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BBC News - Bullhead: Oscar contender rooted in real Belgian murder
Karel Van Noppen's killers Gunman Albert Barrez was jailed for 25 years in 2002 but freed in 2009 Alex Vercauteren, who ordered the killing, was freed from a life sentence in 2010 Middleman Germain Daenen was freed in 2009 A fourth man, Carl DeSchutter, is still in jail"It was just an enormous amount of weightlifting. You could even call it bodybuilding. Working out two times a day, six times a week and eating, sleeping, training, and fantasising about this script,""The physical appearance was very important to the plot. It's not the main aspect. To me the main aspect was the vulnerability, but I thought if I managed to get this physical appearance then to me, as an actor, emotionally I can concentrate on the vulnerable part, because I have this physical presence that evokes all this brutality."Van Langendonck says: "Jacky is portrayed through flashbacks as a child 20 years ago. Something terrible happened to him which explains why he has become such a freaky and violent man. Once people understand that they empathise with him and are quite moved."It's an amazing performance. At times in the film he moves like a bull, he actually looks like a bull. There is a real buzz around Matthias now. People have been chasing after him in the streets."The film has been sold to Germany, Austria and France as well as the arthouse circuit in the US, but has yet to find a distributor in the UK.
