jason Statham, among others, and spawned a television series and numerous British gangster film rip-offs in the process. Here, actor Stephen Marcus (Nick the Greek in the film) recounts the on-set dramas, the behind-the-scenes banter, his initial meeting with Guy Ritchie, the subsequent trips to Hollywood as the boys basked in critical acclaim, and the financial problems that were only solved when Sting and Trudie Styler came on board. In interviewing many of his co-stars, he remembers the making of a cult
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