Exclusive: Dani Dyer, star of British reality smash Love Island, is in talks to star in a feature film that deals with race, politics, religion and sexuality from a fledgling, socially conscious production collective.
The British actress, who is the daughter of EastEnders and The Football Factory star Danny Dyer, has been lined up to star in O31, from Roccowinks Productions, set up by Joshua Whincup and Miriam Ahmed. It would mark her first leading feature role, having had small roles in films such as We Still Kill The Old Way, and comes as her star is rising thanks to the ratings success of the ITV2 format. Last year, she filmed low-budget horror film Heckle alongside Clark Gable III, grandson of the Gone with the Wind actor.
O31, which is currently in pre-production, sees Dyer play Nancy Francis, a young girl suffering with grief following her mother’s murder and...
The British actress, who is the daughter of EastEnders and The Football Factory star Danny Dyer, has been lined up to star in O31, from Roccowinks Productions, set up by Joshua Whincup and Miriam Ahmed. It would mark her first leading feature role, having had small roles in films such as We Still Kill The Old Way, and comes as her star is rising thanks to the ratings success of the ITV2 format. Last year, she filmed low-budget horror film Heckle alongside Clark Gable III, grandson of the Gone with the Wind actor.
O31, which is currently in pre-production, sees Dyer play Nancy Francis, a young girl suffering with grief following her mother’s murder and...
- 7/2/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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