Essex Boys

Terry Winsor directs Bean in this crime drama. Bean plays Locke, a gangster freshly released from prison who is encouraged by his wife to get involved in a vicious battle for control of the lucrative Essex drugs market. However, his plans are wrecked when he is sold a batch of dodgy merchandise by one of his rivals, and it is left to the wife to realize her ambitions herself. Co-starring Alex Kingston, Tom Wilkinson, Larry Lamb and Holly Davidson.

I want to keep as broad a range in my work as possible. And also I don’t want to miss out on opportunities like this. It was an excellent script and I wanted to do it. I had worked with Jeff and Terry before (on Fools Gold) and we got on really well together.