Back in the West to play the lead role in Justice, a film by Bob Roget and Ron Elliott, Marcus has found himself in his own idea of a living hell. Delayed by funding difficulties, filming had not started when Scoop interviewed him. I've done it on stage, but that is somehow easier to attain because everyone is further away. So, that's a great challenge for me to put such an extreme character on celluloid. Especially when your face is the size of a tent.
Justice is about the triumph of the human spirit.
It's the story of a writer who has a huge alcohol problem, is framed by corrupt police and the process of being charged puts him in a situation where he can't get hold of a lot of alcohol, so he's forced to dry out. Ironically its the thing that saves him, and he ends up fighting the system and winning. In talking to Marcus, it becomes clear that when he focuses on something, he focuses on every aspect of it. Having succeeded in television with roles such as Wheels in E Street, Elvis Maginnis in Good Guys Bad Guys, and acclaimed parts in Halifax FP and Blue Murder, Marcus has set his sights on the world of film and has no intention of restricting himself to one side of the camera. I do think that film is the absolute canvas of our time.