Fast Girls (film)

Fast Girls is a 2011 British drama film directed by Regan Hall and written by Jay Basu, Noel Clarke and Roy Williams. It stars Lenora Crichlow, Lily James, Bradley James, Noel Clarke and Rupert Graves. The film follows the story of two women as they become professional sprinters and join the British relay team for a World Championship event. The film was launched at the Toronto Film Festival in 2011, before having its world premiere in London onJune 2012. The film was released onJune in the United Kingdom.

Casting was conducted in Regents Park in London, where producer Damian Jones and first time movie director Regan Hall chose the four actresses who would become the 4100 metre relay team in the film. The aim was to find actresses who would be believable on screen as athletes. The athletic extras in the film are from athletic clubs in London, Edinburgh and Loughborough.Discussion took place to decide whether or not to base the athletics competition in the film on the 2012 Summer Olympics. Due to the legal issues around trademark issues, it was instead decided to make the competition a fictional competition whilst working with UK Athletics. However, this decision was made after the International Olympic Committee refused for there to be any affiliation with the film. The script then had to be rewritten to remove all traces of the Olympics, including all utterances of that word. Cowriter Noel Clarke took inspiration from Rocky, saying that if you made a sports film youd want it to be the equivalent film to what Rocky was to boxing. ........

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