Days before the premiere of his latest film, the A-list crime drama White Boy Rick, Demange, 41, is back on an elite shortlist of talent under consideration.
A new series, overseen by Demange, is now being made for Netflix.
He has had to deal with a lot and he knows pain,” said Demange, who visited the real Wershe in prison several times.
“You don’t see enough of the real Britishness on screen, the banter,” he said.