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MAN UP A film by Ben Palmer (88 min., UK, 2015) Language: English

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LOGLINE When Nancy is mistaken for Jack’s blind date under the clock at Waterloo Station, she decides to take fate into her own hands and just go with it. What could possibly go wrong? MAN UP is an honest, heart-warming romantic comedy about taking chances and rolling with the consequences. One night, two people, on a first date like no other... SHORT SYNOPSIS Meet Nancy (Lake Bell): 34, single, hung-over, and exhausted by her well meaning but clueless friends’ continual matchmaking. 10 times bitten, 100 times shy, after an especially disastrous set-up at her friends’ engagement party, Nancy is basically done with dating. She’s reached the end of her rope, and is more than happy to hole up, seal up, and resign herself to a life alone. That is until Jack (Simon Pegg) mistakes Nancy for his blind date under the clock at Waterloo Station, and she does the unthinkable and just… goes with it. Because what if pretending to be someone else finally makes her man up, and become her painfully honest, awesomely unconventional, and slightly unstable true self? Best just to let the evening unfold, roll with the consequences, and see if one unpredictable, complicated, rather unique night can bring these two messy souls together. MAN UP is an honest, heart-warming screwball of a rom-com. A film about putting yourself out there, taking chances, and keeping a hold on that ever-diminishing glimmer of hope, no matter the shit life throws at you. LONG SYNOPSIS Meet Nancy (Lake Bell): 34, single, hung-over, and exhausted by her well meaning but clueless friends’ continual matchmaking. 10 times bitten, 100 times shy, after an especially disastrous set-up at her friends’ engagement party, Nancy is basically done with dating. She’s reached the end of her rope, and is more than happy to hole up, seal up, and resign herself to a life alone. That is until Jack (Simon Pegg) mistakes Nancy for his blind date under the clock at Waterloo Station. Charming, malfunctioning, a lovely if somewhat repressed man, still reeling from an ongoing divorce. And he’s not going to be helped by Nancy doing the unthinkable and going along with his mistake. After all, since she’s had no luck on any of her dates… where’s the harm in gate crashing somebody else’s? Lead the way, Jack. Which is how Nancy finds herself bar hopping across London, having more and more fun. Beginning with beers on the South Bank, which leads to shots in a Mexican Cantina; which leads to a highly competitive, sexually charged bowl-off at Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes. And as more and more drinks are had, more and more sparks fly, and Nancy can’t help but notice how well she’s doing – or, more specifically, how well “Jessica” is doing. But will Nancy ever find the right moment to come clean to Jack? Or will her cover be blown by Sean (Rory Kinnear), an amorous admirer from school, who’s now rather inconveniently a bartender at the bowling alley? Will a (sort of) chance encounter with Jack’s soon-to-be ex-wife and her new lover completely destabilise Jack? And, most importantly, will he have the sense to realise that Nancy might just be the woman he’s been looking for all this time?

The producers of Edgar Wright’s Cornetto Trilogy, Scott Pilgrim, Paul, Attack the Block, and Cuban Fury present an honest, heart-warming, screwball of a rom-com. A film about putting yourself out there, taking chances, and keeping a hold on that everdiminishing glimmer of hope, no matter the shit life throws at you. Because, sometimes….you’ve just got to Man Up. STARTING UP MAN UP Given that Man Up is a funny, rich, warm, life-affirming romantic comedy about the benefits of taking a risk in life - or, literally, ‘manning up’ - it’s somewhat apt that it began life as one of the biggest gambles known to the film industry: a spec script. Tess Morris began her career working on a number of television projects, but by her own admission, as she entered her thirties, she had yet to make the break into movies. “I had just moved back to my teenage bedroom, and I was about to turn 31,” she recalls. “I got to the point where I thought, if I wasn’t going to make money as a writer, what am I doing? A proper life crisis!” Then, a chance encounter with a stranger gave her an idea. “I was standing under a clock at Waterloo Station and this guy came up to me and said, ‘are you Claire?’ He thought I was his blind date. I said ‘no’, but then he walked away and I thought, ‘what if I’d said yes?’ There’s an idea!” Morris decided it was time to follow the advice of the title of her own script, and took time off to bash her idea into shape. When she finished, just three months later, there was only one British production company she wanted to send it to: Big Talk, the company behind iconic comedies like Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End. “I wrote it very much with Big Talk in mind,” says Morris. “I love Big Talk films, in terms of the sensibility and tone.” And when the script for Man Up landed on the desk of Big Talk’s Nira Park, it couldn’t have been better timed. “I’d seen Bridesmaids at the South By South West film festival and became completely obsessed with it,” says Park. “I organised a screening for Team Big Talk and said, ‘why can't we make a film like this, with a fantastic female character and a fantastic female voice?’ A week later the script arrived on our doorstep. That never happens. It never happens.” Park was impressed in particular by Nancy, the multi-layered, multi-faceted heroine of the piece. “It was a brilliant female character, written by a real person,” she says. “It wasn’t fantasy, just warts-and-all, and properly funny. We met Tess and really liked her, and got stuck in with another draft.” After a very quick, virtually unprecedented, period of development, Man Up was given the green light. Now all Park and her fellow producers, James Biddle and Rachael Prior, had to do was find a director, and two actors who could fill the key roles of Nancy and Jack, the blind date who may just change Nancy’s life.

MANNING MAN UP The role of Jack - the big-hearted recent divorcee who is deciding to get back out into the big wide world of romance with a blind date with a girl almost half his age - was a tricky one to fill. It needed an actor of considerable range, who could blend disarming

vulnerability with considerable comedic chops. Luckily, Big Talk had the perfect Jack right under its nose. “We were filming the finale of The World’s End, and I emailed it to Simon on December 22 at the end of the day,” says Park. “I said, ‘here’s a script. You don’t need to read it now - read it over your Christmas holidays.’ He literally wrote to me that night, about 10.30pm, saying ‘I’m in’.” For Pegg’s part, saying ‘yes’ to Man Up, as star and executive producer, was one of the easiest decisions of his career. “It had a lot to offer,” he says of the script. “It felt very fun and in some ways Jack is a light, conventional figure to play, but he’s complex. He’s trying to sell himself on a date, but at the same time he can’t help the bitterness seeping through the cracks and the obvious resentment towards his ex. It’s fun playing a character who has an agenda he’s not expressing but just having it bleed through in the eyes and in the sighs.” Soon after that, the manning up of Man Up continued apace when Ben Palmer came on board as director. Although he’d just worked with Big Talk on the television comedy Chickens, Palmer is perhaps best known as the man who helmed most of The Inbetweeners for Channel 4 and E4, as well as the little matter of The Inbetweeners Movie, the highest-grossing comedy of all time in the UK. Yet, rather than rushing straight into a project after that, Palmer took his time, moving back into television. “When The Inbetweeners was as successful as it was, there was a flood of scripts coming in from America, but they didn’t connect with me,” he says. “I just respond to the writing.” Which is exactly what happened with Man Up, which Palmer was unsure about until he picked up the script. “I started reading it on my phone!” he laughs. “I’m so used to reading a script and going, ‘no!’, after ten pages. But I started reading it at one in the morning and very quickly read half of it. It took me by surprise. It reminds me of the way the Americans would approach a comedy like this - there’s a sharpness of dialogue, and a sense of Bridesmaids in the set-pieces.” Male lead and director secured, other casting fell quickly into place, with the likes of Ken Stott and Harriet Walter as Nancy’s doting parents, Sharon Horgan as Nancy’s sister who is concerned her younger sibling is letting her life go to waste, Rory Kinnear as Sean, a dangerously deranged and quick-to-disrobe former school classmate/stalker of Nancy’s, Ophelia Lovibond as the boundlessly romantic Jessica, Jack’s real blind date, and Olivia Williams as Jack’s waspish ex-wife. There was just one problem: finding a Nancy was proving more difficult than envisaged. “We were a bit stuck for Nancy,” admits Pegg. “There were names in the air but it didn’t feel right, or it would mean adapting the script so she was American. We’d have to do some tenuous, painful and transparent fiddling so it would work like that! But then Lake Bell’s name came up, and she seemed the perfect choice. She’s proficient at voices accents are her thing - and all the pieces were there.” Bell had recently shown off her considerable abilities by writing, directing and starring in the US indie comedy, In A World…, where she played a woman trying to break into the world of voiceover artistes. It was a movie that showcased Bell’s formidable way with accents and voices - something that would come in handy for playing Nancy.

