Why Tim Roth was 'moved' by the script for Punch movie
Tim Roth was "moved" by the script for 'Punch'. The 61-year-old actor played the part of Stan in the drama film that centres on a teenage boxer who is training under the watchful eye of his demanding and alcoholic father and admitted he was touched by the script - which was written by director Welby Ings - because his own dad suffered from substance abuse issues. He told Under the Radar magazine: "My father was an alcoholic, and he had incredible PTSD from the Second World War, from fighting in that war when he was a child, when he was 17 through for five years. His journey into adulthood was ...