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'IT TOOK BALLS'
Larry Lamb and the Hatton Garden Job cast praise the OAPs behind real-life heist for their ‘balls’
In an exclusive featurette, the cast give their thoughts on the team behind the iconic Hatton Garden Heist
LARRY Lamb and Joely Richardson have led the cast in opening up about the real-life robbers behind the Hatton Garden heist.
The Sun Online has been given an exclusive look at a featurette starring the all-star cast in the run-up to the DVD release of The Hatton Garden Job.
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In the clip, the cast discuss why the multi-million pound have-a-go diamond thieves have become so legendary, and how they tow the line between being heroes or villains.
Larry Lamb, who plays the team's leading man Brian Reader, explained: "If you were somebody who had several million pounds stashed away in that vault, and they legged it with it, you'd definitely regard them as villains.
"But if you're somebody who's watching this film, you'd very likely regard them as heroes."
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Joely Richardson, who plays Erzebet Zslondos in the flick, added: "It's easy to sort of mythically place it in this kind of Robin Hood scenario, except they did want the money for themselves and not to give the money to the poor!
"But at the same time, it was a extraordinary endeavour."
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Mark Harris, who plays Frank Baskin in the flick, says the gang were "legends", and added: "I don't think they're villains, but they're not heroes because you can't say a hero is someone that carries out a major robbery!"
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The Hatton Garden Job is the name given to a heist committed by four elderly men, led by 76-year-old Brian Reader, who ransacked an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden in 2015.
They used high-duty drills to get into the vault, going through the wall that was two metres thick and cracked into 73 boxes in the vault.
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Each box contained a wealth of jewels and precious metals including diamonds, sapphires and gold.
Eventually the men, who were all experienced thieves, were all caught and all plead guilty to the crime.
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Four accomplices were also tried for the crime, with only one walking free cleared of their involvement.
It's not known officially what the total value of what they stole was, but some reports estimate it could be up to a staggering £200million.
- The Hatton Garden Job is available on DVD and Blu-Ray from Monday.
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