Danny Dyer on Marching Powder: 'It is tribalism, it’s sort of a lost youth'

Danny Dyer joins Marching Powder co-star Stephanie Leonidas to tell Rachael Davis about playing an ageing cocaine-loving football hooligan.
Danny Dyer on Marching Powder: 'It is tribalism, it’s sort of a lost youth'

 Danny Dyer in a scene from Marching Powder. 

In his mid-40s, he really should know better. But Jack Jones, the protagonist of Nick Love’s latest film Marching Powder, is still snorting lines and doing crimes, going on cocaine-fuelled benders and knocking the front teeth out of football rivals.

When Jack, played by EastEnders  star Danny Dyer, is arrested after some violent match-day exploits, he realises he really needs to turn his life around. The judge has said he has just six weeks to get it together, or he’ll be facing a long spell behind bars.

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