First look at Ray Winstone in The Hot Potato

Here’s a look at a film that is currently in-production in Belgium and the UK at the moment. THE HOT POTATO stars Ray Winstone, Colm Meaney and Jack Huston. The film is based on read events and also stars David Harewood , John Lynch, Phil Davis, Derren Nesbitt, Lois Winstone, Maike Bilitis, Jean Louis Sbille, and  Louise Redknapp — yes that Louise Redknapp (married to former Liverpool star Jamie, and ex-pop singer and model). Louise plays Winstone’s glamourous young wife in the film, her acting debut.

THE HOT POTATO is directed, written and produced by Tim Lewiston.

We have posted the official synopsis for the film below, as well as the very first image.

Synopsis: London. The East End. 1969. One evening, a government research establishment explodes; an event that eventually leads to our heroes, Kenny (Ray Winstone) and Danny (Jack Huston), being in possession of a large lump of Uranium, The Hot Potato, plunging them into the threat of possible radioactive contamination!

With nothing to lose and few options available, Kenny and Danny decide to investigate the value of the ‘potato’ and, to their surprise, find that there is seemingly no end of people willing to pay a high price for it. With this knowledge, Kenny and Danny – ably assisted by Danny’s girlfriend, the beautiful and surprising Carole (Lois Winstone) and shadowed at every turn by the unshakable Harry Fisher (Colm Meaney), right-hand-man of local criminal big-shots – launch themselves on an increasingly dangerous and comedic adventure, in which they meet a diverse cast of colourful characters, all desperate to buy.