Luvvies line up to star in Jihadi John apologist film: Ben Kingsley among actors committed to movie written by member of group who called ISIS killer 'beautiful' man
- Sir Ben Kingsley and Emily Watson among stars due to work on the film
- It has reportedly been co-written by Cage spokesman Cerie Bullivant
- The former terror suspect described Mohammed Emwazi as 'beautiful'
- Actors are understood to have signed up to film before the controversy
Two
of Britain’s most distinguished actors are set to star in a £6million
film ‘co-written’ by a leading figure of the Jihadi John apologist
campaign group, Cage.
Sir Ben Kingsley and Emily Watson will be working alongside an award-winning team in ‘The Secret Evidence’.
Golden
Globe-winning producer J Todd Harris is said to already be on board,
and the film has commitments from Emily Watson, Sir Ben and Lily
Collins.
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Actors Sir
Ben Kingsley and Emily Watson are among stars to have signed up to the
film that has been reportedly co-written by the Cage spokesman
Last
night The Mail was unable to contact representatives of the stars, who
are believed to have made the commitment to the movie long before the
controversy surrounding Cage.
The
film, which is supported by civil rights group Liberty, is thought to
have been co-written by former terror suspect and Cage spokesman Cerie
Bullivant.
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He
spent two years under a control order before eventually being
exonerated, and the film is believed to be loosely based on his own
experiences.
But
Mr Bullivant’s involvement became an embarrassment for the movie after
the unmasking of Mohammed Emwazi as Jihadi John. Last month Cage sparked
outrage by defending the London-raised fanatic unmasked as the Islamic
State butcher.
The group described Emwazi as a ‘beautiful and gentle’ man who was driven to radicalisation by MI5.
Promotion: The leaflet for the film showing Miss Watson, Saoirse Ronan and Sir Ben Kingsley
And
Mr Bullivant railed for eight minutes about the treatment he had
received at the hands of the security services ‘in very similar
circumstances’ to those of Emwazi, suggesting it was the MI5’s actions
which had led to the brutal killer’s radicalisation.
The
former mental health nurse also claimed UK security forces harassed
Emwazi to the point where he had ‘no options and position within UK
society anymore’ in an official video for Cage.
He
even went as far as suggesting an alleged assault on Emwazi by the
police in 2010 could be directly linked to the beheadings. Speaking to
the Islam Channel earlier this month, the 32-year-old said: ‘He was
looking to get married, get a good job and settle down.
‘If
that had happened, if our security forces had not had stopped him,
would he be cutting off heads now?’ He added: ‘We have a two year
picture of a man constantly…trying to move his life forward and we see a
pattern of security services stopping that.
‘We
even see a pattern of the police pinning him up against the wall and
strangling him. This is a chilling simile when you look at what he ended
up doing to other people.’
Cerie Bullivant is a former terror suspect and spokesman for the group Cage
Bullivant
was in the spotlight again earlier this month when he stormed off in
the middle of a live Sky news interview claiming a question on about his
feelings on the beheadings was racist.
Now
the filmmakers behind ‘The Secret Evidence’ appear to be trying to
distance themselves from Bullivant – perhaps fearing that the link with
him could damage their chances of securing the £1million still required
to begin production this year.
The
Mail has seen a document, which was presented to potential investors as
recently as last summer, clearly stating that the film was ‘co-written
by Cerie Bullivant’.
And
an invitation to a high-profile event due to be held at the Chiltern
Firehouse restaurant in London tonight to attract potential investors –
which was sent out earlier this month – said: ‘It was co-written by
Cerie Bullivant, who was wrongly sent to Belmarsh at 23.’
However, the next day the same invitation was sent out again – but with the line mentioning Cerie Bullivant deleted.
The
film’s award-winning director Nicholas Racz admitted that the invite to
tonight’s event was edited. He said: ‘Cerie generously said there was
no reason for him to be mentioned. It was an association that wasn’t
helpful to the movie.’
He
added: ‘Cerie’s involvement was some five years ago where he was
involved as a co-writer. This was before his involvement with Cage and
the movie is not based on his life.
‘He
has contributed to the script, absolutely, and he will still be paid
for that if the film is made but it won’t be a significant amount of
money.’
And
Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti, who is helping to host the film’s
fundraising event tonight, admitted Bullivant had ‘some involvement’ in
the film.
She explained: ‘My understanding is that Cerie Bullivant is one of a number of stories that inspired this film.’
However
she went on to say: ‘Whatever you may think of Cerie Bullivant, he did
suffer a miscarriage of justice many years ago, and there will continue
to be many more miscarriages of justice if we continue down this path.
‘Fiction
is more powerful than anything and I really hope this is a great
inspiring film exposing secret courts and secret justice.’
Bullivant described ISIS executioner Mohammed Emwazi as a 'beautiful man' after his identity was revealed
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