# “This is the top”: the 1997 movie Bob Hoskins called the “most important” work of his career

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/this-is-the-top-the-1997-movie-bob-hoskins-called-the-most-important-work-of-his-career/
- Published: 2026-10-27T22:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T23:33:22+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/1997-movie-bob-hoskins-called-the-most-important-work-of-his-career/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Hoskins called *TwentyFourSeven* the most important work of his career.
- He played a boxing trainer supporting young people in his community.
- He championed the film as a story England needed to tell.

## Summary

Bob Hoskins said Shane Meadows’ 1997 film *TwentyFourSeven* was the most important work of his career. His choice stands out because he was already known for celebrated roles in films such as *The Long Good Friday* and *Who Framed Roger Rabbit?*, while this was a low-budget British drama led by a then little-known director.

Hoskins played Alan Darcy, a boxing trainer trying to steer young people in his community towards better prospects. In a 1998 interview, he praised the film as an unusually indigenous story about England and linked his decision to take part to the need for working-class stories in British arts. The film also featured then-unknown performers, including James Corden, in his film debut.

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