By Hanna Flint
Published: 18:05 EST, 6 June 2014 | Updated: 18:28 EST, 6 June 2014
He's known for playing the soft spoken, dim-witted Neil Sutherland from the hit E4 show The Inbetweeners.
But fans of Blake Harrison are going to be in for a shock when they see him in an exclusive video, where he is seen screaming and shouting profanity.
Wearing a security guards uniform, this aggressive side of Harrison is one rarely seen and would certainly scare Neil and his motley crew.
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Scary! The Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison goes berserk in an exclusive video to MailOnline
But luckily this isn't a clip of Harrison, rather the character he is playing in new movie Keeping Rosy.
As Roger, a violent, psychopathic security guard, Blake teams up with Maxine Peake (Silk, Shameless) who stars as Charlotte, a career-obsessed workaholic whose life takes a sudden and bitter downward turn.
Clearly the role is worlds apart from that of the actor's Inbetweeners part, who will be back on the big screen in upcoming Inbetweeners 2, and Blake felt it was one of the best scripts he had ever read.
'The writing was great, and I knew immediately it was something I wanted to get involved in,' Harrison said.
'With Roger, it wasn't about making him likeable necessarily, but I did want to steer it away from being a traditional villain and make him a little more layered. He's not the nicest guy in the world – he's a bit of a charmer and an opportunist – but he's probably had quite a horrible life, and is very poor.'
Keeping Rosy is the directorial debut for award-winning advertisement director Steve Reeves, who is best known for making the infamous Agent Provocateur advertisement starring Kyle Minogue.
Reeves decision to hire Harrison was by chance, having watched The Inbetweeners with his son during the casting process.
He's gone mental: Blake Harrison shouts profanity but he's only in character for new movie Keeping Rosy
'It's a great part for an actor, so we got some brilliant people coming in,' the director recalls. 'The casting agent sent Blake the script and he wanted the part so much that he filmed an audition on his mate's iPhone and emailed it over immediately.'
Reeves added: 'He was brilliant and so unexpected. You instantly forgot he was "that guy from The Inbetweeners" and just saw this nasty, small-minded scary guy leering into the lens.'
Keeping Rosy, rated 15, will run for four weeks in Manchester from June 6 before becoming available in London cinemas.
Watch out: The film is the directorial debut for award-winning advertisement director Steve Reeves
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