Danny Dyer was forced to cast his own son in his new film Marching Powder because ‘no other kid would be allowed’ to take the role. 

The 47-year-old actor plays Jack, a middle-aged dad who has six weeks to turn his life around, stop fighting at football, kick his habit, and save his marriage.

Written and directed by Nick Love, Danny was involved in the project from the start, with Stephanie Leonidas playing his wife, Dani.

However, due to the chaotic nature of the film, finding someone to play their son was challenging. 

The actor cast for the role would need to be young and exposed to some of the film’s mature content.

Danny’s 11-year-old son, Arty, had never considered acting before, but when Nick asked if he would be interested in playing the part, it turned out he was keen -especially for one part in particular.

Danny Dyer was forced to cast his own son in his new film Marching Powder because ‘no other kid would be allowed’ to take the role

Written and directed by Nick Love, Danny was involved in the project from the start, with Stephanie Leonidas playing his wife, Dani. However, due to the chaotic nature of the film, finding someone to play their son was challenging (pictured son Arty in the new film)

The Rivals star told LADbible: ‘Now, he had a little monologue, and at the end of it, he says the C-word, which he was very excited about. 

‘I didn’t know if he could even learn dialogue. So I gave him this chunk and I said, ‘learn that, and then I’ll see if you can do it’.

‘And he came back to me, he learnt it within five minutes, just because he rushed the first few sentences, so he could get to say the C-word just because he’s allowed to say it.’

Arty plays JJ and in one scene in the trailer, he picks him up from school and the young boy asks him if his mum is having an affair.

The youngster’s character said: ‘She said that if you ever pick me up from school, means she’s either ᴅᴇᴀᴅ or run of with another man.’ 

Other glimpses see him larking around the house with his dad as they throw sweets into each others mouths and even sporting a face of makeup.

While the new film is not an official sequel to The Football Factory which Danny starred in in 2004 as disillusioned 29-year-old Tommy Johnson who lives for the weekend football matches – it will follow a similar premise.

Danny’s 11-year-old son, Arty, had never considered acting before, but when Nick asked if he would be interested in playing the part, it turned out he was keen -especially for one particular part of the role

The Rivals star told LADbible : ‘Now, he had a little monologue, and at the end of it, he says the C-word, which he was very excited about’

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Speaking on his and his daughter Dani Dyer’s podcast, Live And Let Dyers, Danny revealed his excitement at the film’s release later this year.

Praising his co-star Stephanie, Danny sensationally revealed there is another co-star alongside him in Marching Powder who is very dear to his heart – Arty.

‘She’s a very strong woman in this. I want to shout out Steph, Steph Leonidas,’ he said.

‘Little man’s in it as well. Ooh, that’s a f****** exclusive, no one knows that. Arty is in it. My son, my actual son and heir.’

‘He’s so good in it,’ said Dani, with Danny pridefully adding: ‘Yeah, he’s brilliant’.

Speaking of the film in general, he quipped: ‘I swear to you, this is something very, very different. You will see a lot of me doing press over the coming weeks.’

Back in January Danny  revealed that Arty will star in a new working class romantic comedy film alongside him (pictured together last year)

Danny explained that the Marching Powder’s themes and storyline are more nuanced than what its explicit trailer suggests.

‘But yeah, it is something I’m very, very proud of. Because it is a love story; it’s a working-class love story,’ he says. ‘Classism is a thing, and most rom coms are never set on a council estate. There’s Pride & Prejudice, there’s someone in f****** britches!’

For Danny, the film is instead a romantic comedy told from a working-class perspective, and that is gritty and unfiltered, unlike other popular rom coms like Love Actually.

‘You know, a love story where both the man and woman say c***, but in a loving way,’ he added.