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Telegraph
May 19, 2005
by Celia Walden
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Lewis brothers hunt cash

Even the cream of the British film industry are reliant on bumping into the right person at the Cannes Film Festival in order to fund their next venture.

So when Spy chanced on actor Damian Lewis and his brother Gareth aboard the British Luxury Council’s yacht, my curiosity was aroused.

“We’re trying to get one of our new films funded,” Gareth tells me. “It’s called The Baker, and it’s about a hit man who moves to a remote town in Wales and takes a job as a baker. Once there, though, it turns out that almost all the inhabitants actually want someone dead.”

The film will be produced by Picture Farm, the Old Etonians’ production company with Adrian Sturges and Rupert Wyatt. “What we need now are some very beautiful women on our arms to attract the millionaires,” Damian adds flippantly.