Initially, though, Bell, who had already read and loved the script, had given up hope of being able to bag the part, presuming it would go to a British actress. But her agent soon intervened. “He was like, ‘when has that ever stopped you from pursuing a part you like?’” she laughs. “It’s too much of a dream job. I’m too big a fan of Simon Pegg, and to shoot in London would be a dream come true. There’s no way I cannot allow myself to go down this path.” With Bell firmly on the agenda, Park took advantage of Pegg’s appearance on a US talk show, and flew out to LA, along with Morris, to audition the actress. It was love at first sight. “We all got into a hotel room and auditioned her,” recalls Park. “We chatted for about an hour, and it was like Simon and Lake had been friends forever. Within a couple of hours, we knew it was her.” Bell had actually studied drama in London, at Rose Bruford College, and based Nancy’s accent on many of the friends she made during her time there. “I wanted it to be an Estuary accent,” she says. “Not the Queen's English, and not South-East London, but somewhere in between. Your accent is a history of everywhere you’ve ever lived, and the most difficult thing with accents is to find a place where it feels real.” But there was more to Nancy for Bell than simply an astonishingly accurate accent. “My only criteria for Nancy was that she was someone that other women would want to go and get drunk with,” says Morris. And, while she admits that a lot of Nancy’s attributes and experiences are semi-autobiographical (“87% of it is based on me!”), Bell was also keen to plough her own furrow with the character. “Tess is this beautiful, smart, hilarious, self-proclaimed awkward girl, so it’s inevitable that I’m going to draw on that,” says Bell. “But I’m not Tess, so I have to do my own version of Nancy, who’s wonderfully layered and flawed and super-messy. I love her sweaty awkwardness, and her ability to bounce back. I’m not quite that much of a mess - I’ve got an infant and a husband - but I’m working on it!” With Nancy on board, it was finally time to Man Up. SHOOTING MAN UP Shooting on Man Up began in January of 2014 almost entirely on location in London, something on which Palmer and Park were very keen. “I wanted to find a little bit of cinematic scale, to open it out and see a bit of London,” says Palmer. “Not in a twee love letter to London sense, but I wanted to throw away the backdrops and make it feel as big as we can, and not create a glossy, twinkly, fairy light-lit London.” The director also wanted to make sure the movie, unlike certain Hollywood blockbusters you could name, was geographically accurate - for the most part, should you choose to, you could trace Nancy and Jack’s steps along the way as their blind date lurches from disaster to disaster, from the initial meeting on the South Bank to shots at a Mexican cantina in Soho and to bowling in Bloomsbury. “If you were going for a night out in London, you would go to Soho,” he says. “We wanted to make it feel as real as possible. It should have bustle, it should have life - I’m a Londoner, and this is where I would go.” Even the final scenes, which take place in the sort of leafy London suburb rarely glimpsed on film, largely eschewed sets, instead taking to the streets of Ealing for the scenes where Jack mans up and embarks upon the traditional eleventh hour rom-com run. “With Shaun of the Dead, we wanted to set it on the outskirts of London, the

London nobody sees,” says Pegg. “This is a lovely combination of the London everyone sees, the South Bank, and a London that few people see.” Apart from the prologue, where Nancy has a disastrous rendezvous with a guy at a party outside London, the film takes place over the course of a single night. “Man Up is like a comedy version of After Hours,” says Bell, citing the Martin Scorsese cult classic, in which Griffin Dunne gets into all manner of mishaps over the course of a single evening. “I genuinely like movies set over one night,” explains Morris. “Something has to keep happening, and I like the momentum of everything happening in one space. My 80s love is definitely there in terms of that - After Hours, Sixteen Candles, Ferris Bueller…” But it was another of Morris’ loves that drives Man Up, and established the film’s winning tone. It is, unabashedly, a romantic comedy in a time when rom-coms are perhaps regarded as a genre to be parodied and made fun of. “I’m a big rom-com geek, and it constantly gets a bad rep which really annoys me,” says Morris. “I have fights with people when they go, ‘what do you write?’ and I say ‘romantic comedy’, and they make a face. What, you don’t like Shaun Of The Dead? You don’t like Annie Hall? You don’t like When Harry Met Sally? Do you have no soul?” “It was very proudly a rom-com,” says Pegg, who famously co-wrote a rom-zom-com in Shaun Of The Dead. “It wasn’t the anti-rom-com, and was very honest about what it is in a way that was un-cynical, but still spiky. It’s not a total fairytale.” All romantic comedies live and die, of course, not just on the comedy, but on the romance, and the chemistry of the two leads, something that Pegg and Bell did not have to work on. Right from the first meeting in LA, through Skype rehearsals and the shoot itself, the duo clicked, adding the odd improvisation to Morris’ script (Pegg’s choked “I’m right on the edge here!” during his climactic heartfelt monologue was an ad-lib). “I think they’ve got chemistry,” laughs Rory Kinnear. “I think they’ve got physics, and I think they’ve got applied mathematics.” Which is doubly impressive when you consider that Bell was affecting an entirely different accent from the moment she set foot on British soil. “I don’t feel like I’ve ever met Lake, in a weird way,” laughs Pegg, a sentiment echoed by Park. “We didn’t hear her own accent until the last day,” she laughs. “In some ways, I don’t know that version of Lake!” On that last day, Bell actually ‘outed’ herself as an American to the crew at the wrap party, to less-than-auspicious results. “I started making a speech in my British accent and then slowly started using my American accent,” she giggles. “Most of them didn’t know I was American, and some of them were genuinely bewildered by it!” Pegg laughs when he recalls the incident. “It was meant to be a cute thing, but most people didn’t know she was American, and there was a sense of perplexed ill-will in the room! The crew were like, ‘who the hell are you?’ But, on the bright side, shouldn’t Bell take that as a compliment? “Yes,” she laughs. “That’s what I’ll do.”

CAST BIOGRAPHIES LAKE BELL – Nancy Director, writer and actor Lake Bell has proven herself a true triple threat in the entertainment industry. Lake will next be seen starring opposite Simon Pegg in the upcoming British romantic comedy Man Up, directed by Ben Palmer and written by Tess Morris. Lake will portray a single woman who is mistaken for a stranger’s blind date — leading to her finding the perfect boyfriend. Later this year, Lake will star alongside Owen Wilson and Pierce Brosnan in The Weinstein Company’s No Escape, an action thriller that tells the story of a businessman trapped with his family in a war zone area. The film is directed by John Erick Dowdle, and cowritten and produced by brother Drew Dowdle. The film is scheduled to be released on September 2, 2015. Lake is currently filming two projects; the first is Universal and Illumination Entertainment’s The Secret Life of Pets, where she stars opposite Louis C.K., Kevin Hart, Ellie Kemper, Eric Stonestreet, and Bobby Moynihan in the 3D animated comedy. She is also filming Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, a 2015 satirical comedy television series written by David Wain and Michael Showalter, and directed by Wain. The eightepisode Netflix series is a follow-up to the 2001 hit film by the same name. Lake will star alongside, Bradley Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, Kristen Wiig, Chris Pine, Randall Park, Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, John Hamm, John Slattery and Ken Marino. Further developing her role as director, Lake is currently in pre-production on The Emperor’s Children, an adaptation of the Claire Messud novel, which is being produced by Imagine Entertainment. The film is a comedy centered around three Brown University-educated people who are approaching the age of 30 in the months leading up to September 11. In 2014, Lake starred in the Disney film, Million Dollar Arm, directed by Craig Gillespie, where she starred opposite Jon Hamm, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston, Aziz Ansari and Suraj Sharma. The film follows the real life story of sports agent JB Bernstein (Hamm) who brings two 18-year-old Indian cricket players to the United States in hopes of having them sign a professional baseball contract. In 2013 the actress made waves at the Sundance film festival when she premiered her film, In A World… in which she wrote, directed, and acted in. The film received rave reviews and Bell won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. Lake received a number of nominations and awards for this film including an Independent Spirit Award nomination for "Best First Screenplay", the "New Voices in Screenwriting Award" at the Nantucket Film Festival, an American Comedy Award nomination for "Comedic Actress - Film", the Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for "Breakthrough Performance Behind the Camera", a Chicago Film Critics Association nomination for "Most Promising Filmmaker" and Alliance of Women Film Journalist nominations for "Best Women Director" and "Best Women Screenwriter" among others. The film was named one of the Top 10 Independent Films of 2013 by the National Board of Review, one of A.O. Scott's "honorary mention" best films of the year and the Washington Post's #12 film of the year. Roadside Attractions acquired U.S. rights and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions picked up international rights.

