London Fields
About the Film
In a hazy, apocalyptic near-future London, the beautiful and clairvoyant Nicola Six has always known exactly how she will die: she will be murdered, on her upcoming birthday, by one of the men she is about to meet. Rather than flee her fate, she sets out to orchestrate it, seducing and manipulating three very different men to discover which of them will become her killer.
Caught in her web are Samson Young, a terminally ill American writer desperate for a final story; Keith Talent, a vicious small-time crook and darts obsessive; and Guy Clinch, a wealthy, naive gentleman. As Samson narrates the deadly love triangle he is documenting, the film spirals toward the murder Nicola foresaw. Adapted from Martin Amis’s cult novel, it features Johnny Depp in an uncredited cameo as the underworld heavy Chick Purchase.
Plot synopsis by johnny-depp.org.
Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp makes an uncredited cameo as Chick Purchase, a menacing London underworld figure and rival to Keith Talent. Decked out in a bowler hat, tinted glasses and a facial scar, Depp brings a flash of stylised villainy to his handful of scenes — a small but memorable turn in the film’s grimy criminal milieu.
Cast & Crew
Cast
Nicola SixAmber Heard
Samson YoungBilly Bob Thornton
Keith TalentJim Sturgess
Guy ClinchTheo James
Chick PurchaseJohnny Depp
Kath TalentCara Delevingne
Mark AspreyJason Isaacs
Crew
DirectorMathew Cullen
ScreenplayRoberta Hanley & Martin Amis
Based on the novel byMartin Amis
MusicToydrum
CinematographyGuillermo Navarro
ProducersChris Hanley, Jordan Gertner, Geyer Kosinski
StudioGVN Releasing
Filming Locations
- London, England
- Los Angeles, California (studio work)
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Trivia
- Johnny Depp’s role as Chick Purchase is an uncredited cameo.
- The film was adapted from Martin Amis’s acclaimed 1989 novel, long considered “unfilmable.”
- A lawsuit between director and producers pulled the film from the 2015 Toronto Film Festival and delayed its release for years.
- Cinematographer Guillermo Navarro is an Oscar winner for Pan’s Labyrinth.
