When I took on this project, I never expected that it, a promo celebrating the anniversary of England’s 1966 World Cup win would be one of my, a proud Scot’s favourite ever shoots!

I wrote, directed and edited this spot starring Ray Winstone to promote England v Germany: The Legends on Channel 5.

I found out 24 hours before this shoot, that I might be able to grab an hour with renowned movie star Ray Winstone at the old Upton Park ground the following day with a budget of £0. Ray was already there shooting VT’s for the programme and the crew were kind enough to let us piggy back on their time.

At that point he was only the ‘assistant manager’ to the England Legends charity football team, he ultimately took over as manager when Harry Redknapp pulled out closer to the date.

Either way, my idea centred around his team talk to motivate the comedians, retired footballers, boxers and actors playing for the England Legends. He was a lot of fun to work with, a genuinely lovely man and he gave a smashing performance. And we did it all in under an hour.