VARIETY's John Anderson said, "To call Lake Bell a magnetic, intelligent, blithely screwball leading lady in the Carole Lombard tradition might be selling her short. With "In a World … ," a rollicking laugher about the cutthroat voiceover biz in Los Angeles, she proves herself a comedy screenwriter to be reckoned with. She's also a curator of talent that makes her debut feature a giddy, inside-Hollywood romp.” At the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Bell was proud to have her first short film accepted. She wrote and directed the film, "Worst Enemy," which is a comedy about a female misanthrope (Michaela Watkins) who gets herself stuck in a full body girdle. "Worst Enemy" also played at the 2011 Nantucket Film Festival and she was awarded The Showtime Tony Cox Award for Screenwriting in a Short Film. Other film credits include: Black Rock opposite Kate Bosworth, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy alongside Jason Sudekis, Will Worte, Nick Kroll and Tyler Labine, No Strings Attached alongside Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher, Nancy Meyer's It's Complicated starring opposite Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, What Happens in Vegas opposite Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher, Pride and Glory opposite Colin Farrell, Over Her Dead Body opposite Paul Rudd, Christopher Landon's Burning Palms with Zoe Saldana, Little Murder opposite Terrence Howard and Josh Lucas, and the independent film Under Still Waters, for which she received the Newport Beach Film Festival award for "Outstanding Performance in Acting." On the small screen, Bell played Dr. Cat Black on the critically acclaimed Adult Swim series “Childrens Hospital,” created by Rob Corddry. In addition to appearing on the show, Bell directed several of its episodes. She also starred in season 2 of HBO's "How to Make It in America" opposite Bryan Greenberg and Victor Rasuk. Other television credits include NBC's "Surface," ABC's critically acclaimed drama "Boston Legal" opposite James Spader and William Shatner, and NBC's "Miss Match" opposite Alicia Silverstone. In addition, Bell starred opposite Jeff Goldblum in the NBC telefilm "War Stories" which followed journalists covering the civil war in Uzbekistan in the wake of the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan. As a writer, Bell was previously the Automotive Contributing Editor for The Hollywood Reporter where she penned her “Test Drive” column, which covered the glamorous wheels and auto-trends of Hollywood. She has reviewed the Maserati Gran Turismo, the Porsche Panerma 4S, the Jaguar XXR Coupe, the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe, Fiat 500, Porsche 911S, and the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Spyder. Bell completed her four years of drama conservatory training in London at The Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama. She also received certification from the British Academy of Dramatic Combat for sword, dagger, and rapier. Her conservatory theatre credits include "The Seagull," "Six Degrees of Separation," "The Children's Hour" and "The Pentecost." Bell was born in New York City and currently splits her time between New York and Los Angeles. SIMON PEGG – Jack Simon Pegg co-wrote and co-starred (as Tim Bisley) in the worldwide acclaimed, cult television show ‘Spaced.’ After two groundbreaking seasons, he moved on to develop and co-write, with Edgar Wright, the critically praised feature Shaun of the Dead,

starring as the eponymous hero, Shaun. The film has since been voted one of the Best British Comedies ever made by many, including Empire magazine and Channel 4. After conquering zombies, award ceremonies and the USA, Pegg and Wright reprised their debut movie success with the smash-hit follow-up feature, Hot Fuzz in which Pegg starred as über cop Nicholas Angel. Pegg then went on to star in the David Schwimmer-directed feature film, Run Fatboy Run, and as the anti-hero, Sidney Young, in How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, alongside Kirsten Dunst and Jeff Bridges. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost returned to the screen together in their co-written feature film Paul, with a cast including Seth Rogan and Sigourney Weaver and also completed the final installment of their ‘Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy’ in style with The Worlds End, once again directed by Edgar Wright and receiving unanimous critical acclaim worldwide. Pegg’s other notable credits include Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tin Tin: The Secret of the Unicorn; John Landis’ Burke & Hare; voicing ‘Reepicheep’ in The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader; and ‘Buck’ in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Simon was also seen boldly going into the J.J. Abrams-directed global hits Star Trek, and Star Trek: Into Darkness playing the iconic role of Montgomery Scott (“Scotty”) and reprised his Mission: Impossible III role of Benji Dunn in the 2012 worldwide smash hit film, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. Simon has three releases scheduled for 2015, kicking off with the much talked about Big Talk production, Man Up, starring alongside Lake Bell, the Terry Jones comedy Absolutely Anything and is also in the final stages of shooting Mission Impossible 5, slated for a late July release. The rest of 2015 will see him co-writing, as well as once again starring in the third installment of Star Trek. RORY KINNEAR – Sean LAMDA alumnus, Rory Kinnear is best known for playing Bill Tanner in the James Bond films Quantum of Solace and Skyfall. He won the BIFA for Best Supporting Actor in Rufus Norris’ Broken which co-starred Tim Roth and Cillian Murphy. Other notable film roles include starring in Morten Tyldum’s critically acclaimed The Imitation Game alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, Salsa comedy Cuban Fury, Wild Target and Trespass Against Us which co-stars Michael Fassbender and Brendan Gleeson. Having worked extensively in theatre, Rory won the 2014 Olivier Award for Best Actor and Critics’ Circle Award for his portrayal of Iago in 'Othello', also scooping the Best Actor accolade at the 2013 Evening Standard Awards for this performance too. Other notable achievements include winning Evening Standard’s Best Actor Award in 2010 for 'Hamlet', the Ian Charleson Award in 2007 for his performances in two separate plays 'Philistines' and 'The Man of Mode', as well as winning the 2007 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor in 'The Man of The Mode' too. Rory has worked with The National Theatre, starring in the following plays; work with the Royal Shakespeare Company includes 'The Taming of the Shrew', 'The Tamer Tamed' and 'Cymbeline'. As well as starring in the following productions 'Measure for Measure' with the Almeida Theatre, 'Mary Stuart' at the Donmar Warehouse and Apollo

Theatre, 'Festen' at the Lyric Theatre and The Old Vic’s 'Hamlet'. A noticeable presence in the TV world, Rory has starred in 'Southcliffe', 'Penny Dreadful', 'The Casual Vacancy', 'Lucan', 'Count Arthur Strong', 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood', 'Loving Miss Hatto', 'Richard II', 'Black Mirror', 'Women in Love', 'Lennon Naked', 'The First Men in the Moon', 'Vexed', 'Cranford' and 'The Thick of It'. SHARON HORGAN – Elaine Sharon Horgan is an Irish actress, writer and director. Her BBC show, ‘Pulling’, was nominated for the BAFTA for Best Sitcom with Series 2 winning Sharon the British Comedy Award for Best Television Comedy Actress. She has created, written and starred in comedy shows, including ‘Angelo’s’ (C5), ‘Free Agents’ (C4) and ‘Dead Boss’ (BBC), and many US pilots including ‘Bad Management, Bad Mom’ and Executive Producing a remake of ‘Pulling’. Her other acting credits include: The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret (IFC), Psychobitches (Sky Arts), The Borrowers (BBC 1), Moving On (BBC 1) and Bad Sugar (C4). Film work includes Run and Jump, Death Of A Superhero, and Man Up. Sharon’s directorial debut The Week Before Christmas won The Outstanding Achievement Award at the International 3D Awards. Sharon is currently writing the second series of the recent Channel 4 hit sitcom ‘Catastrophe’, with Rob Delaney, in which they will both co-star and which her tv company Merman co-produces. She is also filming ‘Divorce’, a pilot she’s written for HBO, starring Sarah Jessica Parker. PAUL THORNLEY – Adam Paul has worked extensively in theatre, television and film. He played the role of Dodge in ‘London Road’ at The National Theatre, he went on to play the same character in the film version of London Road directed by Rufus Norris which will be released later this year. Other work for the National Theatre includes ‘Noises Off’, which transferred to the West End and ‘The Miracle’. More notable theatre work includes ‘A Chorus of Disapproval’ directed by Trevor Nunn for the West End, ‘In The Red and Brown Water’ for the Young Vic, ‘Private Fears in Public Places’ directed by Alan Aykbourn which went on to play at the Brits Off Broadway season in New York and playing the lead role of George in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’. Television work includes three series of ‘Life Begins’ for Granada where he played Caroline Quentin’s boss in the local travel agency and more recently ‘Trollied’, ‘Big Bad World’, ‘By Any Means’, ‘Above Suspicion’, ‘Poirot’, ‘Green Wing’, ‘Foyles War’, ‘Mutual Friends’, ‘Murderland’, ‘Silk’, I’n Dalston’, ‘Ashes To Ashes’, ‘Rapunzel’, ‘Death Becomes Him’, ‘The Brief – Road to Hell’. He is about to film a guest lead in an episode of ‘Doc Martin’. Other Films include Man up, Metamorphosis, The Somnambulists, Broken, Les Miserables, Camera Trap and most recently Grimsby the new Sacha Baron Cohen film due for release in 2016. KEN STOTT – Bert Ken Stott has received four Best Actor Olivier Award Nominations for his work at the National Theatre and the West End in 'The Recruiting Officer', 'The Prince's Play', 'Broken Glass' (for which he won Best Actor in a Supporting Role) 'A View from the Bridge', 'God

