1.9.09

THE GREEN, GREEN BAIZE OF HOME

I was interested in this story about Sir Anthony Hopkins, which states he got into theatre and acting when he saw a play at a working men's club that his father had sent him to in order to learn to play snooker.

If things had worked out differently, Hopkins could have been world champion.

By the same token, Ray Reardon could have been Hannibal Lecter (or more likely Dracula).

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

unrelated, possibly

(david) what are your 3 favourite films that have a snooker table in them?

Claus Christensen said...

Nice one Dave!

Dave H said...

Nothing will ever top the cinematic majesty of Number One, the 1984 film starring Bob Geldof as a kind of Alex Higgins character

Cruelly overlooked at the Oscars in my view