I think there's a time in your life where you don't feel like you fit in. I think everyone has that when you're a teenager, especially, and especially in the society we live in.

Jane Goldman wrote the script with the director. He was also in talks to direct an adaptation of Thor but left that project. He has hired ex-Gurkha soldiers for security for him and his wife following reports of stalkers intruding into their house.

He is best known for producing such films as Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000) and directing the films Layer Cake (2004) Stardust (2007) and Kick-Ass (2010). His latest film is the 2011 superhero film X-Men: First Class.