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Graham, McDonald take key footballer roles in The Damned United

As the shoot continues for Tom Hooper's Brian Clough story The Damned United, Stephen Graham and Peter McDonald have taken the roles of legendary 1970s footballers Billy Bremner and Johnny Giles, respectively. Bremner was the Leeds Captain and Giles was a midfielder.Other actors taking on footballing roles are Mark Cameron as central defender Norman Hunter, Martin Compston as John O'Hare and Colin Harris as John McGovern (both of whom followed Brian Clough from Derby County ...

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