The actor, who has become synonymous with the role of notorious gangster Pat Tate, will return for the seventh film in the franchise, Rise of the Footsoldier: Redemption.
"This one, Rise of the Footsoldier: Redemption, is bigger than all of them," he said. "It was a tough shoot – three different countries – but we got it done. It took 18 months in post with visual effects.
"This is more leaning towards explosive action. It really does. It's as close as I'm going to get to Bond, put it that way!
Fairbrass first played Tate in 2007's Rise of the Footsoldier, which was inspired by the real-life Rettendon murders of 1995, in which three men were found dead in a Range Rover in Essex.
"I thought, it's not an everyday occurrence that people are cold-bloodedly murdered like a hit in Essex. It fascinated me.
"So many people said to me, 'If they ever did a film about that, you'd be a great Pat Tate.'
View Green Video on the source website"I read it, and I just thought, 'I'd kill to play that part.' It's one of those roles that comes along once in a lifetime – uber violent, a standout character, just a fascinating fella. When the guy died, I think he had about 10 different drugs inside his body on the autopsy…
Fairbrass's performance proved to be one of the defining elements of the original film, with Tate later becoming the focus of spin-off entries including Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story.
"Then about 10 years passed, and they came to me and said, 'We've done our research – characters who worked, characters who didn't work – and we'd love to do The Pat Tate Story. Would you be up for it?'.
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"Everything that we've done has stemmed from something that happened in their lives," he said. "Then we've embellished on that, exaggerated and used theatrical licence to make it more entertaining and feed the fans.
"There's always been a fascination for crime films, British crime films, British gangster movies.... if you get it right, and we have got it right, the fans love the films. They really have taken to it.
Fans looking to revisit the franchise before Fairbrass returns as Tate can catch the first five Rise of the Footsoldier films on LEGEND.
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