http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales ... -30394781/"........It is a Welsh actor’s internet-only labour of love that tells the story of a struggling band breaking into the big time.
But in a case of life mirroring art, online show Svengali is now tasting its own share of success after a decision to make it into a movie starring Sherlock actor Martin Freeman and This is England’s Vicky McClure.
Merthyr Tydfil-born actor Jonathan Owen last night described the casting of the Bafta-winning stars as the “stuff of fantasy”.
Svengali, which started life as a “viral” video on internet site YouTube, stars Owen as Dixie, the manager of a Welsh band trying to make it big in London.
The actor, who has starred in Shameless and Good Arrows – the directorial debut of Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh – managed to entice the cream of the music world to star in his online comedy including Creation Records founder Alan McGee, Carl Barat of the Libertines, Boy George and The Pogues’ Shane MacGowan.
Read More
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales ... z1nKnSr4hUNever heard of this before.Online comedy ?