How does The Firm differ from other films about football violence and, indeed, from the original?
Paul Anderson: I think it’s completely different from anything else that’s been made about the subject. Calum MacNab: I think the twist that this has got on it is that it’s not actually about someone who’s a particularly violent person. It’s not seen through Bex’s eyes [like the original]. It’s seen through Dom’s point of view, so has a completely different spin. It’s showing a completely different character. His journey is showing someone that’s not violent but who gets involved in it and how he reacts to the violent people that are around him. I would say it’s a bigger journey. Q. And Daniel? Daniel Mays: Not to compare it to other films, but out film is very character-led. This guy finds himself in over his head with a lot of these dangerous characters. The original focused more on the Bex character, played by Gary Oldman in the original… Dominic was very much a peripheral character then. So, the great thing about our version is that it’s really character-led and that drives the dra
