Sigh no more, ladies!
Okay, to be honest, I'm kind of getting used to seeing washed up actors at the Belgrade. They sit in the bar after a show and drink the posh red wine, but they're either too old for me to know their work or, if it's late, I'm just dying to get home.
However, last night I met this guy:
Not many of you will know him but I recognised him straight away. His name is Andy Hockley and, aside from starring as the Dame in the annual Belgrade panto, he appeared in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves and one of my (somewhat grudgingly) favourite films Much Ado About Nothing. I sat and chatted with him for what must have been an hour (I get paid double time for this?!) and did you know:
+ The reason why Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson split up was because she got itchy feet
+ When Michael Keaton first arrived on set he had to go get a costume fitted so asked Andy if he would go upstairs to a balcony and keep his girlfriend occupied. What I didn't know was that it was Courtney Cox and that, when he found her, she was drinking a bottle of white wine at 10am in the morning.
+ Re: Kate Beckinsale's dad's suicide. Apparently what never came out in the papers was that she was the one who found him dead in his bed one morning, at only 5 years old, hence why she has "so many issues" today.
+ He invited Ken and Emma to his wedding but they were in Cannes at the time, so they sent him a fax which he now has framed on his wall.
+ It took 27 takes to get that last (stupendous) scene right.
If you can't tell from this, I was quite awestruck.
However, last night I met this guy:
Not many of you will know him but I recognised him straight away. His name is Andy Hockley and, aside from starring as the Dame in the annual Belgrade panto, he appeared in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves and one of my (somewhat grudgingly) favourite films Much Ado About Nothing. I sat and chatted with him for what must have been an hour (I get paid double time for this?!) and did you know:
+ The reason why Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson split up was because she got itchy feet
+ When Michael Keaton first arrived on set he had to go get a costume fitted so asked Andy if he would go upstairs to a balcony and keep his girlfriend occupied. What I didn't know was that it was Courtney Cox and that, when he found her, she was drinking a bottle of white wine at 10am in the morning.
+ Re: Kate Beckinsale's dad's suicide. Apparently what never came out in the papers was that she was the one who found him dead in his bed one morning, at only 5 years old, hence why she has "so many issues" today.
+ He invited Ken and Emma to his wedding but they were in Cannes at the time, so they sent him a fax which he now has framed on his wall.
+ It took 27 takes to get that last (stupendous) scene right.
If you can't tell from this, I was quite awestruck.