WHEN HOLLYWOOD CAME TO BURNLEY
Hollywood’s red carpet was rolled out in Burnley to greet the stars of the eagerly awaited biopic of Dave Fishwick.
The town’s Reel Cinema hosted the world premiere of the Netflix film ‘Bank of Dave’ which centres on the businessman’s crusade against the finance industry.
The feelgood British film, released globally on the streaming site, stars James Bond star Rory Kinnear in the title role and he attended the special showing to invited guests along with Jo Hartley, who plays Dave’s wife Nicky.
The part-fictionalised plot centres on Dave’s life and how he took on the finance industry and battled to open the ‘Bank of Dave’ in Burnley. He gave himself the task to create a bank and send it into profit in 180 days.
The premiere attracted major media attention and Dave said he was delighted with the focus the film had placed on Burnley, with parts shot in and around the town at locations including the market, railway and bus stations and the football club.
Rory Kinnear
Dave, who arrived at the premiere in a ‘Bank of Dave’ minibus, said: “It’s so exciting. I’ve just come through Burnley in the battle bus and there’s people waving and shouting. What a nice thing.”
He said he was pleased at the way locations in Burnley had been used in the film so people could get a “real feel of the town”.
And he revealed how Bridgerton star Phoebe Dynevor, who also appears in the film, had arrived from Los Angeles to start filming and found herself in Burnley market sharing a ‘chip butty’ with him.
He said: “I told her ‘you’re living the dream now’ and for Rory, from Bond to Burnley, it doesn’t get any better than that!”
On a more serious note, Dave said: “Ultimately, we want people to be inspired by the film. If a lad from Burnley who sells minibuses and left school with absolutely nothing can be building a bank, anybody can do anything and that’s the point.”
Award-winning actor Rory Kinnear, said that he “loved the message” of the story and added: “We couldn’t have had the premiere anywhere else, absolutely not.”
Rory Kinnear and Dave Fishwick on the red carpet
He said: “The message is you have to look out for your community and those people around you, particularly if you’ve had a bit of luck in your life.” And he added: “By focusing on the small, on the local, you expose the bigger truths.”
Rory believes the film and its central idea will resonate with a global audience. He said: “There’s a Burnley in the USA, it is about local communities. There are Burnleys all over the world.”
He also recalled meeting Dave for the first time after being offered the role. He said: “I came up and met him and we had a good few hours around his kitchen table just having a brew.
“He took me to the bank, he took me around Burnley and showed me some of the sights. And then, as everyone knows, it’s almost impossible to say no to him, so I wasn’t going to be the one to start that!”
He added: “You couldn’t really write Dave, could you? He could only really exist in real life.”
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