Van Damme to shoot film in Derby and locals Invited as Extras

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Hollywood A-lister Jean-Claude Van Damme  jets in from Los Angeles to shoot a film in Derby on Monday and upto 200 extras are being sought to star alongside him.

The movie called UFO, tells the story of how everyday society turns on itself during an alien invasion. Derby-raised filmmaker Dominic Burns, describes the movie as “an action-thriller with a dark comedic feel”.

Dominic said he was looking for people in the area to join the cast as extras for two of the longer scenes.

He said: “One of them is a nightclub scene we will be filming in Colyear Street, and I want some local people to get involved in it”.

The multi-million pound production was written, and will be directed by Dominic, who  found fame with his first film, the horror movie Cut, which was released last year.

Since then he has directed a further four films: Jack Falls, The Last Seven, How to Stop Being a Loser, and Airborne, which is due for release later this year.

He has worked with stars such as Mark Hammill, who played Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars films, Martin Kemp, and Richard E Grant.

Dominic, whose mother Deborah has just retired as a drama teacher at Woodlands School, in Allestree, said: “As a Derby lad I always write scripts thinking about what it would be like based in and around the city where I grew up and this was at the forefront of my mind when I worked on UFO.

“The locations where we will be filming in and around the city are top secret but I’m sure people will see the crew around quite a bit over the next couple of months.

“Jean-Claude will play a kind of retired special military advisor who has become a recluse but comes out of retirement to help against the alien attack. He told me he was really looking forward to seeing Derby.”

Anyone interested in being an extra should e-mail ufo@hotmail.co.uk

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