Leeshon Alexander is an acting talent to watch out for over the next twelve months or so after giving a mesmerising central performance in We Are Monster.
We Are Monster is just the fourth film role for actor and is set to be the major breakthrough performance after winning over critics on the festival circuit.
As well as taking on the central role of Robert Stewart in the film, Alexander has also penned the screenplay. Antony Petrou is another name to watch out for as he returns to the director's chair for the film.
Petrou made his feature film directorial debut with Senet back in 2012 and this is his first movie since then - this looks set to be the movie that also helps put him on the map.
A brand new trailer for the film has been released and we have it for you to take a look at:
Alexander takes on the film's central role, and is joined on the cast list by Aymen Hamdouchi, Gethin Anthony, Justin Salinger, Doug Allen, and Shazad Latif.
We Are Monster is a psychological drama based on the true story of Robert Stewart and his brutal murder of Zahid Mubarek. On 8th February 2000 at Feltham Young Offenders Institute, Stewart, a known violent racist was placed in a cell with Mubarek, a young Asian man due to be released in 6 weeks who had only been convicted of petty theft.
Over this six-week period, Stewart, with his unbalanced mind and deep-seated racist tendencies is allowed, through indifference bordering on institutional culpability, to become the 'monster' he always wanted to be. Hours before Mubarek's release, Stewart murdered him in an unprovoked attack.
There are a whole host of terrific British movies on the horizon in 2015, and We Are Monster is one that is not to be missed.