POTENTIAL film stars of the future descended upon Chepstow Leisure Centre this week, to take part in auditions for roles in a new movie called Outlaw.

The film, directed by Nick Love, whose other films include Football Factory and The Business, is to be shot around Chepstow and includes stars such as Sean Bean and Danny Dyer.

The action movie is about five men that have suffered injustices during their lives who band together to make good all the wrongs that have been done to them.

The Free Press sent reporter Alex Cinus along to see if he could cut the mustard and shine in the world of the silver screen.

I arrived at the audition brimming with confidence and certain that I could be the one the producers were looking for. The advert said they were looking for men and woman aged 16-60 for walk-on roles in their new movie Outlaw. It did not take long to notice that I fit this criteria perfectly and perhaps was in with a chance.

However, I was soon taken aback by the complex application form that needed to be completed on arrival. Questions such as; Do you own an overcoat?, What size is your head? and Do you have any past experiences such as dance, martial arts, BMX or skateboarding? only served to baffle me and turn me into a nervous wreck. I was beginning to think I was out of my depth.

As I sat in silence waiting to be called up to see the second assistant director Tom White for my audition, I contemplated my strategy and surveyed my competition.

It was clear that I was in the company of some excellent veteran extra actors. As one man practised voice gymnastics and another limbered up as if he was about to run a marathon, I felt hugely put off and thought of making a run for it myself.

However, my attention was quickly drawn to Mr White calling my name out and I knew it was too late to back out now. I shot up and proceeded along the walk of death up to the stage where my grilling would take place.

To my astonishment the extremely brief audition consisted of Mr White glancing at the form I had filled out and giving me a brief synopsis of the film, before calling the next hopeful on to the stage.

In a desperate plea to leave more of a lasting impression on Mr White before my chance was over, I uttered the line: "If you want a 'Chav', I can become a 'Chav'."

I instantly realised that this may not have been the best thing to say and that my chances of becoming Wales' answer to Ray Winstone were all but over.

Mr White then spoke those soul-destroying words: "We'll be in touch". When of course what he actually meant was 'sorry pal, but you were rubbish'!

The producers need 1,200 extras in total, but it looks as though this is one budding film star they won't be calling on.