Sian Breckin (Donkey Punch) Interview

Starring Jaime Winstone, Nichola Burley and Sian Breckin, Donkey Punch is a no-holds-barred horror/thriller that pushes the genre to its limits and dares to ask the question: Do you know what a Donkey Punch is? Sian Breckin plays Lisa in the film.

Donkey Punch is newcomer Sian’s first feature role. She has previously appeared on television in The Royal and on stage in productions of The Importance of Being Earnest, Mancub, Good Hands, Christine and The Recruiting Officer.


“When I first read the script I told someone I was reading for a film called Donkey Punch, and he just went silent. I had absolutely no idea what it meant! I had to think about it before my first meeting with Des Hamilton, the casting director. I had to think ‘Is all the nudity and violence absolutely pivotal and necessary to the story?’ and decided that it was. Olly was really good the whole way through about being sure that I wanted to do that scene. It was my first film as well, so Olly and I were very much on the same wavelength in that sense.

The really interesting part about making the film was that Olly shot it as much as possible in sequence. When films are shot out of sequence it can be very hard to get your head around, but this was much more a natural progression. We actually only saw the boys when they came into the bar for the first scene, it really was like meeting these guys for the first time. The way the accommodation was set up meant the three girls stayed together and the boys were together, so our relationships became stronger and after a while it was like we’d been friends for years. Loads of girls go away on holiday and put themselves in those situations, but you never think it could happen to you.”


Donkey Punch is released in UK cinemas on 18th July 2008.