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| Actor Paul Hilts |
Actor
Paul Hilts is living proof that the harder you work, the more luck
comes your way. After a decade in the film business, the Liverpool
actor is finding his luck is improving each day.
A 20-year veteran of more than 50 film
and theater productions, Hilts recently snared a part in Mute,
a 2007 short story by best-selling author Stephen King.
Hilts will play the part of a priest
who listens to the confessions of a traveling book salesman after he
discovers his wife is having an affair.
“The idea of me in a Stephen King
movie is a bit surreal because he’s one of the greatest known
authors of our time. It doesn’t hurt to have an association with an
icon,” Hilts said. “The past few years have been pretty amazing.”
Hilts is referring to his relationship
with Shivilenco Pictures, a Liverpool-based production company which
makes shorts and feature films. The company is owned and operated by
director Colin Hives, who has hired Hilts for almost every one of his
projects.
“Paul is probably the most
professional actor I have ever worked with. He's so well prepared
it's scary,” Hives says. “He will lament over a part but when you
are ready to shoot he is the part. Paul is what I wish every
actor was – helpful. I don't after worry about Paul, who is a
godsend.”
Paul Hilts in Tangled Tales
And if the name Hilts sounds vaguely
familiar, that’s because it’s based on Steve McQueen’s
character from the classic World War II flick, The Great Escape.
Hilt’s was born Paul Taylor, but changed it professionally to honor
of his screen idol.
“Working class
Brits love and underdog, someone who fights against the odds and
triumphs over adversity, which Steve McQueen mastered,” Hilts says.
“It was because of Steve that I wanted to become an actor. He made
me feel if he could do it, so could I.”
Shooting on Mute will start later
this month and will be entirely filmed on location in Liverpool.
