LE DONK & SCOR-ZAY-ZEE – WARP FILMS
Made over just 5 days, produced for less than a 10th of other ‘Indy’ Brit flick budgets (I’d hate to think how few weeks worth of dodgy back passes it took Rio Ferninand to finance his multi-million pound schlock fest) and more than treble the charm. Le Donk … tells the tale of a self-appointed (music) svengali who is down on his luck, Le Donk (Paddy Considine), with a baby on the way to his estranged girl friend (Olivia Colman). Although there is a silver lining to his musty brown cloud of a life in the portly shape of Le Donk’s tenant come rapping ticket to fame, Scor-Zay-Zee (played by the Nottingham based rapper of the same name), as the pair manage to blag their way into a support slot for the Artic Monkeys. Skorze is understandably at ease in the role and the films loose, mockumentry-style narrative. Le Donk…also reveals a new facet to director Shane Meadows burgeoning auterism, as well as being a jingoistic riposte to Lars von Trier and co’s ownership of dogme filmmaking.
Unsurprisingly Considine is the films highlight but the odd-couple pairing of Le Donk and Scorz together with a curious Meadows filming, who is on-screen throughout, makes for an entertaining dynamic. Bonafide caught up with Scorze to hear his thoughts post-Hollywood parties, Cannes and those pesky Lindsay Lohan rumours. Not quite. So Scorze, has life changed? “Not much has changed really a lot of people ask me a lot of questions i.e what film are you (going to be) in next? Are you rich? I’m still doing everyday things, I’m mostly in the studio just recording and practising with the band.”
Were you aware of Shane Meadows and Paddy Considine prior to working with them on Le Donk…? “Yes I was aware of them through watching Deadmans Shoes, which I loved. It is a classic. So when I got the part in Le Donk it was really amazing, just being in the same scene with Paddy was a special experience. I learnt a lot from him and Shane, they gave me a lot of confidence in just improvising.” Something that is no doubt useful to a performing MC, talking of which what music based projects are you working on at the moment? “I’ve got an album coming out called Peace to the Puzzle, watch out for it, no official release date yet. I’m just hoping I don’t lose my iPod because all of the tracks are on there, as I don’t want an album leak.”
And who are you listening to at the moment? “I’m currently listening to Raekwon’s new album, Tayla Jade who is young singer from Nottingham, plus I recently met a singer called Liam Bailey, who is, believe me, the next big thing in music full stop.”
David Kane
