Changingman Paul Weller reinvents himself again… as an actor in Steve McQueen’s Blitz

Changingman Paul Weller reinvents himself again… as an actor in Steve McQueen’s Blitz

After more than 50 years and 17 studio albums, the Modfather takes on his first film role… to glowing reviews

The BFI London film festival spearheaded its opening gala last week with Blitz, the new film by Steve McQueen, the Oscar and Bafta-garlanded writer-director of Hunger and 12 Years a Slave.

Blitz, which will be released in cinemas from 1 November and then on Apple TV+, is set in the second world war, with strong resonance for our modern volatile climate. It tells the story of George (played by Elliott Heffernan), a nine-year-old mixed-race boy evacuated to the countryside for safety, who absconds to make his way back to his factory worker mother (Saoirse Ronan) in London.

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