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By Ian Bustard and Martyn Robertson, Producers & Directors

It was 2012 and our mate Marty, a jobbing actor from Castlemilk, was broke.

He had, however, recently played Tom Hanks’s brother in a huge blockbuster movie called Cloud Atlas and really wanted to attend the film’s premiere in Hollywood.

We wanted to get him onto the red carpet in Hollywood so he could have his moment in the sun, so we made a movie with no budget about a guy in a movie with a big budget.

And we relished our low budget status. In a time when a few companies own absolutely everything, it was a joy to take them on and stand up for the little guy.

The purity of Marty’s desire was the heart of a story which, in order to be entertaining, had to be totally real.

This was one of the few occasions where we decided to do something about one of those daft conversations we’d had on a Saturday night in the pub.

There was an exciting energy in our chat. We’d been looking for something to work on together for a while.

“It’ll be great! We’ll take wee Marty to Hollywood and see how he cuts it amongst all the big guns.”

“It’ll be like a road movie — a great Scottish folk tale.”

And so we set about it. We created a battle plan, a crowd-funding website and social media accounts. We began telling our pals about the project.

Some thought that it was a giant wind-up; others thought we were mad and that we’d never get to Los Angeles.

Support came in many different ways, from small donations of cash to equipment from hire companies, media exposure, television coverage and airtime on the radio.

The people of Scotland didn’t let us down: they rallied round to make this project happen and they refused to accept no for an answer. For that, we’ll be eternally grateful.

By Marty Docherty, star of the movie

This was a life-changing experience for me.

The generosity of spirit shown by people amazed me. I learned that, if you stay positive, humble and believe in each other, you never know what might happen.

I guess the strangest thing for me was being the focus of the documentary. The closer we got to the film being finished, the more it dawned on me that I had no character to hide behind, no director to blame and, as an actor, I was completely naked.

If you have a horrible character to play and the public don’t like you, that’s fine: job done. But as myself I was terrified how I would come across. I was filming with my friends and, as a result, let my guard down.

It was the greatest experience of my career and, of all the parts I have played, Marty is my favourite.