#SHE SAID DO YOU LOVE ME SERIES#

Acting is nice because you get given what to wear, told where to stand, and told what to say. He was fairly smart then, and he’s gone on to prove it many times with Doctor Who and Sherlock. Press Gang was so beautifully crafted and written by Steven Moffat. Paul Reynolds turns up in Eddie the Eagle. Charlie Creed-Miles went on to play the lead in Wild Bill.

#SHE SAID DO YOU LOVE ME SERIES#

The series Press Gang was great fun, again in the company of great actors. One of my earliest recollections is, aged six, sitting on her knee and her being very nice to me, saying: “Ooh, aren’t you lovely?” Then I did a film called Steptoe and Son Rise Again with Diana Dors. I started in a road-safety film when I was six years old with Todd Carty and Jon Pertwee, who was Doctor Who at the time. It’s amazing to think I’ve been in this business for 50 years. Well, any admiration is gratefully received, so I’m thrilled. You have three distinct, separate modes – icon of British kids’ TV, celebrated Hollywood actor and regarded director. We had a lot of fun.įletcher, right, with (l to r) Mmoloki Chrystie, Kelda Holmes, Paul Reynolds, Gabrielle Anwar, Lee Ross and Julia Sawalha in Press Gang (1989). I got on the wrong end of that a couple of times, but sometimes being shouted and screamed at can be good for you when you think everything’s roses. It was this crazy film and I didn’t really understand what was going on a lot of the time, but Ken would shout and scream at people a lot. How did that c ome about and what was it like working with him? TheFall2007 You had a role in Ken Russell’s fantastic film Gothic. You weren’t so bad yourself.” He said: “Yes, but I was supposed to be.” He said: “I never said to you at the time, Dexter, but you were really rather good in Elephant Man.” I said: “That’s very kind of you. Years later, I went to a lunch and was seated next to John. My last day of filming was my 14th birthday, and they gave me a cake with a Disneyfied elephant on it, which I thought was strange because John Hurt did not look like Dumbo in any way. He would just point the camera at me and let me do stuff. I’m not going to see anyone else,” so I liked him for that. I went to the audition and he said: “You’ve got the job. What are your memories of working with John Hurt and David Lynch on The Elephant Man? carffion23ĭavid Lynch was very generous, funny, quirky, nerdy, artistic, creative and wore a Crombie and big hat. It’s always fun to watch it, just to remind myself that I was once cute and adorable.įletcher in The Elephant Man (1980). My hair was being cut off like a bowl and Jodie Foster made a moustache out of it. I remember watching Vivienne McKone, who plays Velma, do her dance number from the side of the stage. Pinewood had this incredible co-joined set where you could literally walk from the street, through the bookstore into the speakeasy. I was only on set for four days, but I do remember them quite vividly considering I was only nine. Was being in Bugsy Malone as much fun as it looked? EddieChorepost It gave the film that extra edge that I am also proud of. Keep it as honed and faithful as it can be.” Having had my own struggles in the past meant it was something I could speak of with a certain amount of authority. With Rocketman, Elton was very clear: “Let’s not glamourise it. I just came in and barked orders at people, and the film turned out rather well, so I’m very proud of that. I was brought on to Bohemian Rhapsody while we were rehearsing and prepping on Rocketman. My wife is an opera director she’d seen the musical and said: “You should do this because no one would expect that.” When things like Rocketman and Bohemian Rhapsody come along, I’m very interested in exploring those challenges. Sunshine on Leith was the most deliberate choice, because after directing my first film, the London gangster film Wild Bill, I got offered lots in a similar vein. Photograph: Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamyīugsy Malone, Sunshine on Leith, Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman : do you deliberately choose musicals, or do they just come your way? PaulMarinerĪ little of both. Fletcher in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels with Jason Statham and Jason Flemyng (1998).

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