Meet Glasgow's new cinema star: Fin MacMillan on Tim Burton, Samuel L Jackson and why he won't be leaving Govan

LET'S get to the point. How do you impress Samuel L Jackson? You show him you know how to use a blade. "We were in a circus in Blackpool and there were these knives," Finlay Macmillan is telling me on a bright August afternoon in Glasgow. "And I was throwing these knives. Not aggressively. Just flipping them. Pretending I was in a film or something. And Sam said 'aw, nice knife skills, man.' He looks at me. He can see the question on my face. These knife skills, I say. Where did you pick them up? "Years ago, watching Star Wars." He looks at me, thinks he can see what I'm thinking. "'I'm not in a gang in Glasgow." Well, that's alright then. I was wondering. Finlay Macmillan – Fin to his friends – is 20 years old, a good-looking Govan boy who lives with his parents, a one-time Buchanan Street busker and a none-time Weegie gang-banger. Oh and, as of this weekend, he's definitely someone you can see in your local multiplex appearing alongside Samuel L Jackson. Not just Jackson, in fact, bu...