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Actor David Frampton is John Kelly, in Sing J. Lee's First the Bird Fell, a 2011 short !lm being shown in festivals through-out Europe. He plays a retired runner in the process of remembering his past. "We shot in Wales for four days. It rained non-stop, it was freaking cold and I was wearing a vest and shorts most of the time", he remembers with a laugh. 2011 has been a year of intense work for Frampton, who just got back from Turkey, where he starred in another short movie. ""e place was beautiful and I was treated like a prince." "e 34 year-old actor studied acting back at home, in Northamptonshire, at age 17. It was a three-year course he left six months early to move to London. "e move led to a number of experi-ences that he remembers with a grim: "I worked as carpenter, delivery man, and managed bars and clubs in Chelsea." "en came model-ling, which took him around the world and, as he puts it, "was stupid money for hardly doing anything." David modelled for several years to follow, until, three years ago, he decided to go back to his true passion of acting. All his life experience was key to shape the actor he is now. "I don't know how these kids that come straight from acting school do it without experience to draw from", he comments.

Acting is in the family. David's father was an actor at the Royal Shakespeare Company, time during which a young David could watch stage performances, which, according to him, gave him a clear idea of what he wanted to do for a living since very early in life. He's been working in commercial movies, feature !lms and !lm editorials, and is loving every new job. About the roles he plays, he comments:

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Coat from a selection. Trousers by PRADA, scarf by BURBERRY.

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Military shirt from a vintage shop, about £10. Watch, JAEGER LE COULTRE, circa 1954.

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Jumper by JOHN SMEDLEY, trousers by GIORGIO ARMANI.

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!is page: blazer by GIORGIO ARMANI, jumper by UNIQLO, jeans by LEVI’S. Opposite page: trousers from a SELECTION, shirt by YVES SAINT LAURENT.