Billy Elliot The bus station, from where Billy leaves his father and brother for London, is the now-demolished Gallowgate Bus Station in Newcastle. The performance of "Swan Lake" takes place at the Theatre Royal in Haymarket, London. On 22 May 1999, it was announced that Jamie Bell would play the lead role in the film, while Adam Cooper and Julie Walters were in early talks to join the cast. On 3 June 1999 it was reported that Gary Lewis, Jamie Draven, Jean Heywood, Stuart Wells, Merryn Owen, Nicola Blackwell, Colin Maclachlan, Mike Elliott, Billy Fane, Janine Birkett, Charlie Hardwick, Matthew James Thomas
The Carpetbaggers William Boyd, who became famous as Hopalong Cassidy. Others say that Smith was based on cowboy actor Ken Maynard. A 1966 movie entitled "Nevada Smith" starring Steve McQueen was based on Smith's role in this book. The role of Billy the Kid in Hughes' "The Outlaw" was played by Jack Buetel, who prior to his movie career was neither an outlaw nor a cowboy, but an insurance clerk. Murray Schumach's review in "The New York Times" on June 25, 1961, opens: "It was not quite proper to have printed "The Carpetbaggers" between covers of a book. It should have been