Learn about Kids: The Angels' Share's Paul Brannigan: 'I've been slashed, stabbed and shot at'

effect talent and a hard life in Glasgow Paul Brannigan helped land the role of an ex-convict Ken Loach won Cannes jury

Tuesday, May 22 was a good night for Paul Brannigan. For soundtrack fans popping flashes and screaming, walked the red carpet at Cannes for the premiere of his first film, La Part des Anges, in which he plays an ex-con who organized a hold-up whiskey. Examinations have already flooding in hot weather, and director Ken Loach has become the surprise winner of the Jury Prize at this year's festival. In collaboration with his co-stars, Brannigan showed her thighs in a full monty kilt, sporran, socks and long - would -. No pants

But never hold a candle to the first British Cineworld in his hometown of Glasgow a week later. On his arm, girlfriend Sheree, 10 family members and back, tuxedo, his father bought for £ 325. "There is a huge amount," said Brannigan, "but for someone who had a drug addiction for 25 years, that's fine." Encouraged by the success of his newly discovered son, the father has Brannigan spent the last two months clean - the first since Paul was born. His mother is also a heroin addict.

caution treat a beer in the hilltop village hired by the distributors of the film in Cannes, Brannigan speak freely, almost evangelical about his traumatic past. "It was difficult to grow, and there were times when they just wanted to crawl away and die I cut his wrist with a mirror after an argument with my father and I would just .. Damn, damn, but is not. a sad story that I am very sensitive .. I do not understand too close or let my emotions can get hurt and then you feel your life is destroyed "

Dinky

in the way of big screen star, with an easy smile and luxury lashes Brannigan differs from its usual naive Cannes, in both talent and depth of experience of real life , Loach said that contributed to their role. Its own projections with drugs - cocaine, says, more acidic and valium - were not just entertainment. "In Glasgow, there is no work. No boats or houses built. No chance, no chance, no hope. And when there is no hope that you can not get your motivation, your confidence will down and turn to drink and drugs. the downward spiral. "

expelled from school at age 14, Brannigan was sent to prison at age 16 for nearly four years after joining his uncle in a shootout. Poorly on the circumstances: "Listen, I've been involved in assaults and fights, I was stabbed and stabbed and shot, but this was something that could have been resolved differently if the police were involved in my aunt was stabbed in the head with a bottle. "

In prison, they learned to read thanks to a diet of dictionaries and Newsnight. "I have not seen in politics, I would like to hear how they talk and what words mean fancy then build sentences and learn to be articulated've always been small and stay small. Glasgow not really give you many places, unless you are aggressive. I learned trying to use my mouth. "

Shooting

itself was simple. Loach said ... "I was real emotional truth He knew that the frame is also very intelligent implicitly Some young players have talent, but you can not really read Paul can, and this is unusual .. He is very focused and targeted and cost. "

By Brannigan, half felt lucky as karma, half of hard work. "Children can not just wake up and go: I want a job, I worked hard for this and it made me realize that it was important as a human being I have a point. ... "

from this shoot wrapped, has already worked in another movie together Scotland, Jonathan Glazer under the skin, in which he plays a young man who is seduced disco and - perhaps - farming Scarlett Johansson for meat abroad in disguise. He would continue the action, he said, but also wants to continue with football training and volunteer tutoring. "When you see a change in some of these children, after eight weeks in and dress, feeling no better than that."