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December 12, 2005

Joan Plowright acts with Lorcan O'Toole in "Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont"

Joan Plowright, who starred with Peter O'Toole in "Global Heresy/Rock My World" in 2002, has the lead role in "Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont", and she shares the screen (albeit only briefly) with Peter's son, Lorcan - his big screen debut. A short review can be found here.

December 08, 2005

"It's not about me, it's about the dog"

"He's frequently referred to as one of the greatest actors of all time, but Peter O'Toole tells Grace Hammond why he doesn't mind being upstaged by a dog in the new film of Lassie." - from Yorkshire Today.

December 06, 2005

O'Toole takes it all in his stride

Manchester online: the upcoming release of Lassie has the pundits asking O'Toole why he's gone against the old cliche, never work with children and animals.

"Don't act with children and dogs?" He smiles. "Well, try children, dogs, horses and hounds, coal miners and a fox. Try acting with that lot. Very tricky. It's painstaking and you need a lot of patience. Which fortunately our director Charles Sturridge did have."