Faintheart

Faintheart (2009)

A romantic comedy set in the world of battle re-enactments, about an irresponsible guy who has to shape up in order to win back his wife.

Date of release
2009-01-27
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (24)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Romance, Comedy
Director
Vito Rocco

Casting

Interesting facts

Faintheart is a 2008 British comedy film directed by Vito Rocco and starring Eddie Marsan, Ewen Bremner and Jessica Hynes. The film's creation was influenced by collaborative input from the MySpace community.

Production

The film was written by David Lemon and directed by Vito Rocco. Rocco said:[Screenwriter David Lemon] misspent his youth in Southend observing battle re-enactors, I misspent my youth observing am-dram actors in Norfolk; and the Viking heritage combined to make the idea.Faintheart billed itself as "the world's first user-generated movie".

Myspace users also auditioned for character roles. More than 1,400 users auditioned, with Rocco choosing 11 non-professional actors to feature in the film. Some crew members were also sourced from Myspace. Users sent in jokes and chose the songs and bands to form the soundtrack.

Professional Viking re-enactors from UK-based company "The Vikings" formed part of the cast alongside Britannia Romano-British society.

A specialist stunt team from East 15 Acting School took part in filming the large battles under the fight direction of Richard Ryan.

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