I think his name is armani (cannot remember), but I was just wondering whether the self-harming is real...
if not it certainly was very good....oh and also, what was the name of the guy with the shaved head (Shaun's friend)?
Apparently yes - the boy was given 2 minutes to 'express himself' and that's what he did. A doctor was on hand on the set.
Shaun's friend is called Erick.
Hope that helps.
Kev B
From what I heard, it was.
The director just gave him a knife and he did the rest.
http://film.guardian.co.uk/censorship/news/0,,1116357,00.html
"One "actor" repeatedly slashes his wrists with a box cutter, another forces a condom packed with drugs down his throat to smuggle overseas, two pierce each others' faces to insert studs and one squirms as he gets a rudimentary tattoo.
"The act of inflicting pain on themselves is like a form of rebellion," Tan said. "I think I do have a responsibility [to intervene] but I have a greater responsibility to tell the audience how they lead their lives. "
*shudder*
So to show the life of a rape criminal you have to show a real rape on screen?
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