One of our favorites, self-described "London lad" and star of the recent Stardust, Charlie Cox will portray Scottish Nationalist Ian Hamilton in the upcoming film Stone of Destiny.
The film is about the famed heist of the Stone of Scone (or Stone of Destiny) in on Christmas Day in 1950 by four intrepid college students who were members of the Scottish "home-rule movement," the Covenant. The students stole the stone right out of Westminster Abbey and led detectives on a merry chase until April of 1951 when they "wrapped the stone in a Scottish flag and deposited it at Arbroath Abbey, where the Scottish declaration of independence was signed" before tipping off the authorities. Billy Boyd and Robert Carlysle will also appear in the film.
As a fervent Scottish supporter ourself, we'll be very pleased to see the cinematic portrayal of one of the most exciting acts of Scottish nationalism in recent history.
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