Peter O'Toole has died

That's a terror. Was just reading a bit about him and his mad drinking sessions the other day..

While shooting 'The Lion In Winter', O'Toole cut off the top of his finger in a boating accident. He popped the finger in some brandy he was drinking, before pushing it back into place and wrapping with a bandage. Three weeks later he took the bandage off, and found he'd put it on the wrong way round, "probably because of the brandy, which I drank," explained O'Toole.

http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-editors/peter-o-toole-80-best-drinking-stories-132719697.html

My Name Is URL wrote:

That's a terror. Was just reading a bit about him and his mad drinking sessions the other day..

Another great one:

He went out boozing with Michael Caine when he was O'Toole's understudy for 'The Long And The Short And The Tall' at the Royal Court Theatre in 1959. The last thing Michael Caine remembered was eating egg and chips, before waking up in a strange flat with a headache. "What time is it?" he inquired. "Never mind what time it is," said O'Toole. "What f***ing day is it?" Two days had passed and they were due on stage in three hours.

The Aussie wrote: »

He did receive a honorary Oscar in 2003...... a bit of a Bridesmaid win

Good Actor in his day.

I loved his initial response when they offered him the honorary oscar

O'Toole nearly turned down the award, sending a letter asking that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hold off on the honorary Oscar until he turned 80.
Hoping another Oscar-worthy role would come his way, O'Toole wrote: 'I am still in the game and might win the bugger outright.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2524166/Film-legend-Peter-OToole-dies-age-81.html


And he did get another nomination afterwards, it would been amazing to see him finally get it.

Great actor, a legend of a man. RIP.

seenitall wrote: »

RIP.

Him, Richard Harris, Richard Burton and Oliver Reed were the original hellraisers (I am euphemising here :pac:). The likes of Colin Farrell and Jonathan Rhys-Myers, with their rehabs and their yoga retreats, will never be able to touch those four. Although they've both tried their very best.

Don't dare mention colin Farrell in the same breath as the first 4 again. Farrell is about as wild as a night in a church. His "wildness" was manufactured. The first 4 were legends and rightly so. Ollie reed was madder than a box of frogs.

I remember o'toole talking about drinking bottles of brandy with Omar sharif as they had no other mixers. Legend...

How does abusing alcohol like a moron make you a legend?

Good actor, RIP

timthumbni wrote: »

I remember o'toole talking about drinking bottles of brandy with Omar sharif as they had no other mixers. Legend...

Brandy with milk, and Omar Sharif was tied to a camel

timthumbni wrote: »

Don't dare mention colin Farrell in the same breath as the first 4 again.

Did you even read the post you quoted?

seenitall wrote: »

RIP.

Him, Richard Harris, Richard Burton and Oliver Reed were the original hellraisers (I am euphemising here :pac:). The likes of Colin Farrell and Jonathan Rhys-Myers, with their rehabs and their yoga retreats, will never be able to touch those four. Although they've both tried their very best.

"The only exercise I take is walking behind the coffins of friends who took exercise."

RIP