SCOTTISH actor Alan Cumming has discussed his role in a new film directed by Brian Cox about two estranged brothers who are reunited after 40 years.
The new drama, titled Glenrothan, will be set in a fictional distillery town of the same name and will see Cox make his debut as director.
It will see two brothers (Cumming and Cox), who have not spoken since a violent exchange with their father on the day of their mother’s funeral, attempt to put aside their differences to try save the family-owned distillery.
Filming is due to take place in Glasgow and in Cumming’s (above) native Perthshire, including Aberfeldy – the town where he grew up.
Succession star Cox has been developing the film with Scottish writer David Ashton, creator of McLevy, a radio drama series about a fictional 19th century Edinburgh detective.
Speaking to The Scotsman, Cumming said: “My character has gone away to find a new life in America and the other brother has stayed in Scotland to run the family business.
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“They have a troubled relationship and there is family strife. Brian (is) directing and playing the somewhat older brother.
“I’ll be growing a beard, which I always do when I feel that I have to look older. It has a lovely script, so I’m really looking forward to it. I think it’s going to be filming in and around Aberfeldy, ironically, as I was born there and I’m the patron of the cinema there.”
When Glenrothan was first announced more than two years ago, Cox (below) said: “Glenrothan is my homage to the elements that make Scotland such an extraordinary country, where vibrancy and majesty of the land is expressed through passion and desire – balanced by the Scots’ deep-rooted humour and grasp of the absurd.”
He previously described his character as “the boring one” in an interview last year.
“I do boring rather well, actually. My character is not well, so he asks his brother to go back, but he ignores him.
“Then his daughter sort of kidnaps him and brings him back to Scotland. And the adventure begins.”
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