Those blue eyes! The surrounding features may have changed with the passing years, the hair above them turned into a silvery shock, but there’s no mistaking their mischievous glint. And whenever their owner’s smile bends into a smirk, you get a sudden flash of Alex DeLarge or Mick Travis.
We meet the man who killed Kirk in inauspicious surroundings: not just a dingy catering van, but one parked near a derelict, bird shit-encrusted Shredded Wheat factory. We’re on location for Truth Seekers, a new series from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, centered on Frost’s amateur ghost hunter. As Gus’s curmudgeonly dad Richard, introduced on a stairlift and prone to sitting about in his pants, McDowell is often the butt of the joke – but as our conversation makes clear, the actor clearly thinks ridicule is nothing to be scared of…
So how are you finding working in the disused Shredded Wheat factory?
It’s sort of sad in away. I mean, I guess this was the state of the art when it was built. But it’s an amazing place to shoot. I have to be honest, I never was that keen on Shredded Wheat myself – I found it rather dry…
You’ve worked with some incredible talents – …
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ANCER MAHAGEMENT
WITH A NEW TRILOGY IN SIGHT, WE SPEAK TO THE DIRECTOR OF 28 WEEKS LATER THE ORIGINAL CHILLING SEQUEL TO DANNY BOYLE'S SEMINAL SURVIVAL HORROR
WHO YA CONNA CALL?
BEHIND THE SCENES AT HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS FOR GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE
SPEAK OF THE DEVIL
THE DEVIL'S HOUR STRIKES TWICE AS THE GENREDEFYING DRAMA RETURNS
SCARRY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK
FROM THE RETURN OF EC COMICS TO SCREAM!, THIS YEAR'S HALLOWEEN OFFERS UP HORROR COMICS FOR ALL THE AGES
UNDEADS REFLECTIONS
NEIL JORDAN ON BRINGING ANNE RICE'S MODERN VAMPIRE CLASSIC TO SCREEN, 30 YEARS ON
MUNSTER MASH!
PRODUCTION HELL, SHOCK RECASTING AND HOTLY CONTESTED AUTHORSHIP. AS THE MUNSTERS CELEBRATE THEIR 60TH ANNIVERSARY, WE UNCOVER HOW THE SPOOKY SITCOM WAS ALMOST DEAD ON ARRIVAL
COMING TO AMERICA
THE MOGWAI LIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM IN THEIR SECOND CHAPTER, GREMLINS: THE WILD BATCH
BEING HUMAN EVOLUTION
IT MAY HAVE BEEN AN INSTANT HIT, BUT BBC THREE'S DARKLY COMIC DRAMA ABOUT A HOUSE-SHARING VAMPIRE/WEREWOLF/GHOST TRIO HAD A STRANGE JOURNEY TO THE SCREEN, SERIES CREATOR TOBY WHITHOUSE TELLS SFX
THE MAINE EVENT
THE DARK IS RISING IN SALEM'S LOT AS STEPHEN KING'S DEATHLESS TALE RETURNS TO THE SCREEN
WHY DON'T YOU STAY FOR A BITE?
THE VAMPIRE COMES HOME AS DIRECTOR EUROS LYN WELCOMES SFX TO HIS NEW DARK COMEDY THE RADLEYS