of Carnage' and 'Uncle Vanya'. Ken has also appeared at the National Theatre in plays such as 'Three Men on a Horse', 'The Tempest' and 'The Winter's Tale'. Ken's work in film and television is vast and varied. His film credits include the Oscar nominated Tolkien trilogy The Hobbit directed by Peter Jackson, independent feature A Hundred Streets alongside Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton, Mike Nichols’ feature for Universal – Charlie Wilson's War alongside Tom Hanks, The Chronicles Of Narnia, The Boxer, Shallow Grave and Queen and Country to name but a few. Ken's television credits range from Tom Shankland directed BBC Series 'The Missing', Martina Cole East End underworld adaptation 'The Runaway' for Sky, BBC Films' 'Toast' alongside Helena Bonham Carter, Freddie Highmore and Victoria Hamilton, his BAFTA winning performance in the BBC's biographical 'Hancock & Joan' which he starred in alongside Maxine Peake, his series lead role in Ian Rankin penned Scottish crime drama 'Rebus', his lead role in multiple mini-series' of BBC's 'Messiah' and his BAFTA nominated performance as lead character DI Pat Chappel in ITV police drama 'The Vice'. Ken is currently filming the BBC’s ‘An Inspector Calls’. HARRIET WALTER – Fran Since training at LAMDA, Harriet has worked extensively in theatre, television, film and radio. She recently starred in ‘Boa’ at Trafalgar Studios and at the end of last year completed her run in the starring role in Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female production of ‘Henry IV’ at the Donmar Warehouse. This followed on from her success at the beginning of 2013 playing the role of ‘Brutus’ in Lloyd’s Julius Caesar, a role she reprised in New York at the St Ann's Warehouse in October last year. In 2010 she was Livia in ‘Women Beware Women’ at the NT. Of her many roles with the RSC, where she is an Associate Artist, the most recent have been Cleopatra in ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ alongside Patrick Stewart, Beatrice in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ and Lady Macbeth opposite Anthony Sher, all directed by Gregory Doran. Harriet won the Evening Standard Award for her role as Elizabeth in Phyllida Lloyd’s production of Schiller’s ‘Mary Stuart’ and a Tony nomination when the production transferred to Broadway in 2009. She is best known on TV as Harriet Vane in the ‘Lord Peter Wimse’y series, and more recently as D.I. Natalie Chandler in ‘Law and Order: UK’. She also appeared in the most recent series of Julian Fellowes’ hit series ‘Downton Abbey’ and will be reprising her role in Season 5. Harriet will take on a lead role in the upcoming BBC series London Spy opposite Ben Whishaw and Jim Broadbent. Recent film roles include Saul Dibb’s Suite Francaise alongside Michelle Williams and Kristin Scott Thomas and Man Up alongside Simon Pegg and Lake Bell. She most recently appeared in the Academy Award-nominated A Royal Affair. Other film credits include Young Victoria, Atonement, Babel, Bright Young Things, Sense and Sensibility and Louis Malle’s Milou et Mai. Harriet has also published three books, Other People’s Shoes, Macbeth for the Faber series ‘Actors on Shakespeare’ and recently a photography book Facing It: reflections on images of older women. Harriet was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Birmingham University (2000) a CBE in 2000, and a DBE in the 2011 New Year’s Honours List.

OLIVIA WILLIAMS – Hilary Educated at Cambridge University and The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Olivia Williams is best known to international audiences for her starring roles in The Sixth Sense and Wes Anderson's Rushmore. Her extensive film credits include Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer for which she won both the US and UK Critics awards for Best Supporting Actress, The Heart of Me, for which she was named Best Actress at the British Independent Film Awards and the Oscar-nominated release An Education, which garnered a SAG nomination for Best Ensemble Cast. In 2013 and 2014 Williams joined the ensemble casts of David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars, and The Last Days on Mars which was chosen for the Cannes Directors' Fortnight. She took the lead in David Ayer's Sabotage and a role in the Seventh Son. She has worked twice with Joe Wright: in Hanna and Anna Karenina. Other notable film roles include Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Hyde Park on Hudson and Peter Pan. Williams has also appeared in Born Romantic, The Body, To Kill A King, Flashbacks of a Fool and The Man from Elysian Fields. In addition, she has voiced lead characters in the animated film Justin and the Knights of Valour and Valiant. She can currently be seen in Sam Shaw's critically acclaimed TV series ‘Manhattan’, and in nineteen episodes of Joss Whedon's ‘Dollhouse.' Other TV roles include David Hare's Worricker trilogy, the title role of the BBC biographical drama ‘Miss Austen Regrets’ with Hugh Bonneville, based on the life and letters of Jane Austen, and the title role in the BBC drama ‘Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures.' For two seasons she headed ITV's ‘Case Sensitive’ as D.I. Charlie Zailer. On stage, Williams has worked at both the National Theatre (‘Love's Labours Lost’, ‘Richard III’) and the RSC (‘The Broken Heart’, ‘Misha's Party’, ‘The Wives' Excuse’), appeared at the Donmar Warehouse in ‘Hotel in Amsterdam’ and starred in Cheek by Jowl's ‘The Changeling’ with Tom Hiddleston as the lover. Williams created the roles of Kitty in Lucinda Coxon's new play 'Happy Now?' and Betty in Neil La Bute's ‘In A Forest Dark and Deep’ in London's West End and revived Trevor Nunn's production of Bergman's 'Scenes from a Marriage' to excellent reviews. STEPHEN CAMPBELL MOORE – Ed Stephen Campbell Moore graduated from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1999 where he was awarded the Gold Medal for his accomplishments. His debut film performance was as the lead in Stephen Fry’s Bright Young Things opposite Emily Mortimer and he reprised his role of Irwin in the film adaptation of The History Boys, having played the same role in the original production of the Olivier Award and Tony Award winning play alongside James Corden and Dominic Cooper. Other films include, Jonny English Reborn, Season of the Witch, A Good Woman, A Short Stay in Switzerland. Upcoming film projects due for release in 2015 include; The Ones Below, Moonwalkers and the currently untitled John Wells Project opposite Bradley Cooper. Stephen has recently starred in 'Our Zoo' recreating the founding days of Chester Zoo and the BAFTA Award winning 'Complicit'. Other TV credits include 'The Wrong Mans', 'Titanic', 'Hunted', 'Sleepyhead', 'Ben Hur', 'Wallis' and 'Edward', 'He Knew He Was Right', 'Byron' and the upcoming BBC film 'The Go Between'. Stephen has performed in some of the most renowned London theatres with some of our most distinguished directors including: Nick Hytner in 'The History Boys' at The

