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‘I get lost going to the bathroom’: John Hannah on world travel, stealing props and being ‘the Scottish Eminem’
The Four Weddings and a Funeral actor answers your questions on being confused with James Nesbitt, his own Sliding Doors moment and a new perspective since turning 60 How often do you get asked to recite that WH Auden poem from Four Weddings and a Funeral , and can you do it from memory right now? mattyjj and simoit Not for a long time. I could probably do the first couple of lines: Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone / Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone / Turn out the lights? And with muffled drums / Something, something … let the mourners come. There you go. Terrible! In Steve Coogan ’s Paul Calf’s Video Diary, your character praises Orson Welles’ The Trial for its “tremendous energy”, while Paul says he would “rather watch Dave Lee Travis playing Macbeth”. What’s your actual opinion of The Trial [by Franz Kafka]? AdrianH1 God, it’s a long time since I’ve read that.
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The Four Weddings and a Funeral actor answers your questions on being confused with James Nesbitt, his own Sliding Doors moment and a new perspective since turning 60 How often do you get asked to recite that WH Auden poem from Four Weddings and a Funeral , and can you do it from memory right now? mattyjj and simoit Not for a long time. I could probably do the first couple of lines: Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone / Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone / Turn out the lights? And with muffled drums / Something, something … let the mourners come. There you go. Terrible! In Steve Coogan ’s Paul Calf’s Video Diary, your character praises Orson Welles’ The Trial for its “tremendous energy”, while Paul says he would “rather watch Dave Lee Travis playing Macbeth”. What’s your actual opinion of The Trial [by Franz Kafka]? AdrianH1 God, it’s a long time since I’ve read that.
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According to The Guardian’s source item, ‘I get lost going to the bathroom’: John Hannah on world travel, stealing props and being ‘the Scottish Eminem’, The Four Weddings and a Funeral actor answers your questions on being confused with James Nesbitt, his own Sliding Doors moment and a new perspective since turning 60 How often do you get asked to recite that WH Auden poem from Four Weddings and a Funeral , and can you do it from memory right now? mattyjj and simoit Not for a long time. I could probably do the first couple of lines: Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone / Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone / Turn out the lights? And with muffled drums / Something, something … let the mourners come. There you go. Terrible! In Steve Coogan ’s Paul Calf’s Video Diary, your character praises Orson Welles’ The Trial for its “tremendous energy”, while Paul says he would “rather watch Dave Lee Travis playing Macbeth”. What’s your actual opinion of The Trial [by Franz Kafka]? AdrianH1 God, it’s a long time since I’ve read that.
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