'The closest I've come to death? I drove off the edge of a 1,000ft cliff'
Ray Winstone, 56, was raised in Essex, where his parents ran a fruit and veg business. He studied acting at Corona Theatre School in London before being cast by Alan Clarke in the BBC play Scum in the late 70s. In 1997, he played the abusive husband in Gary Oldman's film Nil By Mouth, winning an award for his role. His subsequent movies include Fanny And Elvis, Sexy Beast, Cold Mountain, The Departed and Snow White & The Huntsman. Tonight and tomorrow, he appears in the TV drama Moonfleet, on Sky 1 HD.
When were you happiest?
When my three kids were born.
What is your greatest fear?
Not being around long enough to see them grow up properly and have kids of their own.
What is your earliest memory?
Sitting on the step at my mum and dad's house in Plaistow,...
Ray Winstone, 56, was raised in Essex, where his parents ran a fruit and veg business. He studied acting at Corona Theatre School in London before being cast by Alan Clarke in the BBC play Scum in the late 70s. In 1997, he played the abusive husband in Gary Oldman's film Nil By Mouth, winning an award for his role. His subsequent movies include Fanny And Elvis, Sexy Beast, Cold Mountain, The Departed and Snow White & The Huntsman. Tonight and tomorrow, he appears in the TV drama Moonfleet, on Sky 1 HD.
When were you happiest?
When my three kids were born.
What is your greatest fear?
Not being around long enough to see them grow up properly and have kids of their own.
What is your earliest memory?
Sitting on the step at my mum and dad's house in Plaistow,...
- 12/28/2013
- by Rosanna Greenstreet
- The Guardian - Film News
Hang around in Calderdale, and you could well end up in a movie. Our Hebden Bridge outpost, Jill Robinson, reels off some the greats
Last year saw the premiere at the Hebden Bridge Picture House of the film A Calder Valley Christmas, with local people (including this outpost of the Northerner) queuing around the block to be among the first to see it. Directed by local film-maker Nick Wilding, the piece combines archive material, reminiscences about bad winters, carols, poems, scenes of local Mummers and other traditions, and monologues by the incomparable Ian Dewhirst MBE. (He actually lives in Keighley, but he tells such a good tale that he is often invited over the hill.) Like all the best films, there is an accompanying song, Christmas in Hebden Bridge, performed by children from local schools.
However, this is by no means the only film to have used the dramatic natural...
Last year saw the premiere at the Hebden Bridge Picture House of the film A Calder Valley Christmas, with local people (including this outpost of the Northerner) queuing around the block to be among the first to see it. Directed by local film-maker Nick Wilding, the piece combines archive material, reminiscences about bad winters, carols, poems, scenes of local Mummers and other traditions, and monologues by the incomparable Ian Dewhirst MBE. (He actually lives in Keighley, but he tells such a good tale that he is often invited over the hill.) Like all the best films, there is an accompanying song, Christmas in Hebden Bridge, performed by children from local schools.
However, this is by no means the only film to have used the dramatic natural...
- 12/20/2011
- by Jill Robinson
- The Guardian - Film News
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