Natural Nylon was a British film and theatre production company, in operation from 1997 to 2003. It was officially formed in 1997 by Jude Law,

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, Damon Bryant, Bradley Adams, and

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, although the history of the group goes back a few years earlier. Natural Nylon was formed with the aim of giving those involved more control over their careers, 'supporting British acting talent, and keeping it in the UK'. Bryant had quit his job as cameraman in 1991 and, together with his wife, opened a club on Beak Street in

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. He struck up a friendship with TV producer Bradley Adams, whose wife introduced them to Frost, who was going out with Law after meeting him on the set of ''

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''. McGregor and Pertwee had also met Law through this film - Pertwee also appeared in it and McGregor read for the part that went to Law. Completing the line-up was Miller, a friend of Law since they met at the

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in their late teens. The majority of the group lived in the

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area, and were part of the

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. Natural Nylon was formed in the late 90s, and the first film to be produced by Natural Nylon was David Cronenberg's '' eXistenZ'' (1999) which was followed by ''

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'' (2000), '' XX/XY'' (2002), ''

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'' (2004). They co-produced an acclaimed adaptation of ''Dr Faustus'' at the Young Vic in 2002. Bryant and McGregor left the company in 2002, and Law resigned as director in January 2003, with the reason given as the taking off of the Hollywood careers of McGregor and Law. As the company was effectively wound down in early 2003, Variety wrote ''Natural Nylon never lived up to its Britpack hype. Founded seven years ago amid claims by the actor partners that it would enable them to take greater control over their careers, it only managed to get its name on four films — “eXistenZ,” “Nora” and the upcoming “To Kill a King” and “Owning Mahowny.”'' }

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