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photo of callum scott howells (left) with a photo of henry paget (right)

Callum Scott Howells cast to play Henry Paget in the forthcoming feature film Madfabulous

Production Company Mad As Birds is delighted to announce that Callum Scott Howells (Its A Sin, The Beautiful Game) will play the role of the coming of age, rebellious aristocrat, Henry Paget in the British Independent film due to commence shooting this Summer directed by Celyn Jones (The Almond And The Seahorse, The Vanishing).

Madfabulous will tell the true story of Henry Paget, the fifth Marquess of Anglesey who smashed through societal protocols of class & gender with his theatrical expressions and lavish social life, spending a multi-million pound fortune before his untimely death aged 29. The film promises to be a riotous uncompromising celebration of flamboyance, relationships, rebellion and blind generosity in the pursuit of love and applause.

Filming will commence on Anglesey, North Wales in August. Callum said, “It is a real honour to be portraying Henry in this great story about the man and everything he represented. He is such a fascinating character; truly a rebel ahead of his time and has been inspiration to many artists throughout the years. I can’t wait to work with this great team to bring Henry to life on screen.”

Celyn added, “Callum is the perfect actor for this role, a versatile and charismatic performer with a rockstar appeal... I'm sure Henry would approve. It's a dream to be going back home to Anglesey to make this film, Lisa has written a fabulous script and I'm loving the creative team that's gathering to help me tell this iconic tale about the original 20th century boy."

The film is written by Anglesey born Lisa Baker in her feature film debut, produced by Nadia Jaynes (Marcella, The Responder) and Sean Marley (Poms, Six Minutes To Midnight) and Exec Produced by Nicola Pearcey
(Military Wives, The Almond And The Seahorse) from Picnik Entertainment. Casting is in process through Rebecca Wright Casting.

The film is supported by Ffilm Cymru Wales awarding National Lottery funding, and by the Welsh Government via Creative Wales.