1996
MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE…Director…
Brian De Palma…
Cast Inc… Tom
Cruise…Jon
Voight…
A night shoot at
Liverpool Street Train
Station in London.
They want to use my car
(Orion) in the first shot
and have a London bus
give it a near miss..
After about six takes and
the bus getting nearer
with every take the
director gets his shot.
(I’m a bit pleased
with that)
They had rain machines on
us all night which made
the driving more
difficult..
Tom Cruise was very good
to the onlooking crowd
and every so often would
go over to them and sign
autographs for them.
Mind you there was half a
dozen big guys (Ben, The
Spiv,) doing their best
public liaison work..
I was speaking to Robin
the caterer when Jon
Voight came over and
joined us.
He shook hands with me
and asked me how I was
doing.
I said I had worked with
him before on The
Revolutionary many years
before.
He remembered the film
and I didn’t remind
him of the good drink we
had at the end of that
day..
It’s not in his
memory but it will
certainly stay in mine.
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DALMATIONS…Director…Stephen
Herek…Shepperton
Studios…
Cast Inc…Glen
Close…Hugh
Laurie…
Filmed for a couple of
nights with David
Tringham holding it all
together.
Nothing much to do mainly
background stuff but had
a long chat to David
about a script I had
finished. (He said it was
good but it still never
sold).
EVITA…Director…Alan
Parker… Shepperton
Studios…
Cast
Inc…Madonna…Antonio
Banderas…
I was lucky to be on the
scene where Madonna sings
‘’Don’t
Cry For Me
Argentina’’
It was very powerful
stuff and all the crowd
gave her an ovation when
she finished..
I met up with Sally Ball
(Continuity girl) after
nearly thirty years. She
still looks the same.
SOME OF THE CHAPS
SITTING BACKSTAGE ON
EVITA.. AITCH IS SECOND
FROM RIGHT.
INCOGNITO…Director
John Badham...
Cast Inc…Jason
Patric…
Another job for Tricky
Tringham this time
playing a prison warder
(screw) and leading Jason
down to his cell. (He
wasn’t too happy
about it)
I liked the way John
Badham worked.( He called
me Harry the horse)
THE
FIX…Director
Paul
Greengrass…Producer
Ken
Trodd…BBCTV…
Cast Inc… Michael
Elphick…Steve
Coogan…Jason
Isaacs…
I was sent down on this
production to be driving
double for Michael and
ended up over the couple
of week’s period
doing crowd scenes as
well.
As I write this Michael
has since died and I can
remember standing in for
him many years ago on a
Pink Panther film with
Peter Sellers.
Steve Coogan and Jason
Isaacs have gone on to be
big stars.
EASTENDERS…BBCTV…Director
Garth Tucker…
Done a few episodes of my
favourite soap this year
and even did one as a
cast member having a row
with Ross Kemp.. (He won
the row)
Showed Pam St Clement
(Pat) my script for
"If A picture"
which she read and sent
me a nice reply.
I find it’s not the
writing of a script
that’s hard
it’s the getting it
read.
NEXT
- 1997
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