Papadopolous & Sons - Top 5 Things Learnt from Q&A With Marcus Markou

1. He originally wanted to be an actor, but after taking part in different plays and attending drama school from the age of a teenager to 28, he realised his true passion lay in storytelling and the only way he could initially express that was through acting so instead he tried script-writing.
2. He plugged his own money directly from another successful business he owns with his brother into the production of the film; this was a massive risk because if the film didn't work, he would have lost all of their money.
3. He tried not to get actors through agencies, this meant approaching actors with scripts, posting scripts through their letterboxes and finding links through the connections he already had.
4. When Marcus wrote the script, there wasn't a specific audience in mind - he felt that different aspects of the story could appeal to different groups of people. However, after receiving the deal from Cineworld that they would screen the film, he began to target Greek families and communities around the area of the cinema. Wood Green Cineworld and Enfield Cineworld were two particular hotspots. 
5. Papa and Sons is a story Marcus wrote based around himself and his family. He felt that as a young teen he was embarrassed and therefore distanced himself from his Greek roots, but as he grew up he wanted to get back in touch with them and realised what he originally thought was embarrassing is what made him and his culture unique. Each character is a personification of these feelings.