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UNSIGNED Birmingham band Casino hit the jackpot when songs from their demo tape were snapped up for a movie starring Alicia Silverstone, Peter O'Toole and Joan Plowright.
The foursome of Adam Zindani, Joe Crofts, Ade Stead and Sam Yapp were even flown to Toronto where they coached the cast in playing instruments and looking like rock stars.
'They asked me to appear in the film but I refused,' reveals 24- year-old vocalist and guitarist Adam from Kings Norton.
'I'm a musician rather than an actor - but if the money had been better I'd have thought about it!'
The film, due for release before Christmas, tells the story of rock band Global Heresy whose founder and frontman disappears. The band hires a young woman - played by Alicia Silverstone - to take his place and things look great until the missing member returns and reveals that his disappearance was just a publicity stunt.
'The group look for an English country house in which to relax...