A FILM producer from High Hurstwood said landing a Page 3 beauty for his first big independent film is “like a dream come true”.
Glamour model Keeley Hazell has agreed to play the lead role in the flick dreamt up by Andy Brunskill and friend Reuben Grove.
Mr Brunskill, of Perrymans Lane, has been working in the film industry for five years assisting with feature films including Brick Lane and The Other Boleyn Girl.
Venus And The Sun will be the first film he has created independently with a “decent budget”.
He is working with Mr Grove, of Riverside in Forest Row, a friend from his school days, who created the script with Miss Hazell in mind.
Mr Brunskill said: “It’s a short film but it’s more of a larger scale short film. I had an inkling that Keeley might want to get into acting and I got a friend and colleague to come up with an idea and he came up with the fantastic Venus and the Sun.”
“We sent it out to her manager. They said they had loads of offers but there was something about this one that stood out, and it turned out Keeley did want to get into acting.”
The pair met with Miss Hazell and The Sun favourite agreed to take part.
The film will last about 15 minutes and shooting is expected to start on September 28, lasting around five days.
When complete it will be taken to a number of film festivals and will be available to buy on DVD as well as being distributed online.
Scenes will be shot in a variety of locations in London including The British Library.
The script sees Miss Hazell play herself; she takes up Latin as a hobby and finds it gives her magical powers, enabling her to ward off the attention from her adoring fans.
Mr Brunskill said: “It’s all about not pigeon-holing people and not stereotyping.”
Talking about landing the famous model for his film, Mr Brunskill said: “It’s fantastic, it’s like a dream come true really because it does give us the opportunity to get our film seen by a lot of people.
“I think it’s her first proper acting role and she is extremely committed, really up for it and working really hard as she is even having Latin coaching for Latin pronunciation.”
Find out more about the film at www.venusandthesun.com
She is one of the UK’s best-loved models and now Keeley Hazell appears in a gorgeous new PETA ad campaign, which features the tagline “Be Comfortable in Your Own Skin. Don’t Wear Fur”. In one ad, Hazell stands topless against a mirror with a blindfold over her eyes. In another ad, she is covered only by the stuffed toy cheetah in her hand.
shoots that I won’t wear fur. It’s never been a problem – after all, everyone from Stella McCartney and Vivienne Westwood to H&M and Topshop have no-fur policies. I like to support designers who are able to create fashionable and popular clothes without getting blood on their hands. … Fur is only beautiful when it’s on the original owner – the animal. Be comfortable in your own skin, and please let animals keep theirs”.
