[pressgang] Charlie Creed-Miles in DRIVE BACK HOME

[Vince Deehan]

Matt wrote:


*Trivia time!  Jake Wood is not the only actor to play two different*

*roles in Press Gang, I can think of at least two others... if
we'recounting flashback scenes ;) .  Are there any others?*

*--------*

Funnily enough, I was thinking of asking this question myself. Seeing
Jake Wood yesterday, got me thinking.

I can only think of one other actor who plays two different parts
in two different episodes. Abigail Docherty, who plays Frazz'
chess partner in PICKING UP THE PIECES and also plays the disembodied
voice that Spike speaks to in THE REST OF MY LIFE, both from series 2.

Vince Deehan


On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM Matt Saunders <matts at yoyo.org> wrote:

> Hi Vince,
>
> I've heard a lot of good things coming out of BFI Flare and it sounds
> like an awesome event.  The London South Bank venue is particularly
> special - I've not been there very often but do remember going to a
> screening of "Page One" in a children's TV special event there a hundred
> or so years ago.  If I remember rightly Zammo and Ro-Land from Grange
> Hill were there, and that show was the main focus.  No actual real-life
> PG alumni sadly!
>
> I hope that Drive Back Home comes to my local, the Cambridge Arts
> Picturehouse.  It feels like it needs to be seen on the big screen.  So
> glad you had a great experience - it's always extra special when the
> actual people are in the room.
>
> Trivia time!  Jake Wood is not the only actor to play two different
> roles in Press Gang, I can think of at least two others... if we're
> counting flashback scenes ;) .  Are there any others?
>
>
> Matt.
>
>
> On Mar 25, Vince Deehan wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > This afternoon I was at the BFI Flare film festival watching a film, in
> the
> > presence of two Press Gang actors!
> >
> > I was at this afternoon's screening of the film DRIVE BACK HOME,
> starring Alan
> > Cumming and Charlie Creed-Miles. They play two brothers in 1970s Canada,
> one
> > brother is gay (Cumming) and one is straight (Creed-Miles).
> >
> > Just before the film started, a door opened at the front of the
> screening room
> > and in walked a few men. One, I later realised, was the film's director
> Michael
> > Clowater, and with him were two men - one was Charlie Creed-Miles (!!)
> and
> > walking in with him was
> > another Press Gang actor, Jake Wood (!!).
> >
> > Jake Wood is not in the film, but I assume he was there to watch the
> film as a
> > friend of Charlie Creed-Miles.
> >
> > Jake Wood is an actor who appears in two episodes of Press Gang, as
> different
> > characters. He is very famous in the UK, for his role in the TV soap
> > EASTENDERS.
> >
> > The director and Charlie gave a short introduction to the film, and then
> they
> > took seats
> > in the cinema to watch it with us.
> >
> > I assume that Jake and Charlie sat together.
> >
> > I shared the film trailer here recently and was fully expecting a really
> good
> > film, but I was not prepared for how amazing the film was. It was so
> powerful
> > and very moving in places.
> >
> > Alan Cumming was superb, as always. However, it was Charlie Creed-Miles,
> who
> > gives a really wonderful, subtle and ultimately deeply moving portrayal
> of
> > brotherly love. He was so brilliant. I totally believed he was a
> Canadian man
> > from a small town in 1970.
> >
> > The film got a great reception and I enjoyed the Q+A afterwards with the
> > director and Charlie.
> >
> > The film has been released in Canada, but doesn't yet have a US or UK
> release
> > date listed on imdb.com
> >
> > I do hope it will be released, as I am positive that many of us here
> would
> > enjoy it.
> >
> > https://youtu.be/nyykHpEmLec?si=kbiuUbgJk_pmX2Ow
> >
> > Vince Deehan
>
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