Ray Winstone in The Sweeney.  East Ender … Ray Winstone
approaches law enforcement the old-fashioned way in The Sweeney.
It's 9am in London. ''I just got out of bed,'' growls Ray
Winstone, who is facing a day getting in shape after a torrid
holiday season. ''I've eaten and drunk myself to death,'' he
continues. ''I'm actually trying to be a good boy but I don't
know how long that's going to last. I'm thinking the pub opens
about 12 so I might start the training tomorrow.''  The tough-
guy actor, a London East Ender whose memorable movies have
included Sexy Beast, The Proposition, The Departed, Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Hugo and recently
Noah with Russell Crowe, is living up to his reputation.  He
does the same as Flying Squad detective Jack Regan in The
Sweeney, the movie version of the hit 1970s British TV series
about a hardcore police squad who do whatever it takes to bring
crims to justice.  And no doubt he will still be growling in
Noah, director Darren Aronofsky's follow-up to