The look of sex, Soho and money

 
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26 April 2013
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Stars of The Look of Love were at the film's premiere at the Curzon Soho last night, including Steve Coogan, Anna Friel and Tamsin Egerton. The film tells the story of porn and property magnate Paul Raymond, who famously said he was a Liverpool boy who arrived in London with five bob in his pocket.

Coogan plays Raymond; Friel plays his wife, Jean, Egerton plays his mistress, porn star Fiona Richmond, and Imogen Poots plays his daughter Debbie, who battled addiction and breast cancer before dying of a heroin overdose.

Egerton had to ride topless through Soho on a horse for one scene in the film, but said: "I had pants on. They CGIed the bum because I would never have done that."

The film was written by Matt Grenhalgh, who previously wrote the scripts for Nowhere Boy and Control. He based The Look of Love on Paul Willetts's biography Members Only: The Life And Times Of Paul Raymond.

The film is packed with cameos from other British comics, including David Walliams, Matt Lucas, Chris Addison, Simon Bird, Stephen Fry and Miles Jupp.

Addison plays Tony Power, the editor of Raymond's porn magazine Men Only. James Lance plays Carl Snitcher, the chief executive of Paul Raymond Publications.

The Look Of Love goes on general release on April 26.

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