National; Josie Rourke in 'Berenice' at The Donmar; Dominic Cook in 'Clydebourne Park' and Howard Davies in 'All My Sons', both in the West End. He also starred in 'Chimerica', one of London's most successful shows. It transferred from the Almeida Theatre to the Harold Pinter theatre with 5 star reviews across the board. Ophelia Lovibond - Jessica Ophelia was just 14 years old when she secured her first professional role in the Channel 4 sitcom, ‘The Wilsons’. In 2005, Ophelia made her film debut in Roman Polanski’s award winning adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, Oliver Twist. In 2009, she starred in Sam Taylor-Johnson’s directorial debut Nowhere Boy, a biopic about John Lennon's adolescence. Ophelia played Marie Kennedy, John Lennon’s girlfriend alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas and Anne-Marie Duff. The film was nominated for four British Academy Film Awards, six British Independent Film Awards and sixteen other film awards. In 2010 Ophelia appeared in Chatroom, a British thriller about five teenagers who meet on the internet and encourage each other's bad behaviour. Ophelia starred with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Imogen Poots and Tuppence Middleton. Ophelia was also seen in London Boulevard, a 2010 British film noir featuring Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley and Ray Winstone. Ophelia also took on a leading role in British crime thriller, 4.3.2.1, co-directed, co-produced and starring Noel Clarke. Ophelia appeared alongside Emma Roberts, Tamsin Egerton and Adam Deacon. In 2011, Ophelia had a supporting role in American romantic comedy and box office hit, No Strings Attached starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher. Following this, Ophelia was seen in Mr. Popper’s Penguins an American family comedy starring Jim Carrey. Ophelia appeared in A Single Shot, a 2013 crime drama-thriller featuring Sam Rockwell, Kelly Reilly and Jason Isaacs. Ophelia starred opposite Tom Hughes and Antonia Thomas in warped urban comedy; Eight Minutes Idle, based on Matt Thorne's award-winning novel about life in a call centre. Ophelia was also seen in the first episode of BBC2’s ‘Inside Number 9’, a gothic comedy series with Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton and in BBC2’s comedy series ‘W1A’, the follow-up to multi-BAFTA-winning comedy series, ‘Twenty Twelve’ featuring Hugh Bonneville and Jessica Hynes. Last May Ophelia starred as an American Haight and Ashbury Girl in the Sky Atlantic six-part comedy series, ‘Mr Sloane’ alongside Nick Frost and Olivia Colman. The bittersweet 1960s-set romantic comedy was written and directed by Robert B. Weide (‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’). The series received excellent reviews, with Ophelia commended for her “excellent turn” (The Times). Ophelia was most recently seen in James Gunn’s American superhero film Guardians of The Galaxy, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Ophelia played the character, ‘Carina Walters’, The Collector's aide. The film featured an ensemble cast including Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Karen Gillan, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, and Benicio del Toro. Guardians of The Galaxy became the third highest-grossing Marvel Studios film at the domestic box office. Ophelia can currently be seen in the third series of Emmy nominated CBS/Sky Living drama ‘Elementary’, a modern take on the cases of Sherlock Holmes, with the detective now living in New York City. Ophelia plays the recurring role of ‘Kitty Winter’, Sherlock’s new protégé. Ophelia stars opposite Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu. Ophelia will next be seen reprising her role as Izzy in the highly anticipated second series of ‘W1A’. This May Ophelia will star in a supporting role in in the indie romantic comedy Man Up, opposite Simon Pegg and Lake Bell.

CREW BIOGRAPHIES BEN PALMER – Director Ben Palmer's early career is defined by collaborations with emerging comedic talents including Russell Brand, Leigh Francis and Kristen Schaal, and early success on shows such as the BAFTA-nominated and British Comedy Award winner 'Bo'Selecta', and the BAFTA-nominated 'Star Stories'. Ben directed several pilots, including C4's 'The Inbetweeners', which he then helmed through its phenomenally successful 2nd and 3rd series - the show won several awards at the BAFTA, National Television, Broadcast, and British Comedy Awards, and won the Rose d'Or. In 2011, The Inbetweeners Movie took a record £36m at the domestic box office, $80m+ worldwide, and won 'Best Comedy Film' at the Empire Movie Awards in 2012. The film's success confirmed Ben as one of the most in-demand comedy directors in the UK and he continued to make comedy shows such as the Milton Jones-starrer 'House of Rooms', Bain & Armstrong's telenovela-satire and cult classic 'Bad Sugar', and Company Pictures 'London Irish'. He also directed the whole series of 'Chickens' for Big Talk and Sky. Ben is currently directing ‘SunTrap’ a new series for the BBC through his production company Happy Tramp which he co-founded with Neil Webster. ‘SunTrap’ stars Kayvan Novak and Bradley Walsh and is due to air in 2015. TESS MORRIS – Writer Tess Morris has been writing since she could walk (not 100% true) and her first words were 'Elvis is the King!' (100% true). Her latest screenplay, the romantic comedy Man Up, made the 2011 Brit List and was picked up by Big Talk Pictures, co-produced by Studio Canal and BBC Films. Tess currently has two further projects in development with Big Talk. In 1997, she won the Lloyds Bank/Channel Four Film Challenge for her short film Beer Goggles, and in 2008 she was chosen for the BFI/Skillset Think Shoot Distribute Scheme for emerging talent in the British Film Industry, which further proves the theory that there is no such thing as an overnight success. She has previously written for 'Hollyoaks' and 'My Family', worked extensively as a script editor with 'Seinfield' writer Tom Leopold, and also lectures on comedy and screenwriting for the Arvon Foundation and Royal Holloway University. NIRA PARK – Producer Nira Park founded Big Talk in 1995, following her time at Comic Strip and producing music videos and commercials. She is best known for her collaborations with Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, having produced both series of Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes’ award-winning comedy series ‘Spaced’, directed by Edgar Wright. For television, she also produced all three series of the double BAFTA award-winning sitcom ‘Black Books’. Following the success of ‘Spaced’, Nira’s relationship as Wright’s producing partner was cemented with the 2003 release of cult-comedy, Shaun of the Dead, for which she received a Carl Foreman Award nomination at BAFTA. The first instalment of Wright’s iconic Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy starring Simon and Nick Frost, Shaun was followed by 2007 hit Hot Fuzz, and 2013’s critically acclaimed The World’s End. The three films combined have amassed a box office of over $150 million.

Outside of the Cornetto Trilogy, her relationship with Wright, Pegg and Frost has seen a further three films released internationally: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World was written and directed by Wright and starred Michael Cera in 2010; the Working Title/Universal film Paul was directed by Greg Mottola, written by and starred Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in 2011; and Cuban Fury, which was directed by James Griffiths, written by Jon Brown, and starred Nick Frost, Chris O’Dowd, Rashida Jones, Ian McShane and Olivia Colman in 2014. Park continues to be a champion of emerging as well as established talent, having produced Joe Cornish’s SXSW audience-award winning 2011 debut feature Attack the Block, Ben Wheatley’s 2012 Cannes-premiered black-comedy Sightseers, and Jeremy Lovering’s psychological horror In Fear, which had its world premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival before being released internationally to critical acclaim. Currently, Nira is producing Sacha Baron Cohen’s new action-comedy Grimsby, directed by Louis Leterrier for Sony, Joe Cornish’s second feature Section 6 for Universal, and Edgar Wright’s latest movie Baby Driver. JAMES BIDDLE – Producer Man Up is James' third film as a Producer. He started in the industry as a freelancer in the production offices of films such as In Bruges, Lord of War, The Boat That Rocked and The History Boys. He first met Nira Park in 2003 as Production Coordinator on cult classic Shaun of the Dead, and later as the Production Manager on Edgar Wright & Simon Pegg's hugely successful follow up, Hot Fuzz. Following the expansion of Nira's company, Big Talk Pictures, in 2009, James has been an integral part of the team. He line produced Joe Cornish's award winning sci fi comedy Attack The Block and coproduced the critically acclaimed serial killer comedy Sightseers, directed by Ben Wheatley. James then partnered with Nira in producing Jeremy Lovering's highly acclaimed psychological horror In Fear followed by the dance comedy, Cuban Fury, which starred Nick Frost, Chris O'Dowd, Olivia Coleman and Rashida Jones. James has also worked as an Executive Producer on The World's End - the final part of Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's hugely popular trilogy - and most recently on Grimsby, Sacha Baron Cohen's highly anticipated spy action comedy, which is being released by Sony Pictures in 2016. RACHAEL PRIOR – Producer Rachael joined Big Talk Pictures as Head of Development in 2009 having previously worked for 12 years as Development Executive at Working Title Films. Since then she has built a slate of projects under Big Talk’s then joint first look deal with StudioCanal and Film4, through which Joe Cornish’s Attack The Block, Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers (Empire’s Best British Film of 2013), Jeremy Lovering’s Sundance premiering psychological horror In Fear and James Griffith's Cuban Fury were produced and released. In 2013 Rachael finished what she started in 2004 on Shaun of The Dead by overseeing development of Edgar Wright’s final film in his ‘Blood & Ice-Cream Trilogy’ The World’s End, starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan, Paddy Considine and Rosamund Pike.

