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Paddy Considine

ACTOR · BORN 1973

Paddy Considine

Born
5 September 1973
Known for
Peaky Blinders (2013), The Girl with All the Gifts (2016), Dead Man's Shoes (2004), Macbeth (2015)

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Paddy Considine (born 5 September 1973) is an actor best known for Peaky Blinders, The Girl with All the Gifts and Dead Man's Shoes.

12 Interesting Facts About Paddy Considine

Interesting Facts (11)

  1. #001

    George R. R. Martin said the version of Viserys that Considine developed with the show's writers was more powerful, more tragic and more fully fleshed out than the one in his own books.

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  2. #002

    A RuPaul's Drag Race fan, Considine created a drag persona named "Lucius" and felt that drag's camp quality suited his portrayal of Viserys.

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  3. #003

    Paddy Considine shot Tyrannosaur for £750,000 and deliberately refused to let it look as cheap as possible, telling his crew to abandon the mindset of making a small British film.

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    Considine barred managers and entourages from his set, saying that if an actor brought a manager along, the manager could take a walk.

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    Considine likened scriptwriting rules to sending the Sex Pistols or the Clash to music school, saying that would have destroyed Never Mind the Bollocks and London Calling.

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    Paddy Considine was formally diagnosed with autism in his early 30s and said it helped him make sense of things he had not understood before.

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  7. #007

    Considine appeared in the music video for the Arctic Monkeys song "Leave Before The Lights Come On" and co-wrote it as well.

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  8. #008

    Considine said making music feels like complete freedom next to acting, describing it as the truest, most uncompromised form of expression he has.

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  9. #009

    Considine wrote the Tyrannosaur script in about a week despite never having attended film school, and he says he never wants to learn how to write scripts.

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  10. #010

    Considine forbade lead actors on his set from deciding camera placement or complaining about the lighting, calling such behavior an unnecessary distraction.

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  11. #011

    Considine said the hardest part of expanding Dog Altogether into Tyrannosaur was having the actors reshoot scenes they had already done for the short.

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Career & Awards (1)

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    Considine wrote the Dog Altogether script while filming Backwoods (2006) with Gary Oldman and showed it to him; he later thanked Oldman for his encouragement in a BAFTA speech.

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