Ben Drew aka Plan B – Harry Brown Interview
Ben Drew aka Plan B Harry Brown Interview
I recently spoke to the Ben Drew aka Plan B (for the music heads) to talk on his role in Harry Brown, working with Michael Caine and his highly anticipated second album. Ben Drew is brilliant as Noel one of the reckless youths from Harry Browns`s (Sir Michael Caine) estate, Harry Brown is a retired Marine and a widower who lives alone on a depressed housing estate. His only company is his best friend Leonard (David Bradley). When Leonard is murdered by a gang of thugs, Harry feels compelled to act and is forced to dispense his own brand of justice. As he bids to clean up the run-down estate where he lives, his actions bring him into conflict with the police, led by investigating officer DCI Frampton (Emily Mortimer) and Charlie Creed-Miles.
Your character in the film is evil! How did you get into that mode?
Ben Drew: Come on, you know me bruv, I was a little bit like that when I was younger, not that bad, but I used to get up to a lot of madness so it wasn`t hard at all, a lot of the youngers act like that in my manor still so I took a bit of how they act and move with my character. To be honest without being big headed at all it wasn`t that hard you know, there were times when we didn`t completely go with the script so I used words that I would use in my manor or I`d hear the youngers use
There`s one scene in the film when your in the police station getting interrogated was one that one of them moments? Your character went off on one.
Ben Drew: (laughs) Yeah exactly, with that scene I had noticed Charlie (Creed-Miles) who plays the copper, he wasn`t going by the script and I hadn`t heard cut, so I went off on that as well and thought what could be the filthiest and nastiest things I could say. We just bounced of each other it was great. The experience was great you know I loved it, I learnt a lot.
How did you actually get involved with the film?
Ben Drew: The casting director of Adulthood, Adulthood got me the part really. The character is quite similar to him, he`s much more cockney though.
What was it like working with Michael Caine?
Ben Drew: The Mad thing is we never actually spoke to each other in the film, there`s no scene where we`re speaking. Every scene we`re either shooting at each other, running away or he`s chasing me. We don`t actually speak one to one in the film, we don`t actually exchange words, even at the end when we`re in the same room he doesn`t speak to me directly, he`s speaking to Sid (Liam Cunningham). We never say anything to each other, I guess because of that there wasn`t as much pressure, I didn`t have to shine if you know what I mean, it was quite good because I didn`t feel that pressure on me, if that makes sense
I hear that, with your music when can people expect a second album from you? You done the theme song to this with Chase & Status.
Ben Drew: That`s coming out early next year man, by the time this interviews up Zane Lowe should have played the single from that (Stay Too Long), it`s a concept album about a Motown singer who gets sent to jail for a crime he didn`t commit, it`s got Hip Hop in it, it`s got rapping in it but it`s a lot more singing, it`s all live, live band, strings, brass, it`s just a little project I`m doing next, it doesn`t mean I`ve turned my back on hip hop, it`s just another project, just like my film stuff, right now I`m doing this. Next year it`ll be something else
What else have you got lined up?
Ben Drew: I`ve got a brief cameo in Noel Clarke`s next film 4,3,2,1 I`ve only got a very small part in that, I done that really as a thank you for Adulthood. I haven`t got any other film parts lined up at the moment, just the album, it`s a big deal, I need to focus on it. I`m gonna be directing my own film I`ve written though, I`m just trying to get the finance for that really, the script was written two years ago, I shot a short film for it almost three years ago, I`ve been trying to get the film of the ground for a long time
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