Bob Hoskins' appeal lay in a chirpiness forever on the edge of explosion. Yet his most powerful hour came playing a man with genuinely unsettling intent beneath that cuddly exterior
Helen Mirren, Shane Meadows and Stephen Woolley share their memories of Hoskins
Bob Hoskins was such a strong presence on screen: wiry, coiled, a low centre of gravity. For me, he always no matter how old he got looked like a recently retired boxer, the kind who might well instantly return to fisticuffs if provoked, but also like a man who could suddenly burst out laughing at a joke he liked, or into tears at a sentimental song. He was more muscle than fat, more heart than most. And it looked like someone might have broken that heart.
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Helen Mirren, Shane Meadows and Stephen Woolley share their memories of Hoskins
Bob Hoskins was such a strong presence on screen: wiry, coiled, a low centre of gravity. For me, he always no matter how old he got looked like a recently retired boxer, the kind who might well instantly return to fisticuffs if provoked, but also like a man who could suddenly burst out laughing at a joke he liked, or into tears at a sentimental song. He was more muscle than fat, more heart than most. And it looked like someone might have broken that heart.
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- 4/30/2014
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
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