Paid Members Carbomb Posted September 28, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted September 28, 2023 Underrated turn in The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, too. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted September 28, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted September 28, 2023 Great actor. As said he had a heck of a distinctive voice. 82 isn't too bad of an innings. Not a great week for the acting world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 1 hour ago, cobra_gordo said: What a voice too. Loved him playing a prick in Layer Cake. "You're born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take more shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake son." Proper great actor with a vast range. Imo personally, the second best Dumbledore but obviously that's one of his best-known roles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted September 28, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted September 28, 2023 Probably just me, but it always feels a slap in the face to someone with a long life and incredible filmography to see the BBC News headline just be "Harry Potter actor dies". I first knew him from The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Their Lover, a film I saw far too young, because my Dad was a massive Greenaway fan. I probably most readily associate him with that, Layer Cake and Fantastic Mr. Fox, not necessarily in that order. He also had an entertaining turn in The Book of Eli, a film that I have an inordinate soft spot for. He also replaced John Hurt as Jim Henson's StoryTeller for the Greek myths episodes, which I must have watched as a kid at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted September 28, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted September 28, 2023 1 minute ago, BomberPat said: Probably just me, but it always feels a slap in the face to someone with a long life and incredible filmography to see the BBC News headline just be "Harry Potter actor dies". No, not just you. I get it, but my heart sinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) 17 minutes ago, BomberPat said: Probably just me, but it always feels a slap in the face to someone with a long life and incredible filmography to see the BBC News headline just be "Harry Potter actor dies". That's just how news these days works thought isn't it? It doesn't detract from the incredible career he clearly had, but it HAS to grab people in what people knew him best for. Edit: sorry Pat, that sounds quite patronising reading it back, but yeah just how it goes innit. Edited September 28, 2023 by SuperBacon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Didn’t he play Dumbledore in 5 or so films? Sure he’s had a great career but a headline is just that, a headline. And it’s one of the biggest film series of all time and it’s what most people will know him from. It’ll be like when Ian McKellen dies, it’ll be “Gandalf” or “Magneto” and not “Walter” It’ll be interesting when Sean Astin buys the farm, given the Stranger Things / LOTR / Goonies chatter that emerges whenever he’s mentioned! Also, roffle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted September 28, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted September 28, 2023 With all due respect to Michael Gambon, if it wasn't Harry Potter my next film I'd relate him to is Ali G Indahouse so Harry Potter is probably a nice and safe title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 11 minutes ago, FelatioLips said: With all due respect to Michael Gambon, if it wasn't Harry Potter my next film I'd relate him to is Ali G Indahouse so Harry Potter is probably a nice and safe title. And bootcut jeans and body warmer enthusiasts will know him from the last corner of the Top Gear track. Proper Top Gear that is, before the wokes ruined it. I just want my country back etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted September 28, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted September 28, 2023 40 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: And bootcut jeans and body warmer enthusiasts will know him from the last corner of the Top Gear track. Proper Top Gear that is, before the wokes ruined it. I just want my country back etc. Michael Gammonbon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abe_Knuckleball_Schwartz Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Sad to hear about Michael Gambon, he was absolutely fantastic in the Singing Detective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Alan Grant Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 4 hours ago, Keith Houchen said: It’ll be interesting when Sean Astin buys the farm, given the Stranger Things / LOTR / Goonies chatter that emerges whenever he’s mentioned! “California Man star Sean Astin has passed away”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted September 29, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted September 29, 2023 8 hours ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said: Michael Gammonbon? Michael Jambon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Healys Chutney Spoon Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 Been a few days so let's add Francis Lee to the thread https://news.sky.com/story/francis-lee-former-manchester-city-player-and-chairman-dies-12975059 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted October 3, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted October 3, 2023 I'm not surprised after that performance on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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