![]() Amidst all this thunder, lightning, and sideways rain, the sea suddenly erupted with all these dolphins. I was screaming out for help but no one could hear me as the wind was so strong it just sucked the air right out of my lungs any time I opened my mouth. The wire had cut right through my rubber overalls and blood was pouring everywhere. I’d stupidly managed to get my arm wrapped around a metal wire and I thought I was going to lose the limb. High seas, they call it, which, when you’re stuck in the middle of it, is basically like living on a rollercoaster, as each wave is the size of an apartment building and they come crashing towards you every fifteen seconds. ![]() I remember when I was about sixteen we got caught in a particularly hairy storm crossing the Bay of Biscay. My father had been in the merchant navy so sailing was in my blood, and those summers really instilled in me a passion for travel and adventure –– which I think has bled through into my writing and the types of stories I like to tell. My happiest times were in the summers, when I could escape and go work on the crew of this 100-year-old tall ship. My grades were good, but my behavior was not –– so I went to a lot of different schools. James King: I moved around a lot as a kid. I’m newer to screenwriting – but it’s the logical and most rewarding thing to do when I’m in between roles. Since then, I’ve actually managed to pay the bills as an actor, which has been a great relief. After bumming about London for the better part of ten years trying to scrape by as a working actor, I moved to Los Angeles with my American wife in 2015. That’s where I first met James, kicking about with the other drama kids. When I graduated, my parents were all about me going to college to get a “real” degree.and so I went to King’s College London and did a BA in War Studies (the weirdest degree I could find). ![]() But I just wanted to be an actor – and so I spent most of my time doing plays, writing stories, and reading. I went to quite a straight-laced school where they prepped you to be a lawyer or a business person or that kind of thing. Chris Webster: I grew up in the countryside of merry old England – in a tiny little village which is about a thousand years old. ![]()
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