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Billy idol

  • 28-12-2019 2:33pm
    #1
    badabing106
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    Two things that completely surprised me

    1. He's English, l just took it for granted he was American!

    2.He was first choice to play the baddie in Terminator 2! , until he had a bike accident. Wow, I can totally see why now. He had that facial charisma and shapes to really pull off that role

    Are there any completely random amazing facts about people that many would not have known ?


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  • #2
    TheValeyard
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    badabing106 wrote: »
    Two things that completely surprised me

    1. He's English, l just took it for granted he was American!

    2.He was first choice to play the baddie in Terminator 2! , until he had a bike accident. Wow, I can totally see why now. He had that facial charisma and shapes to really pull off that role

    Are there any completely random amazing facts about people that many would not have known ?

    Nah, Robert Patrick was way better. He learned how to shoot without blinking to make it look more realistic

    All eyes on Kursk. Slava Ukraini.



  • #3
    Raconteuse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Raconteuse


    Said this before but what the heck - the terrifying dude who plays the teacher in Whiplash and the neo Nazi in Oz and the newspaper chief in Spider-Man... voices the lovable, dopey yellow M&M.


  • #4
    Hangdogroad
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    He was in a punk band called Generation X who appeared on the last edition of Marc Bolans tv show before the latter was killed in a carcrash.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tr2HBJJQGU


  • #5
    badabing106
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,491 ✭✭✭badabing106


    TheValeyard wrote: »
    Nah, Robert Patrick was way better. He learned how to shoot without blinking to make it look more realistic
    Check out this video of Billy Idol, this guy is unable to blink. His intensity is unbelievable
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OFpfTd0EIs


  • #6
    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    He was fond of having an oul pedal and crank.



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  • #7
    andekwarhola
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    His sneer was pretty excellent.


  • #8
    Lirange
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    Raconteuse wrote: »
    Said this before but what the heck - the terrifying dude who plays the teacher in Whiplash and the neo Nazi in Oz and the newspaper chief in Spider-Man... voices the lovable, dopey yellow M&M.

    I first saw James Norton when he played the menacing Tommy in Happy Valley. Soon after he was the virtuous vicar in Grantchester. Couldn’t process.


  • #9
    Raconteuse
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    Lirange wrote: »
    I first saw James Norton when he played the menacing Tommy in Happy Valley. Soon after he was the virtuous vicar in Grantchester. Couldn’t process.
    God yeah, and the pure gent in Anna Karenina and McMafia.

    He's frightening as Tommy.

    Super actor!


  • #10
    frosty123
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    Brilliant singing voice in his prime, amazing talent.

    *Check out sweet sixteen on youtube


  • #11
    Trigger Happy
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    He was a bit pants in The Doors movie though.


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  • #12
    FanadMan
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    Trigger Happy wrote: »
    He was a bit pants in The Doors movie though.

    He was supposed to play the part of Tom Baker, but the motorcycle accident left him having to play a far smaller part.


  • #13
    tonycascarino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭tonycascarino


    badabing106 wrote: »
    Two things that completely surprised me

    1. He's English, l just took it for granted he was American!

    2.He was first choice to play the baddie in Terminator 2! , until he had a bike accident. Wow, I can totally see why now. He had that facial charisma and shapes to really pull off that role

    Are there any completely random amazing facts about people that many would not have known ?

    His mother is from Cork and he used to visit his cousins here as a young lad
    https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/live-at-the-marquee-billys-still-an-idol-in-rebel-county-337605.html


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