Big Talk Pictures have a number of projects slated for production this year including Edgar Wright's Baby Driver with Working Title, MRC & Sony, Aaron Berg's Blacklist topper Section 6 to be directed by Joe Cornish, supernatural horror Off Season by BAFTA nominated writer & director Jonathan van Tulleken and family comedy Kidnapped By The Kids by writer Will Davies & to be directed by Ben Palmer. DICK LUNN - Production Designer Dick Lunn has worked across numerous productions as Production Designer and Art Director including the films Cuban Fury, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, The Inbetweeners Movie, Attack The Block, Hot Fuzz, Four Lions and the upcoming film The Survivalist. His extensive TV credits include Production Design for the series ‘Humans’, ‘The Job Lot’, ‘Bad Sugar’, ‘Free Agents’, ‘No Heroics’, ‘Man Stroke Woman II’, Simon Pegg’s ‘Spaced II’ and Art Direction for British comedy series ‘The IT Crowd’, ‘The Mighty Boosh’, ‘Black Books 1’ and ‘Jam’. ANDREW DUNN - Director of Photography Andrew Dunn BSC is a BAFTA award-winning cinematographer, receiving the BAFTA for Best Film Cameraman three times for his work in the 80s on ‘Threads’, ‘Edge of Darkness’ and ‘Tumbledown’. He has been Director of Photography on a wealth of films working with many of the industry’s most respected directors including Stephen Frears, Richard Eyre, Lee Daniels, Martin Campbell, Robert Altman, Mick Jackson, Bill Forsyth, Dennis Potter and Nicolas Hytner. Andrew was BAFTA nominated for The Madness of King George, and won the British Society of Cinematographer’s Award and The London Evening Standard Award for his work on the film. He shot the Oscar nominated dramas Gosford Park and Precious. Other notable credits include L.A. Story, The Bodyguard, Hitch, Sweet Home Alabama, The History Boys, Miss Potter, Crazy, Stupid, Love, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, The Butler, Hello Carter, Effie Gray and the upcoming The Lady in The Van. Theo Park – Casting director Theo comes from a background in production (‘Black Books’, ‘Spaced’) and within a talent agency. Now part of the team at Nina Gold, Theo has cast such wide and varied projects as Ron Howard’s Rush, Ben Wheatley's Sightseers, Cuban Fury, Paddington and Thomas Vinterberg’s Far From The Madding Crowd. Recent credits include High-Rise (again with director Ben Wheatley), Ridley Scott's The Martian and JJ Abrams Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens. SUZIE HARMAN – Costume Designer Since 1999 London based costume designer Suzie Harman has designed and assistant designed many British and international films, commercials, TV series and photoshoots, working with directors including Guy Ritchie Hugo Blick, Ol Parker, Sir Kenneth Brannagh, Paul Greengrass and Alejandro Inarittu. Recently Suzie designed Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank starring Michael Fassbender and Gerard Johnsons’ Hyena for Number 9 Films and Film4. Suzie has recently completed work on Andrew Haigh’s new film 45 Years starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom

Courtenay. Her styling work has been published in Vanity Fair and Vogue, and her work on screen has been reviewed by the New York Times and Elle magazine. PAUL MACHLISS – Editor Paul Machliss’ editing credits include The World’s End and earlier collaborations with Edgar Wright on both seasons of the TV show ‘Spaced’ and the film Scott Pilgrim vs The World, for which he and co-editor Jonathan Amos won the San Diego Film Critics Society award for Best Editing, as well as award nominations from the American Cinemas Editors (ACE) and Online Film Critics Society. A native of Australia, Paul Machliss has lived and worked in the UK for many years. He has edited many of the country’s most popular sitcoms, including the BAFTA Award winners ‘Black Books’, ‘Peep Show’ and ‘The IT Crowd’ and episodes of such acclaimed dramas as ‘The Hour’. Paul has enjoyed frequent collaborations with notable UK comedy directors, writers and performers including Dylan Moran, Peter Serafinowicz, Paul King, Ricky Tomlinson, Paul Kaye and Simon Pegg. His extensive documentary credits include coverage of music festivals and live concert performances from such artists as Led Zeppelin, Diana Krall and the Pet Shop Boys. DICKON HINCHLIFFE – Composer Dickon is a founder member of the British band ‘Tindersticks’. He began scoring films with the acclaimed French director Claire Denis for the films Nenette et Boni, Trouble Every Day and Vendredi Soir. In 2004 Dickon composed the score to Ira Sach’s Forty Shades of Blue which won the Grand Jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival. He then wrote the music to the British comedy Keeping Mum before working with Ira Sachs again on the period drama Married Life. His next films were the Golden Globe nominated Last Chance Harvey and Cold Souls, directed by Sophie Barthes. He was then involved in his first collaboration with James Marsh on C4’s highly acclaimed ‘Red Riding – 1980’. In 2009 Dickon composed the score to Winter’s Bone, directed by Debra Granik, which was nominated for four Oscars including Best Picture. Later that year he scored Mitch Glazer’s Passion Play and the Michael Mann production The Texas Killing Fields directed by Ami Mann. Dickon worked with James Marsh again on the documentary Project Nim and he scored the pilot of the HBO series ‘Luck’ directed by Michael Mann, as well as Oren Moverman’s Rampart. Following on from this he scored James Marsh’s feature Shadow Dancer, and Ramin Bahrani’s At Any Price. Early in 2013 Dickon scored Scott Cooper’s second feature film Out of the Furnace, and most recently he scored Liza Johnson’s Hateship Loveship and Steven Knight’s Locke starring Tom Hardy.

CREDITS STUDIOCANAL and BBC Films present A Big Talk Pictures production LAKE BELL SIMON PEGG RORY KINNEAR KEN STOTT HARRIET WALTER OLIVIA WILLIAMS SHARON HORGAN OPHELIA LOVIBOND STEPHEN CAMPBELL-MOORE Directed by BEN PALMER Written by TESS MORRIS Produced by NIRA PARK JAMES BIDDLE RACHAEL PRIOR Executive Producers MATTHEW JUSTICE SIMON PEGG DAN CHEESBROUGH JENNY BORGARS DANNY PERKINS CHRISTINE LANGAN JOE OPPENHEIMER Director of Photography ANDREW DUNN BSC Production Designer DICK LUNN Editor PAUL MACHLISS, A.C.E. Costume Designer SUZIE HARMAN Make Up and Hair Designer JANE WALKER

Music by DICKON HINCHLIFFE Music Supervisor NICK ANGEL Line Producer DANNY GULLIVER Casting Director THEO PARK

CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE Dom KEIR CHARLES Katie PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE Nancy LAKE BELL Ryan ROBERT WILFORT Jessica OPHELIA LOVIBOND Elaine SHARON HORGAN Adam PAUL THORNLEY Jack SIMON PEGG Bert KEN STOTT Fran HARRIET WALTER Daniel HENRY LLOYD-HUGHES Sean RORY KINNEAR Cloakroom Attendant JAMES OLIVER REILLY Hilary OLIVIA WILLIAMS Ed STEPHEN CAMPBELL MOORE Man In Toilet *1 JACK WHITAM Man In Toilet *2 OLIVER LANSLEY Man In Toilet *3 STEVE ORAM Sophie SIMONA BROWN Essie MAYA HENSON Harry DEAN-CHARLES CHAPMAN Stunt Coordinator PAUL KENNINGTON STUNTS GENEVIEVE AITKEN, LLOYD BASS, ANNABEL CANAVEN, BEN DIMMOCK MARK "FRANKLIN" HENSON, RORY MULROE, CHRIS POLLARD, MARLOW WARRINGTON-MATTEI Dialect Coach

JILL McCULLOUGH

First Assistant Director

MARTIN CURRY

Production Supervisor

NICHOLAS HATTON

Story Editor Set Decorator "A" Camera / Steadicam Operator Crowd Casting Director Location Manager Production Accountant Post Production Supervisor Supervising Sound Designer Re-Recording Mixer Production Sound Mixer Script Supervisor

PETE SPENCER ANNA KASABOVA GERRY VASBENTER CANDY MARLOWE RICHARD GEORGE KELLY PHILLIPS TIM GROVER JEREMY PRICE NIGEL SQUIBBS MITCH LOW SAN DAVEY

FOR BIG TALK PICTURES Assistant to Nira Park Legal and Business Affairs Executive Financial Director Accounts Assistant Bonus Content Executive Multimedia Consultant Production Runner

REBECCA CRONSHEY CHRISTINA ANGELOUDES SHARON MARTIN CLAIRE CREAVEN CHRISTINA FROST JAMIE MORTIMER JAMES GORDON

FOR STUDIOCANAL Chief Operating Officer UK Chief Financial Officer UK Head of UK Development Head of UK Physical Production Head of UK Legal and Business Affairs Head of UK Publicity and Corporate Communications Head of UK Theatrical Publicity Head of UK Marketing

ROBB SMITH JAMES FORDE DAN MacRAE LESLEY STEWART STEPHEN MURPHY SUZANNE NOBLE NEIL BHATT HUGH SPEARING

Head of UK Delivery and Procurement Head of UK Theatrical Distribution Head of UK Theatrical Sales General Manager UK Home Entertainment

KRISTY LUXFORD JOHN TRAFFORD-OWEN NICK MCKAY JOHN RODDEN

FOR BBC FILMS Senior Business Manager Head of Legal and Business Affairs Legal and Business Affairs Manager Development Executive Marketing Executive Legal and Production Assistant

