How did you two come to be involved with the film?

(Greg)Well I got the part in the film through the drama school where I was at the time. I was just told who the director was and was so thrilled to get an audition, and then I got my first call back. This was the first time I've ever had a call back for a second audition, and went to like six, seven auditions and finally they gave us the part. Just over the moon.

So how did you get through the first week?

(Greg) Try to take everything in my stride, and pretend that I knew what I was doing and just learn so much from everybody in the crew. I mean the crew were so friendly and so helpful and just had a laugh as well. We had to be professional and work but also you had to just have a laugh and a bit of a joke around and have a good time.

You two have got terrific rapport on the screen, so how was it working together?

(Greg) Just a lot of time in rehearsals just going through the script, keeping it fresh. We didn't want to go through it so much that we lost an edge to it, so we had to have a surprise as well with our reactions. We weren't sure how each other was going to say it, so that would keep the reaction, our facial expressions like fresh and original.

You were working with people like Roy Hudd and Tim Healey but they are not in it very much?

(Greg) Working with Roy Hudd was a huge learning curve, I just learnt a lot and I knew I had to raise my acting so that I could work alongside him. I just knew that he was such a good actor. I was really looking forward to working with him. The entire time we were filming other scenes I was thinking eventually I am going to get to do this scene and I just couldn't wait. It was the Christmas dinner scene, is that one, we have Christmas dinner and that is just a fantastic, really moving scene.

How true to life do you think the film is?

(Chris) Very, I think. Although me and Greg are nothing like our characters, there are people like that in the world today. You know, so low they’ll do anything. Our character's ambition is to get season tickets for Newcastle but that's just a related theme.

What's different about the life stories that the North East can offer?

(Greg) Well the life stories of the North East are down to earth and real. There’s no pretentiousness in the North East, not that anywhere else is pretentious, but even less. Like the North East don't mind that people think we're common and we're coarse and abrupt, we don't mind it because, that is what we are and we are proud of it really I suppose in a way.

What's next?

(Greg)Well, I am just doing part-time work at the minute, just trying to take some money in and just waiting for something else to come along. Just more acting work because it's what I have to do I'm useless at everything else so, it's what I've got to do. (Chris) Filming the new series of "Byker Grove" at the moment. That's due to be transmitted tomorrow. I've had a couple of auditions, I haven't actually heard feedback from them yet so I just take everything as it comes and see.