Interview: 10th Anniversary look back at ‘Piggy’ with Kieron Hawkes

In his latest podcast/interview, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright looks back with the writer/director of Piggy, Kieron Hawkes, on the debut feature he made a decade ago while he was still a courier in central London.

2022 marks 10 years for the Brit noir revenge film Piggy. It stars Peaky Blinders’ Paul Anderson in the titular role, Line of Duty’s Martin Compston, Neil Maskell (Kill List, Bull) and Ed Skrein (Ill Manors, Deadpool), and was produced by Fulwell 73 (The Guvnors, Bros: After the Screaming Stops, I Am Bolt and The Class of ’92)

London, modern day: Joe, a mild mannered young man is bored by his life. When his beloved brother is murdered Joe finds solace in Piggy, one of his brother’s old friends. Piggy helps Joe to cope with grief, intent on saving him and helping him get justice for his brother’s killing. As their friendship grows Joe finds himself in an increasing dangerous and murky world of violence and revenge. As Joe life collapses around him he starts to question who Piggy really is, and how honest he’s really been with him. When Joe confronts Piggy a series of events are put in place that lead to a disastrous climax.

Prime Video subscribers can watch Piggy at https://amzn.to/3zOGqxm

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