MICHAEL WOOD ZOE BROWN NADIA LACHMAN NICHOLA MARTIN JACQUI BARR RUTH SANDERS

FOR FILM FINANCES Senior Production Executive Business and Legal Affairs Executive Post Production Executive Assistant to Neil Calder

Production Manager Production Coordinator Assistant Production Coordinator Production Secretary Production Assistants Production Intern First Assistant Accountant Second Assistant Accountant Post Production Accountants Second Assistant Director Third Assistant Director Assistant to Simon Pegg Floor Runners Runner / Stand-Ins Assistant Location Managers

NEIL CALDER KATRINA STAGNER SARA JANASZ JEAN MUNIF

NANCY BRAY ERIN DUFFY ROBBIE RUSHTON LILLIE KING XARA HIGGS HUGO VON HALLE COLLIE McCARTHY MATTHEW LAWSON RACHEL LIMB TARN HARPER LINDA BOWEN JONNY BENSON TUSSY FACCHIN CLAIRE FINBOW ALEX IRVINE JODY WILTSHIRE ANDREW McKENZIE BRYONY JACKSON EMMA COLLINSON ELERI COULTEN

Unit Manager Location Assistant Location Scouts

"A" Camera Focus Puller "B" Camera Focus Puller "A" Camera Clapper Loader "B" Camera Clapper Loader Central Loader DIT DAS Video Assist Operator Video Assist Trainee "A" Camera Grip "B" Camera Grip Grip Trainee Art Director Standby Art Director Graphics Designer Storyboard Artist Art Department Assistant Art Department Runners Petty Cash Buyers Prop Master Prop Hand Dressing Props Standby Props Sound Maintenance Sound Assistant / 2nd Boom Operators Costume Supervisor Costume Standbys Costume Assistants

LEX DONOVAN JONATHON LAWRENCE CHRIS HANKEY CHRIS BREWER JOSH BENEDETTI MARK CUSHMAN TOM BARNES ANDY RYLAND PAUL TOMLINSON MARK WALLEDGE DERMOT HICKEY JOHN ELLIS EVANS DEAN MURRAY IAN JACKSON DANIEL GLAZEBROOK MATTHEW OATEN NEIL GRAY ZOE WHITTAKER PETE HAYLEY BAKER SIMON THORPE COLIN STRACHAN CALLUM WATT ANDREA MATHESON RACHEL AULTON JULIAN NIX NICK PELHAM OLLIE "SPLASHER" BENSON MEGG WITTS BECKY ROBERTS FAYE BRINKWORTH SYREETA MAKAN ANDIE VINING BRIAN HAMPTON MARK RUNCHMAN ANDY BARDEN HARRY CABLE STEPHANE MALENFANT DASH MASON MALIK JACK WOODS HANNAH WALTER JESSIE GELPKE FINN McCLEAVE EMILY BOWEN FLISS WYATT

Hair and Make Up Artist Gaffer Best Boy Rigging Gaffe HOD Rigger Electricians Genny Operator SFX Supervisor Senior SFX Technician Technician Standby Carpenter Standby Rigger Construction by Construction Manager Construction Supervisor Carpenters

Supervising Scenic Painter Scenic Painters

SARAH GRISPO ANDY LOWE JOHN ANTILL MATT HICKIN STEVE FITZPATRICK CHRISTIAN HAYES GARETH BROUGH NATHAN PORTER ANDY O'DRISCOLL NEAL CHAMPION TREVOR BUTTERFIELD SFX LUKE CORBYN LEE HOSKEN GERRY HIGGINS HEDGEHOG CONSTRUCTION LTD. DAN CRANDON DAN MARSDEN CARADOC CURTIS-ROUSE GEROGE AUGSBURGER MARK WALLIS TIM COOK TOM NEWTON-CHANCE LARA MURRAY CLARE HOLLAND JOE VASSALLO NIGEL KIRK

Assembly Editor Second Assistant Editor Post Production Coordinator Lab Services

BILLY CAMPBELL ALEX KALMAKRIAN DIARMUID HUGHES MISSION DIGITAL

Choreographer Physical Comedy Consultant Singing Coach

LITZA BIXLER CAL McCRYSTAL RICHARD QUINE

Clearances

CASSANDRA SIGSGAARD PHIL BALL

Stills Photographer GILES KEYTE E EPK & Behind the Scenes Documentarians PHIL STOOLE PAUL TREWARTHA Unit Publicist ZOE FLOWER

Health and Safety Officer Unit Nurse Caterer CATERING Chefs

Transport Captain and Driver for Mr. Pegg Driver for Ms. Bell Driver for Mr. Palmer Minibuses Facilities Facilities Captain Facility Drivers Camera Truck Driver Grip Truck Driver Sound Re-Recorded at Foley Recorded at Foley Mixer Assistant Foley Mixer Foley Artists Foley Editor

MICK HURRELL MORAG WEBSTER ROSE TELEVISION AND FILM PAUL ROSE KEITH ROBBINS KEVIN DAVIES JASON AYSHFORD BARRIE WILLIAMS FERGUS COTTER GLENN CHARTER ECH SERVICES ANDY DIXON FACILITIES PAUL FREDERICKSON TREVOR ROSCOE TIM STALWOOD PAT DEACY LYN SULLIVAN MOLINARE TV & FILM LTD and PINEWOOD STUDIOS PINEWOOD STUDIOS GLEN GATHARD JEMMA RILEY-TOLCH ANDREA KING PETE BURGIS PETER HANSON

ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY Production Coordinator VICTORIA ZALIN Production Assistant KARIN KAVANAGH First Assistant Director MATTHEW HANSON Second Assistant Director ALEX HOLT Third Assistant Director RUSSELL DEWULFF BOOTH Floor Runner JESSICA GREEN Director of Photography LAURIE ROSE Camera/Steadicam Operator PETER WIGNALL "A" Camera First Assistant Camera KIM VINEGRAD "B" Camera First Assistant Camera ALEX TAYLOR "A" Camera Second Assistant Camera WILL LYTE "B" Camera Second Assistant Camera JACKSON WARDLE Camera Trainee VICKY HARRIS Video Assist Operator NICK KENEALY "A" Camera Grip KEVIN FOY "B" Camera Grip DAN GARLICK Production Designer LISA CHUGG Production Buyer SARAH BICK

Standby Prop Prop Hand Costume Designer Costume Assistant Script Supervisor Gaffer Best Boy Electricians

Hair and Make Up Artist Location Manager Unit Manager Sound Maintenance

CRAIG TARRY ROBIN JONES ROSA DIAS JEMELIA WHITAKER LINDA BAKER HARLON HAVELAND ALAN "SPIKE" GRAHAM DAMIAN COOPER DAVID PALMIERI MITCH WHISKERS JOHN BIRKE MARIANNA KRIACOU JAMES PLAYER TOM BOSANQUET DAN DEWSNAP

VISUAL EFFECTS BY DOUBLE NEGATIVE Visual Effects Supervisor TOM PROCTOR Visual Effects Producer CARRIE RISHEL Visual Effects Line Producer EMMA MOFFAT Visual Effects Coordinator BENJAMIN CARLSON Visual Effects Editor CRYSTAL HADCROFT Artists JONATHAN OPGENHAFFEN TARA WALKER GAUTAMA MURCHO VISUAL EFFECTS BY CHEAP SHOT Visual Effects Supervisor PAWL FULKER Digital Compositors JOHN HARDWICK WILLIAM HARDWICK STEPHANIE STAUNTON Digital Intermediate by Colourist Online Editor Post Production Manager Effects Editor Dialogue and ADR Editors

MOLINARE TV & FILM LTD. ASA SHOUL GARETH PARRY KATIE SHAHROKH

ADR Manager ADR Mixer

MARC LAWES TIM HANDS JAMIE CAPLE CHARLOTTE AIRTH STEFANO MARCHETTI

DI Coordinator

STEVE KNIGHT

DI Manager DI Conform Editors

MATT JAMES TIM DREWETT MICHELLE CORT TOM SUGDEN

STEVE OWEN JOHNATHAN DICKINSON TOM CAIRNS LIZZIE NEWSHAM MIKE ANDREWS LEN BROWN

Data Transfer Film Consultant Main Titles

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Completion Guaranty Provided by Collection Agent Services by Post Production Script Avid Equipment Insurance Banking Services Payroll Services Legal Services Action Vehicles Aerial Filming Tracking Vehicles Steadicam Equipment Walkie Talkie and Production Mobile Phones Music Orchestrated and Produced by Strings Conducted by Strings Contractor and Leader Drums by Strings Recorded by String Recording Assistance Drums and Piano Recorded by Music Mixed by Music Editor Music Consultant

