I'm glad Mark Rylance is nice.
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Oh no, I love the film. I've seen it multiple times and I'll probably watch it again this Christmas. It's just as soon as you look past the very thin veneer of "love is the most important thing and it takes many forms" you realise that it's all kinds of fucked up. I've never been able to work out if this is genius multilayered storytelling on Curtis's part, or an all star cast attempting to funny and cute their way past some awful misjudgement.
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He was in La Bete quite early on in my Pinter career whilst I was job sharing / doing 20 hours a week and freelunching the rest of the time. Didn't meet him.
Hunsbook told me a couple of days ago that the press night of Nice Fish was 7 or 8 years ago. I couldn't get my head around the piece but Mark was not only a superb and humble company leader but he always made sure to come on stage during the hefty reset to make sure we were ok and on press night - when he would've been in huge demand - made sure he circulated and came over to techie corner, introduced himself to Mrs Rave and made a huge fuss over her, apologising for the fact that the whole technical period meant that I was at work for all hours. I'll never forget that. -
Would you actually love to see Love Actually?
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Liquidating the bonds.
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No Mr. Bond(s), I expect you to die.
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He's quietly an incredible actor. Never seen him live but Cousin Michael has and reckons he's the best he's ever seen.
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I quite like Raves Thespian Tales, it is a shame really we normally have to wait for the famous person in question to die.
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I haven't encountered many actors, but can confirm that Hugh Bonneville seemed a thoroughly nice bloke when I did a chariddee thing with him a few years back.
In a field (professional musicians) which contains a higher-than-average quotient of talented oddballs, [the late] John Taverner was delightfully bonkers, David Gilmour down to earth (& a ridiculously good guitar player who seemed to be able to nail pretty much anything first time), Wilco Johnson [one of my heroes] crazy but über-friendly (as was Norman Watt Roy from his band), Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi just normal people who happen to be ridiculously great at what they do, Nigel Olsson (Elton's long-term drummer) very easy to work with and Peter Bruntnell one of the nicest guys on the planet.
Oh, and following on from one of Rave's comments re Tom Stoppard, Arcadia is the best play I have ever seen in my life; just stunningly brilliant.
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Great to know that I'm not alone in appreciating Peter Bruntnell.
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Dis-Smithed for 62.
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An understated genius of a songwriter. Normal For Bridgewater would be one of my desert island albums - though I like pretty much everything he has ever released.
My best gig of the last 12 months was seeing Pete & Robbie Macintosh (ex-Pretenders & Paul McCartney guitarist, among many, many others) in a bar in Camden. Two old geezers (their term, not mine; they have been mates for 30 years) with acoustic guitars and a maximum of 30 people in the tiny room. Spell-bindingly good.
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Genius songwriter and fantastic guitarist. Saw him most recently this year at the Old Angel, Hockley, and it was the biggest audience I've seen watching him (60-70).
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There was a really good article in the Times last week about the challenges he had faced in recent years, and now how he was trying to assist others. One of the hardest cutters of a cricket ball you'll ever see.
