Ashley Walters’ new film Animol – which marks his directorial debut – tells the story of a series of troubled but hopefully young men doing time in a young offenders institute.
The poignant coming-of-age story follows the inmates they navigate gang loyalties and relationships behind bars.
And there is no one better to tell the complicated and often harrowing story than Peckham-born Ashley, 44.
The Top Boy star spent 18 months in a young offenders institute in London after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm after he was arrested following a bust-up with a traffic warden.
But fast forward two decades and Ashley has managed
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