FILM FINANCES INC. FREEWAY CAM B.V. SAPEX VIVID RENTAL RICHARD MOORE AT MEDIA INSURANCE BROKERS COUTTS & CO. SARGENT-DISC LTD. LEE & THOMPSON RENO ANTONIADES JAMES WALKER MGM CARS HELICOPTER FILM SERVICES BICKERS ACTION OPTICAL SUPPORT WAVEVEND DICKON HINCHLIFFE ANDREW SKEET LUCY WILKINS RALPH SALMINS OLGA FITZROY TOM BULLEN at AIR-EDEL STUDIOS PHILIP BAGENAL AND GEORGE MURPHY AT EASTCOTE STUDIOS SIMON CHANGER AT NORTH SEVEN STUDIOS JOE RUBEL KIRSTEN LANE, RIGHTS MUSIC LIMITED

“Upside Down” Written by Paloma Faith, Belle Humble, Jos Jorgensen, Andrew Love Published by BMG Rights Management UK Ltd., a BMG Chrysalis Company, Global Talent Publishing Ltd. Reverb Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. Performed by Paloma Faith Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. “Love Shack”

Written by J Keith Strickland, Cynthia Wilson, Frederick Schneider, Catherine Pierson Published by Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. Performed by The B-52’s Courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd. “Three Hearts” Written by Alexander Claire, Daniel Wilson Published by Universal Music Publishing PGM Ltd. and Chrysalis Music Ltd., a BMG Chrysalis Company Performed by Alex Clare Courtesy of Island Records Under licence from Universal Music Operations Ltd. “Shoot First” Written by Gavin Heard, James Jones, Nicholas Jones, Elliot Mortimer, Rupert Orton Published by Strictly Confidential (UK) Ltd. Performed by The Jim Jones Revue Courtesy of Play It Again Sam “Bite” Written by L. Stuart Published by Brunswick Music Publishing Performed by Mysterians Courtesy of Lee Silver Productions by arrangement with Riptide Music Group LLC. “Hercules” Written by Allen Toussaint Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd./Screen Gems and Warner/Chappell Music Publishing Ltd. Performed by Aaron Neville Courtesy of Mercury Records (US) Under licence from Universal Music Operations Ltd. “She Wanna Do It” Written by Phil Izvarin Published by Brunswick Music Publishing Performed by Phil Friendly & Albert Lee Courtesy of Lee Silver Productions by arrangement with Riptide Music Group LLC. “Feels So Good” Written by Jody Reynolds Published by Brunswick Music Publishing Performed by The Jody Reynolds Courtesy of Lee Silver Productions by arrangement with Riptide Music Group LLC. “Move Closer” Written and performed by Phyllis Nelson Published by Phyllis Nelson Music, Administered by IQ Music Ltd. Courtesy of Dessca Entertainment, Under licence from Demon Music Group Ltd. “Sugar Daddy” Written by Phil Izvarin Published by Brunswick Music Publishing Performed by Phil Friendly & Albert Lee Courtesy of Lee Silver Productions by arrangement with Riptide Music Group LLC. “Have Love Will Travel” Written by Richard Berry Published by Campbell Connelly & Co Ltd., Administered by Music Sales Creative Performed by Hard Livings

Courtesy of Virgin EMI Ltd. Under licence from Universal Music Operations Ltd. “Busy Earnin’” Written by Thomas McFarland, Joshua Lloyd-Watson Published by Global Talent Publishing Ltd. Performed by Jungle Courtesy of XL Recordings Ltd. By arrangement with Beggars Group Media Ltd. “Let It Take” Written by Ed Thomas, Robert Rosiji Griffith and Takura Tendayi Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. Performed by Ed Thomas Courtesy of Virgin EMI Records Ltd. Under licence from Universal Music Operations Ltd. “Save Your Love” Written by Kenneth Goodloe, Theodore Goodloe, Joe Jones, Willie Munson Published by Brunswick Music Publishing Performed by Soul Patrol Courtesy of Lee Silver Productions By arrangement with Riptide Music Group LLC. “I Need” Written by Daniel Radclyffe, Michael Stafford Published by Global Talent Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. Performed by Maverick Sabre Courtesy of Virgin EMI Records Ltd. Under licence from Universal Music Operations Ltd. “The Reflex” Written by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes Andy Taylor, John Taylor, Roger Taylor Published by Gloucester Place Music Ltd./ EMI Music Publishing Ltd. Performed by Duran Duran Courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd. “Cool Like Me” Written by Benjamin Garrett Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. Performed by Fryars Courtesy of Polydor Records UK Ltd. Under licence from Universal Music Operations Ltd. “Where Is My Mind?” Written by Charles Thompson Published by Universal/MCA Music Ltd. Performed by Maxence Cyrin Courtesy of Kwaidan Records “I Need My Girl” Written by Matthew Berninger & Aaron Dessner Published by Bug Music Ltd., a BMG Chrysalis Company Performed by The National Courtesy of 4AD Ltd. By arrangement with Beggars Group Media Ltd. “Bad To The Bone” Written by George Thorogood

Published by Universal/MCA Music Ltd. Performed by George Thorogood And The Destroyers Courtesy of Capitol Records LLC. Under licence from Universal Music Operations Ltd. “Here I Go Again” Written by David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden Published by C.C. Songs Ltd., Administered by Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. Performed by Whitesnake Courtesy of David Coverdale, Warner Music UK Ltd. and Geffen Records Under licence from Universal Music Operations Ltd. “What Time Do You Call This (Theme From Man Up)” Written by Guy Garvey, Richard Jupp, Craig Potter, Mark Potter, Peter Turner Published by Warner/Chappell Music Publishing Ltd. Performed by Elbow Courtesy of Fiction Records/ Polydor UK Ltd. Under licence from Universal Music Operations Ltd. Soundtrack Available on Fiction Records. "THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS" © 1991 Orion Pictures Corporation. All rights reserved. Courtesy of MGM Media Licensing. Excerpts from ''WALL STREET" © 1987 Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox. Written by Stanley Weiser and Oliver Stone. All rights reserved. A HUGE THANKS TO NINA GOLD, ALLISON JONES & DAVID COVERDALE SPECIAL THANKS KENTON ALLEN, DAVID H. ALLISON, AARON ANDERSON, CHRISTINA AXTON, CASPER BIDDLE, ELIOT BIDDLE, MICHAEL VAN CLARKE, BETTY CRAWSHAW, GARY CRAWSHAW, STEPHANIE DIXON, ANGIE EVERITT, MATT EVERITT, ERIC FELLNER, BEN HARRIS, ALEX HOPE, JEREMY LOVERING, FAY McCONKEY, KAREN MORRIS, RICHARD MORRIS, SOPHIE MORRIS, FRANK PALMER, KATE PALMER, JAKE PARK LOVERING, SOPHIE PARKES, LUCINDA RAMAZANOGLU, ANTHONY REID, CELIA RICHARDS, BEN ROBERTSON-MACLEOD, GUY THOMPSON, LEO THOMPSON, STEPHEN TREDRE, KEM WHITE, ROG WIDGERY, OSCAR WRIGHT THE FILM MAKERS WOULD LIKE TO THANK BLOOMSBURY LANES, STAGECOACH SOUTHWESTERN TRAINS LTD, NETWORK RAIL ALLIANCE, WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL, LOVE & LIQUOR, DOWN HALL COUNTRY HOUSE HOTEL, SOUTHBANK CENTRE, SOUTHWARK FILM OFFICE, EALING COUNCIL, LAMBETH FILM OFFICE, CAMDEN FILM OFFICE, FILM FIXER, WEST LONDON FILM OFFICE, SINEAD MORAN, TRISH NEWMAN AND THE TEAM AT ELSTREE STUDIOS, MATT GAUCI AT VIVID RENTAL, TOM WEAVER AT THE AA FILES, CHRIS KERR BESPOKE TAILOR,

JOY EVERLEY FINE JEWELLERY, HOUSE OF HACKNEY, ANGELS THE COSTUMIERS, SAM DIGHTAM COSTUMES, OMEGA WATCHES, DERMALOGICA, DHC Shot on location in London and at Elstree Studios A Big Talk Pictures Production [LOGO] In association with Anton Capital Entertainment [STUDIOCANAL LOGO] [Anton Capital LOGO] [Amazon Prime Instant Video LOGO] [BBC Films LOGO] The events, characters and firms depicted in this motion picture are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual firms is purely coincidental. This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries. Unauthorised duplication, distribution or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution. Copyright © STUDIOCANAL Limited/British Broadcasting Corporation 2014. All Rights Reserved.