Shadowplay

Ross Owen and Alan Campbell have been filmed as Stan and Ollie in a five-minute film called Shadowplay, which is being made by Carter Ferguson. The film will be shown at 600 film festivals around the globe and will be posted on the Laurel and Hardy Forum. The story revolves around a ten-year-old boy (played by Bryan Wilson, from TV's Skins) and his argumentative parents. Often sent to his room out of the way of an argument, the young lad watches Laurel and Hardy. Then strange things start to happen. Ross says, "We were left to improvise and mess around with different bits of visual Laurel and Hardy mannerisms. In his haste and under pressure of knowing the camera was on him, Alan couldn't think of anything else to do so he panicked and poked me in the eye with two fingers! And I mean poked me in the eye for real! The crew thought it was hysterical so Carter is talking about leaving it in."