Samuel L. Jackson @SamuelLJackson 1m I met Peter O'Toole backstage at A Soldiers Play! Amazing talent, an Inspiration! RIP.
timthumbni wrote: » Where the feck did you work exactly???
K-9 wrote: » I'd a whole array of RTE celebs, politicians and their wives at times of seismic shifts in Irish politics, Neeson, Blackburn Rovers, I've forgotten more than I could remember, oh, Christy Moore turned up once! In all seriousness, Finney was a pleasure, only man I can ever remember returning a tip, and my God the red head was stunning. Some drink in him and remembered everybodies names. Personal touch.
timthumbni wrote: » You sound like you could swap stories with o'toole and harris yourself. Please don't say you arm wrestled Ollie reed or I will be ultra jealous. Ha.
K-9 wrote: » Lol I just loved Finneys naivety, his unawareness, I don't think he realised how big he was.Damn fine redhead though! Rather partial to a red head like myself.
I used to be scared stiff of the nuns: their whole denial of womanhood – the black dresses and the shaving of the hair – was so horrible, so terrifying. Of course, that's all been stopped. They're sipping gin and tonic in the Dublin pubs now, and a couple of them flashed their pretty ankles at me just the other day.
murpho999 wrote: » RIP Peter O'Toole. A great actor. As usual, UK media will say he was British.
greenflash wrote: » Does this ever genuinely happen, or is just some nationalist oppression fantasy? Every report I've read describes O'Toole as Irish, even though he was half Scottish, spent practically no time here, English educated and based and may not have even been born here. Other than when Barry McGuigan chose to box for Britain and was described as British, I genuinely can't recall any instances of this actually happening. RIP Peter O'Toole
Duckworth_Luas wrote: » I think you're mixing him up with Dumbledore!
Beano wrote: » I'm pretty sure i'm definitely not. Dumbledore was played first by Richard Harris and then by Michael Gambon.
Duckworth_Luas wrote: » I've seen all the films and it was definitely Alec Guinness and later Ewen McGregor.
Donkey Oaty wrote: » Not the right thread for this discussion I admit, but as you are quoting me, I can assure you that non-republicans (uber or otherwise) do care about this, and with good reason - because, across the world it is possible to come across people who have heard of Barry McGuigan, U2, Geldof, etc, but have never heard of Ireland and have assumed those famous people are British/English. So it matters not as a rabble-rousing national pride thing, but in real terms for trade, tourism, brand-awareness, etc.
