Why cast yourself in the lead role driving the sports car and chasing the beautiful girl?
David Raymond: I have a real love for film and acting, so playing the lead character was something I always wanted to do. As for driving the sports car and chasing the beautiful girl, that’s just the journey my character takes in this particular story. The film is unflattering about the City boy lifestyle, yet you secured funding through contacts in the world of high finance. Presumably you withheld the script from them? David Raymond: Not at all. Some read the script and some didn’t want to. The stereotypes shouldn’t be taken too seriously, it’s just poking a bit of fun. My friends from university who have ended up in the City didn’t take offence. As a pair of relative unknowns, how did you and Mark Pegg set about finding financial backing? Finding money for British films is always difficult. I ended up raising all the money in private equity from contacts I had in the City and elsewhere. It certainly wasn’t as easy as it sounds, for every person who says yes, there are hundreds sayin
