Aberdeen Evening Express
March 16, 2005
Lights, Cameron, action!
Moreen Simpson
Big Brother winner Cameron Stout is set to turn into a flash
gangster. The former Orkney fish trader has agreed to take a role in
an all-action film based in Aberdeen.
He will take the part of a top businessman who runs an illegal street
racing business using high-performance cars like Ferraris and Aston
Martins.
The film, Night Driver, will also feature a replica of TV’s Knight
Rider car owned by Aberdonian David Skene.
The film’s writer, director and star is Aberdeen film-maker Ara
Paiaya, who made the Dubbed and Dangerous trilogy.
Ara has also worked with Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung.
Car-mad Cameron already owns a classic MG Midget and is hoping to
invest in a Porsche in the future.
He said today: “I’m absolutely over-the-moon about the chance of
doing this film. It sounds as if I’ll be a sort of high-class Bouley
Boy.
“I’m not yet sure exactly what I’ll have to do. I just know it will
be great fun.” Cameron, 34, also revealed this is not his first time
on the silver screen.
In 1988, he was an extra in Venus Peter – a film shot in Orkney about
a dying fishing community.
“Even though I was an extra, you couldn’t miss me,” he recalls.
“There was a long close-up of a very chunky 16-year-old.” Meanwhile,
27-year-old Ara – an Armenian brought up in Aberdeen – is delighted
the Big Brother star will take part in his film.
He said: “I knew Cameron was a mad keen driver and thought he’d be
ideal for this supporting role.” Filming has started and Ara hopes
everything will be in the can by autumn. But before he can complete
it, Ara needs to recruit 100 extras for a scene at the 80s Club
Tropicana in Chapel Street.
Cameron has rubbished rumours he is planning to stand for Parliament.
A newspaper claimed he had been approached by a Christian political
group to represent them at a constituency in the General Election.
He said today: “I have been contacted by two organisations including
Operation Christian Vote, but I have told them extremely clearly
there is absolutely no way I would consider standing for election. It
is just not my scene.”