A while back I reported that Rhys Ifans was in talks to play the reformed drug smuggler, Howard Marks.As you can see from these photos Ifans got the part and filming is well under way for the 2010 release of Mr Nice.
Bernard Rose is writing and directing the film, which is based on Marks's 1996 autobiography.
Chloe Sevigny stars as Howard's wife, Judy and
David Thewlis will play the IRA man with whom Marks conspired to traffic cannabis through Ireland and on to Britain.
Marks studied at Balliol College, Oxford in the 1960s before turning to drug dealing out of boredom. By the 1980s, he has 43 aliases, 89 phone lines and 25 worldwide companies trading as money-laundering vehicles for his dope business.
He was released from prison in April 1995 after serving seven years of his sentence, and claims he was never violent to anyone during his criminal career. He stood for parliament in 1997 on the issue of leglisation of cannabis. 
During his 20-year career as a drug dealer, the Oxford graduate cultivated ties with members of the IRA and was apparently recruited as a spy by the British secret services.
Source: Quiet Earth & DavidThewlis.NetLeave a comment on this post below.
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has the makings of a great film. let's see what happens.
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