Recent publicity for the new movie about the Krays reminded me of this shoot for 442 in 1997. Lennon and Izzet were both playing for Leicester City at the time and on account of them always being together, as opposed to any suggestion of their ruthlessness on the pitch, they were humorously nicknamed "The Krays" by their team mates. Borrowing Bailey's sixties shot of the infamous gangsters for inspiration, I asked them to look 'hard' but it was quite an effort as they were both naturally more inclined to levity than menace. The original image was a black and white lith print from a medium format negative which gave an effect that I still love and have yet to find a way of replicating properly with a digital image.