Confidence was a preference for the habitual participants of what was known in the '90s as Britpop. And for Nicholas Hoult's character in Kill Your Friends, that confidence is stoked by large quantities of white powder and not a little violence. How far will his A&R man Steven Stelfox go to find the next Oasis? Have a look at the first - quite sweary - teaser trailer to get an idea.
Adapted by John Niven from his own 2008 novel, Kill Your Friends finds 27-year-old Stelfox carving out a career for himself in the London music industry; zigzagging around the world in search of the next massive hit (powered by greed and huge snorts of Colombian marching powder); and doing almost anything for that elusive new sensation, even if it means cutting a few throats in the non-figurative sense.
Owen Harris (Holy Flying Circus, Black Mirror) is here directing his first feature film. Regular Christopher Guest alumnus Jim Piddock joins Hoult in the cast playing Derek Summers, the managing director of Stelfox’s record label. And also along for the ride are James Corden, Austenland's Georgia King, Da Vinci's Demons' Tom Riley, Deadpool's Ed Skrein, Submarine's Craig Roberts, Half Of A Yellow Sun's Joseph Mawle and Bunny & The Bull's Edward Hogg.
Kill Your Friends is out in the UK on November 6.