Sean Bean and Charlotte Rampling head up the cast of London based terrorist thriller Cleanskin

Sean Bean, Charlotte Rampling have signed up to star in terrorist thriller Cleanskin, which is currently shooting in London.

The £1.5m film, about a secret service agent (Bean) chasing a suicide bomber (Abhin Galeya) and his terrorist cell, is being directed and produced by Hadi Hajaig for his production company UK Film Studios. Ruth Wilson and James Fox are also starring in the film.

Hajaig, who directed the 2005 film Puritan with Nick Moran, also wrote the screenplay as well as raising the finances for the project through the EIF taxbreak system.

The film, which according to Hajaig has shades of Taxi Driver and French Connection, is shooting for 6 weeks in and around London.