Julie Walters of "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole". Walters appeared in the lead role of Cynthia Payne in the 1987 film "Personal Services" – a dramatic comedy about a British brothel owner. Then she played the lead character's wife, June, in the film "Buster", released in 1988. She also appeared as Mrs. Peachum in the 1989 film version of "The Threepenny Opera", which was renamed "Mack the Knife" for the screen. In 1991, Walters starred opposite Liza Minnelli in "Stepping Out" and had a one-off television special, "Julie Walters and Friends", which featured writing contributions from Victoria Wood and Alan Bennett.
Bruce Payne commented, "Warner were fascinated by the similarity" between his name and that of Bruce Wayne. Payne has said that "they drew up a very short shortlist and there I was on it. Obviously, I lost out in the end to Michael Keaton".<ref name="http://www.agwlbp.com/sunday.html"></ref> In the same year Payne appeared as Doctor Burton in the dramatic film "Zwei Frauen" The film was nominated for Outstanding Feature Film at the German Film Awards. In 1990 Payne appeared in the music video for Neil Young's song "Over and Over", directed by Julien Temple, as a Stanley Kowalski (played by Marlon Brando in "A