PREVIEW

Ciaran Lyons & Lorn Macdonald are interviewed for 'Tummy Monster'. Directed by Lyons, the film stars Macdonald, Orlando Norman and Michael Akinsilure. The film has its premiere at the 20th Glasgow Film Festival.

Thomas Alexander asks the questions.

Plot: Glasgow-based director Ciaran Lyons makes a virtue of his low budget in this blackly comic psychological thriller. Rising star Lorn Macdonald (Beats, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) stars as Tales, a brilliant but egotistical tattoo artist whose personal life is a hot mess. When an international popstar (Orlando Norman) and his minder (Michael Akinsilure) turn up on his doorstep late at night, it seems like a perfect opportunity to prove to everyone what a Big Deal he is. But when a selfie request doesn’t go as planned, he’s dragged into playing a bizarre game that could ruin his life for good in a directorial debut that bristles with dangerous energy