Confirmed attachments
The talent bringing The Rag to life.
Three of Wales's finest are attached to The Rag — and two of them, Sam Locke and Richard Harrington, are Merthyr's own.
Cast
A young Welsh actor, born and raised in Merthyr Tydfil. He broke through as Jimmy Fox in Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later (and its follow-up, The Bone Temple), having first caught the eye as PC Ryan in Michael Sheen and James Graham's BBC series The Way.
Cast
A Welsh actor and director who won the BAFTA Cymru for Best Actor as Oliver Tate in Richard Ayoade's Submarine. His screen work spans 22 Jump Street, The Fundamentals of Caring and Red Oaks — and he writes and directs his own films too.
Cast
A Welsh-speaking actor, born in Merthyr Tydfil. Best known as the lead detective in the Welsh noir Hinterland, his credits include Gangs of London, Poldark, Bang and The Pact.
Music & score
The Rag's music and score come from Alabama 3 — the genre-clashing collective whose anthem “Woke Up This Morning” became the theme to The Sopranos.
Frontman Larry Love (Rob Spragg) was born in Merthyr Tydfil — so the sound, like the story, comes home to the valleys. Watch him make the case for the film below.
Larry Love on The Rag