a 17 year old professional 'Free Runner' from Glasgow
Who played one of the Seal Warriors in
The Eagle Of The Ninth
Peter wrote to tell me of his experience:
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I played one of the main Seal Warriors but I was ill through filming and was replaced, (which was annoying because I won’t be in anymore of the film).
But I was part of a group of 12 that came from Glasgow.
We traveled up on a coach and it took about 7 hours in total because we drove from Glasgowstraight to Achiltibuie.
We got our costumes fitted, then our heads shaved and then went back to the hotel.
We woke up at 4 am the next morning to go get costume paint and hair stuck on.
It was so cold for about 10 hours, waiting in that little white tent with only chairs and one hot air vent.
We finally went up to film about 4 o’clock in the afternoon after a long and cold wait.
When we got to the top of the hill we realized how big the village they had built was.
First we were made to run to the Seal Prince from all over the village - which given the muddy conditions - was pretty hard to do.
Sliding and falling I went over my ankle at a few points. Some people had dogs… all had spears and hatchets.
A few people got stabbed in the stomach…. The next day everything was good and the jokes were better.
Some of the Glasgow guys had Channing saying a famous Glasgow phrase "I’ll chib you, ya dobber".
Ha-ha,
Peter Adams